Health & Nutrition

Scratch-made meals from local farms and daily cleaning standards that go beyond the basics, so your child stays healthy, nourished, and ready to learn.

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Scratch-made meals and snacks daily
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Central Texas farm partners
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Peanut-free campuses
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Whole-building sanitation

Made from Scratch, Every Day

Each campus has an open kitchen where our chefs prepare three snacks and a hot lunch daily, with fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, and whole grains.

We partner with local vendors to bring farm-fresh ingredients into our menu every week.

What’s on the plate:

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Fresh dairy in every variety
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Whole-grain pasta, rice, and bread
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Fresh vegetables served daily
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Vegetarian & Vegan options available

Our Central Texas Farm Partners

Johnson’s Backyard Garden – Austin
Urban Roots Farm – Austin
Boggy Creek Farms – Austin
Tecolote Farms – Manor
B. Catalani – San Antonio

Mealtime Is Learning Time

Teachers use meals to build self-regulation, healthy eating habits, manners, and coordination. Our Proud To Be Polite curriculum teaches the manners and etiquette that help children thrive socially and emotionally.

What Children Are Saying

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“I drank all my milk so I can be strong like Miss Toni.”

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“Did you know, if we eat our veggies we will be big and strong?”

Current Student
All Campuses Menu
Weekly meal plan calendar featuring chef-prepared nutrition options for each day with fruits and veggies illustration.
Mueller & Hyde Park Menu
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Woman smiling while cleaning a shelf in a home setting
Health & Hygiene

Clean, Healthy Classrooms

We follow rigorous health and hygiene policies and the guidance of federal, state, and local health authorities, so your child learns in a clean, healthy space every day.

Our daily standards include:

Daily sanitation of kitchens, classrooms, toys, and shelves
Daily whole-building sanitation, including playgrounds
Surfaces cleaned multiple times throughout the day
Air filtration systems throughout the school
Eco-friendly, non-irritating antimicrobial cleaning solutions
HEPA-filtered vacuuming every evening
Air purification in infant rooms
Hand washing procedures and shoe covers in infant rooms
TB test verification for all staff
Ill children cared for in the principal’s office until pickup