Healthy eating is an important part of the school day! We hope that each of our students will start the day with a substantive breakfast, and will have the lunch time nutrition needed to keep the learning going strong through the end of the school day. TPS breakfasts and lunches meet or exceed the state guidelines for schools.

Each day we offer a breakfast and a lunch option via BFFoods. Families are invited to participate in either or both of these meal programs. And students may also elect to bring a packed lunch – please note, however, that TPS is unable to provide cooling or heating for home-packed meals.

Schools must annually notify households if implementing Offer Versus Serve meals, specifically explaining how it works and describing the different ways students can build their meals. We share this information annually with families.

TPS utilizes an Offered Vs. Served Breakfast Protocol, as advised by the USDA.
TPS utilizes an Offered Vs. Served Lunch Protocol, as advised by the USDA.

Breakfast is available from 8-8:30a each morning. Students utilizing the breakfast program pick up breakfast from the Café, then travel to their classrooms to eat. We ask families to get their children to school prior to 8:15a – if at all possible – if they are need of breakfast, so that they have the opportunity to eat prior to the start of the learning day at 8:15a. We do understand that this is not always possible. A child may absolutely pick up a breakfast if arriving between 8:15a and 8:30a. Middle School students needing breakfast should be dropped at the Main Building upon arrival, to pick up their breakfast before heading to TPS2. They should not be dropped at TPS2 if in need of breakfast.

Lunch is served between 10:45a and 1:45p, based on the listed schedule below according to grade level. A lunch count is taken each morning in classrooms by 8:45a in order to let our lunch service staff know how many meals to prepare for the day. If your child is tardy, they must let the front office know if a lunch is needed for the day.

Students eating a school-provided breakfast may do so by picking up their meal in the Café and either eating in the Café returning to their classrooms to eat (depending on the current protocol/schedule of the classroom). Lunch (for those eating either the hot meal or their homemade meal) takes place in a combination of the lunch room and classrooms, in order to accommodate all students. Lunch groups rotate throughout the school year, to give students an opportunity to enjoy lunch in different spaces and with different peers.

The up-to-date weekly TPS lunch menu can be found at the top of this page.

We ask that students only request vegetarian meals if they are actually vegetarians, in order to insure that we have enough of these limited meals for those in need. If your child is a vegetarian, please utilize the form below for requesting vegetarian school meals.

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MEALS, RECESS & FOOD ACCESS

Lunch Menu for 2024-2025

Meals Overview for 2024-2025

Requesting Vegetarian Lunches for 2024-2025

Meal Cost & Billing for 2024-2025

Meal Charge Policy for 2024-2025

Free & Reduced Meal Program for 2024-2025

Lunch & Recess Schedule for 2024-2025

Weather Determinations for Outdoor Recess for 2024-2025

Backpack Buddies Program for 2024-2025

Community Food Resources