Our Mission: To build a nutritional foundation with the diverse knowledge and practical skills necessary to thrive beyond graduation. We strive to enrich students’ lives by exposing them to culturally relevant cuisine through immersive culinary experiences.

Our Vision: To empower students to enhance their academic performance and overall health by fostering lifelong habits of making informed and healthy food choices.

Adults/Visitors:

• Breakfast: $5
• Lunch: $6.50
• Milk: $0.75

Student meals can be paid for with a credit card online at MySchoolBucks.

MySchoolBucks requires the Student’s ID number to create an account. The Student ID number can be found on report cards or by accessing The Source.

MySchoolBucks charges users a $2.75 fee for credit/debit card meal payments and $2.49 for electronic check meal payments for a maximum payment limit of $200.

The fee will not be applied multiple times within the same transaction when a parent is paying for multiple students. This will allow families of two or more students to make payments up to $400 in one transaction (or even $600 dollars if they have 3 students).

Culinary Services offers a variety of convenient ways to pay for school meals. Checks and cash are accepted by the school’s lunchroom manager either as a pre-paid deposit to a student’s account or for purchasing individual meals, milk, or other à la carte items. Checks should be made payable to Culinary Services.

Families are also encouraged to work with the lunchroom manager at their child’s school to discuss paying for meals, how to apply for school meal benefits, menus, etc.

If you would like to request a refund or transfer of your student’s account funds, please complete the Refund/Transfer Request Form and submit it through Let’s Talk for processing.

Forms may also be requested by contacting Culinary Services main office at 206-252-0675. The Diet Prescription Form must be submitted to Culinary Services to ensure that proper foods are provided.

Under federal regulations, a Diet Prescription must be completed by a Licensed Physician (when identifying a disability such as a life threatening food allergy or diabetes) or a Recognized Medical Authority (RMA) when identifying a non-disabling medical condition such as a food intolerance. For Diet Prescription purposes, a RMA includes a Licensed Physician, Doctor of Osteopathy, Licensed Physician’s Assistant, ARNP or Licensed Naturopathic Physician.

Personal or religious food preferences such as vegan, vegetarian or halal, do not meet the definition of a disabling or non-disabling medical condition for which a special school meal will be provided. Families and students are encouraged to become familiar with the school meal menu to identify days in which these menu options are readily available. See school menus.

If your child requires a special diet consideration:

1. Please complete the diet prescription form
2. Have form signed by your family’s doctor, a licensed physician, or a recognized medical authority
3. Send us the completed form: culinarydietrx@seattleschools.org.

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement for Child Nutrition Programs

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activities in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits.  Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found at:

• Download the form on the USDA website
• Pick it up at any USDA office
• Write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form.
• To request a copy of the complaint form, call 866-632-9992.

Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

• mail:
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
• fax: 202-690-7442; or
• email: program.intake@usda.gov