Welcome to Café #110!

Cafe #110 loves kids and we love school lunch – that’s a winning combination for us! We are all really excited to get back to school and to be a part of our student’s educational day.

My name is Barb Schank, and I oversee the meal planning and organization of Cafe #110. We are a unique team of dedicated individuals who come to work each day to create the best meals possible for our students. Our mission is always focused on these elements: serving wholesome food, cooking from scratch, local sourcing, and sustainability. This year we will be serving meals in a new way, our options will be limited in order for us to respond and be able to deliver safe meals. We will maintain the elements of our mission and respond to all unforeseen challenges of COVID in order to keep children and staff safe.

You can find a lot of information about our menus and program on our website at cafe110.org. Please visit us there and give us your comments and questions at the Quick Links > Need Help? tab.

Choice and variety are important to students, so our menu is planned to provide a variety of options. Each day there are two entree options at the elementary level, and 4-5 entree options available at the middle school and high school – this will be amended during our COVID meal programming.

A “school lunch” is comprised of 5 basic food components: meat/meat alternate; grain; vegetable; fruit; & milk. Students must select at least 3 of these components for a complete meal (1 of which must be a vegetable or fruit). We realize that children can be particular about fruit and vegetable selections and that is why we offer upwards of 10-15 choices for students on most days. As a companion to our vegetables, we make 5 fresh salad dressings that have been developed with input from students.

As you can see, we work very hard to respond to the various nutritional needs of all students. If your child has an allergy to any food, please contact your school nurse. 

Purchasing a meal is very easy. Every student is assigned a student ID that is tied to his or her meal account. The account is similar to a debit account where purchases are immediately deducted from funds applied to the account. Funds can be added using a credit card, cash, or a check paid to the kitchen cashier or the school office. Online credit and debit payments are available by following the payment links on the District website or by using this link: www.wordwareinc.com.

Cafe #110 participates in the National School Lunch Program, which is a federally funded program that assists in providing nutritionally balanced, low-cost, or free meals to students each day. An Educational Benefits packet is available at your student’s school and electronically on our webpage. The application must be fully completed and returned to the Cafe #110 office by mail, e-mail, or drop it off at your student’s school. Families with benefits from the previous year must complete a new application every year; the benefit will carry over for the first 30 days, but will then expire on the 31st school day.

Here are a few more tips to prepare you and your child for activity in our cafeterias this fall:

1. Breakfast will not be offered throughout the district during the COVID epidemic protocols.
2. Bulk Milk – will continue to be utilized throughout the district – it will be pre-poured for students.
3. During the COVID epidemic, all meals will be provided in a Grab ‘n Go container. It will contain all elements of a complete meal. Several a la Carte options will be available to middle and high school students including a deli sandwich, Cafe #110 signature baked items, snacks, select beverages, & extra milk.
4. Family Accounts – all students in a family draw from the same account; adequate funds may be available for students at the beginning of the day but could fall below the tolerated negative balance by the end of the day. Please review the account activity and have adequate funds in your account to cover expected purchases.
5. Account Balance Notification – families are sent an email when the account balance reaches -$.01 – this can be changed when logged in. Parents are able to view transactions, deposits, purchasable items, and account balance at www.wordwareinc.com
6. Meal Benefits – An Application for Educational Benefits can be completed at any time during the school year. A new application must be completed each year.
7. a la Carte – choices are compliant with all USDA approved Smart Snack protocols.
8. Account Limits – Cafe #110  staff are not able to accept the responsibility to enforce spending limits for students. Parents are expected to set limits with students regarding their meal account spending expectations.
9. Family Account Negative Balance – Students may be offered an amended meal when their family account balances go negative.
10. Deposits – generally a credit card deposit is applied to the family account within 10 minutes, payments by check or cash may take up to 2 days.
11. SW Metro, ALC, Transitions, Kid’s Co – Please communicate with your site lead teacher regarding breakfast and lunch programs.

 

This is the perfect time to check your family balance, add funds, and set preferences.  Go To: www.WordWareInc.com. 

 

Check out our Cafe #110 Webpage (www.cafe110.org) for answers to frequently asked questions, contact phone numbers, as well as other new information concerning our lunch program.

If you have any questions about the Food and Nutrition Services Department, do not hesitate to contact us, please email us at cafe110@isd110.org.

 

Sincerely,

Barbara Schank, L.D.

Director of Nutritional Services

 

Food & Nutrition Services, Office Location: 512 Industrial Boulevard, Waconia, MN 55387

Webpage www.cafe110.org, & www.isd110.org | E-mail cafe110@isd110.org

 

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