BHS Food Court

The Food Court has undergone many exciting changes this year. We now make most of our own food from scratch in our kitchen each morning. We serve fresh fruit and vegetables daily, including on our popular organic salad bar. Twenty percent of our food is now organic. We also offer whole-grain breads, brown rice, and hormone- and antibiotic-free nonfat and 1% low-fat milk.

Much of our food is now purchased from local businesses, including breakfast pastries, focaccia, sushi, egg rolls, organic salad dressing, and grass-fed hamburgers and hot dogs.

This year we began our Universal Breakfast program, in which all BHS students are offered breakfast for free. Your student ID card is required to receive free breakfast.

These changes are part of Berkeley Unified School District's commitment to improve school lunch and teach students the value of healthy eating. Learn more about BUSD's progressive food policies and how our lunch program is serving as an exciting nationwide model:

o      BUSD Food Policies

o      School Lunch Initiative

o      Ann Cooper, Renegade Lunch Lady

Menus

Breakfast

Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 8:25am. Sample breakfasts include:

o      Whole-wheat bagel, cream cheese, hard-boiled egg

o      Breakfast burritos with toppings

o      Focaccia and chicken apple sausage

o      Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon

Fresh fruit, hot and cold cereal, yogurt, 100% fruit juice, and 1% and low-fat milk are available every day.

Lunch

Lunch is served from 11:30am to 12:13pm. Choose from any of the following stations:

o      Organic salad bar

o      World wraps (sushi, egg rolls, chicken guacamole wraps)

o      Hearth oven (pizza, grass-fed beef burgers and hot dogs, veggie burgers)

o      Yellow Jacket Shack (barbecued wings and sloppy Joes)

o      Hot international specialties (American, Italian, Asian, or Mexican)

Sample hot entrees:

o      BBQ chicken, potato salad, corn bread

o      Lasagna, garlic bread, sautéed squash

o      Chicken or cheese tamales, black beans, white and brown rice, broccoli

o      Ginger beef with broccoli, stir-fried veggies, white and brown rice

All lunches are served with fresh fruit and a choice of non-fat or 1% low-fat milk.

Snack store

Healthy grab 'n' go snacks and beverages are available for purchase at the store inside the food court every school day, 7:30 to 10:30am and 11:00am to 1:30pm.

o      Freshly cooked soup or chili in a bread bowl

o      Bagels and cream cheese

o      Yogurt smoothies and yogurt-granola parfaits

o      Clif Bars, Luna Bars, and ZBars

o      Soy milk, Smart Water, and Knudsen Spritzers

Payment

Universal Breakfast: free for all BHS students with a student ID card (adults $3)

Lunch: $4.00 or $0.40 reduced (adults $4)-prepay and get 20 lunches for the price of 19 ($76)

About Your Student Meal Account

All students have a personal debit account that they can access with their student ID card. This is not a credit account-please remember to deposit money for meals regularly.

Send in any dollar amount to be credited to your personal meal account. Make checks payable to Berkeley Unified School District. Write the student's first and last name on the check to be certain the money is deposited into the correct account.

Students may also use their account to purchase healthy snacks and beverages at the store inside the food court.

Reduced Lunch Program

Applications to receive free or reduced-price school meals are available from your school office or the BUSD website.

Households may complete and submit a family application at any time during the school year. Return the completed application form by mail or in person to BUSD Nutrition Services, 1720 Oregon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. The office is open Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm. You will be notified of your status by mail.

If you have questions, please contact BUSD Nutrition Services, (510) 644-6200.