Meal Programs
2023-2024 Update
Summer Grocery Benefit for Kids
SUN Bucks is a new grocery benefit available across most of the U.S. Families with eligible school-aged children can get $120 per child to buy groceries during the summer. SUN Bucks may have a different name depending on your location.
Families can receive SUN Bucks on top of other benefits like SNAP and WIC, and children can continue to enjoy free SUN Meals from local meal sites or with SUN Meals To-Go.
How to Get SUN Bucks
If you’re already enrolled in benefits like SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR, your school-age children will automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks if it’s available where you live. Also, if your child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), and your household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals, your child may automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks.
If you are NOT automatically enrolled, you can apply for SUN Bucks directly. To qualify, you must meet income limits and other requirements.
Once you’re enrolled, SUN Bucks may be automatically added to your SNAP account, issued as a separate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, or sent in other ways depending on where you live.
Harvest of the Month
Our Harvest of the Month program will continue to allow students to taste test locally harvested fruits and vegetables that they may not have tried before.
Share Bins
To help eliminate waste, the State Road Campus will continue to utilize share bins, where students may place prepackaged, unopened items purchased from the cafeteria that they do not wish to eat. Any student is welcome to select items from the bin free of charge.
Free/Reduced Price Lunch Benefit
Parents are welcome to apply for free or reduced-priced benefits by completing a meal application after July 1. You may apply at the SchoolCafe Website, COMPASS, or by downloading it from our parent documents webpage. For more information, visit our Free & Reduced Program webpage. This institution is an equal-opportunity provider.
Meal Programs at AGCS
Breakfast
Pennsylvania's free breakfast program will extend to the 2023-2024 school year. All students at AGCS will be able to come to the cafeteria for a nutritious breakfast free of charge! Lunch prices will remain the same.
Delicious, nutritious breakfasts will be served starting on the first day of school. Students may choose one grain (such as a whole grain bagel, muffin, or cereal) and/or one yogurt, plus one or both fruit items and a Milk. For more information, please download the Breakfast Flyer in English or Spanish.
Lunch
Complete lunches are prepared fresh daily and include five components: Meat/Meat Alternate, Grain, Fruit, Vegetable, and Milk. Every day we offer our Students a wide variety of healthy, tasty lunch items that kids love to eat, including favorites like:
♥ Chicken nuggets
♥ Pizza
♥ Bosco sticks
♥ Ham & cheese wrap
♥ Turkey sandwich
♥ Mozzarella sticks
To ensure your student does not incur a negative balance, please replenish their SchoolCafe account prior to the first day of school. Meal a la carte pricing for the 2022-2023 school year is:
- Entree $2.25
- Sides $1.00
- Water $1.00
- Snacks (cash only) $1.00
Please download these helpful documents for more information about breakfast and lunch at AGCS.
Online Nutrition Resources
Choose My Plate - Maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Here, you'll find printable materials, food pyramid guides, healthy food activities, and more!
Visit Nemours KidsHealth webpage to earn how to keep kids healthy with the right foods and exercise..