Salem Public Schools Food Service

Not feeling the main lunch today? We’ve got you covered with our Power Packs! 💪🥗🍎

From yogurt & granola, chicken salad, hummus, cheese & crackers, pizza packs, and more — there’s something for everyone! Each Power Pack comes with fresh fruits and veggies for a balanced, delicious meal. 🍇🥕✨

The options are endless, so be sure to try a Power Pack at lunch!

Today we were lucky enough to participate in Collins Middle School’s second annual Wellness Fair! 🍄🌱

Students had the opportunity to taste test a mushroom queso featuring our May Harvest of the Month: local mushrooms! We were also proud to share how we work to elevate learning through enhancing our students food literacy by integrating our school gardens into the classroom and purchasing school food from local farms.

We also highlighted how we center belonging through student recipe taste tests — and how student voices help shape our school lunch menu each year. 💚

Thank you to the Collins Middle School team for having us and for creating such a fun and meaningful event for students!

🥣🍓 Why go to Playa Bowls when we’re serving up Playa Bowl dupes FREE throughout the district today?! 😍

Today’s menu features a refreshing Açaí Bowl topped with granola, strawberries, blueberries, toasted coconut *(high school only)*, and chocolate chips — plus carrot sticks and your choice of milk! 🫐🥥🍫🥕🥛

Fuel your day the delicious way with school breakfast/lunch at Salem Public Schools! 💙✨

Today we celebrate our School Lunch Heroes! 🍎🥪

Behind every meal is a team that shows up early, works hard, and serves with care—fueling our students for success in and out of the classroom. Your dedication, kindness, and heart make a difference every single day.

Thank you for keeping our cafeterias running and our students nourished. We appreciate you more than words can say! 💛

Rainy days are perfect for leveling up! 🌧️🍎 This cold Monday morning, our educators got hands-on with **reimbursable meal identification training**. Our school nutrition team sharpened their skills recognizing and correctly identifying reimbursable meals on the tray—because every detail matters when fueling our students for success.

Think you know what **0.75 cup of a creditable vegetable** looks like on a school lunch tray? Our staff does! 🥦👏

⚔️🏰 The Quest for School Breakfast continues! In honor of National School Breakfast Week, our kitchens set out on a delicious adventure across the district today serving açaí bowls fit for royalty. 👑🐉

Each bowl was topped with **fresh blueberries, strawberries, crunchy granola, and toasted coconut**—a powerful combination to fuel our young knights, queens, and dragon-slayers for the day ahead. 🫐🍓🥥

A nutritious and delicious school breakfast helps our students start the day strong and ready for whatever quests the classroom brings!

Hear ye, hear ye! 🏰✨ It’s National School Breakfast Week and the quest has officially begun!

Welcome to **“The Quest for School Breakfast”** — where our cafeterias have been transformed into a whimsical kingdom fit for knights, nobles, and scholars alike. Each morning, students embark on their own noble quest to enjoy the most important meal of the day — a breakfast that fuels their minds and bodies for a full day of learning and adventure.

This week’s royal menu features:
🧙‍♂️ Magical Potion Smoothies
🐉 Dragon Açaí Bowls
🫧 Bubble Bread
🫐 Maine Grains–filled Mixed Berry Dough Pockets

And as always, every school breakfast is paired with a fresh local fruit and milk to power our champions through their day!

Join the celebration and take part in our magical quest for a nutritious, delicious breakfast. The kingdom awaits! ⚔️🥣✨

Salem High School and Collins Middle School are pleased to offer grab-and-go meals for Salem Public Schools students who are observing Ramadan and unable to access school meals during the day.
Students who are fasting during the school day but would still like a school meal can pick up a grab-and-go meal from the CMS or SHS kitchen at dismissal.

Grab-and-go meals will be available for all students observing Ramadan through Thursday, March 19.

We’re proud to support our students and ensure everyone has access to nutritious meals. 🌙

Student voice doesn’t take a vacation! 🗳️🍊

This week, our Food Service team visited the SPS Vacation Academy to talk all things menu creation — from how ideas become recipes to how student favorites make it onto the school lunch menu! Students wrapped up the session by casting their votes in our official menu ballot box to decide Friday’s lunch.

Out of 62 votes, 48% chose mandarin orange chicken — and when you ask, we answer! 🙌 Mandarin orange chicken will be the main entrée served to Vacation Academy students on Friday, February 20th.

Thank you to every student who used their voice to help shape our school lunch menu. Your input matters! 🧡

Get ready! Jamaican Jerk Chicken is on the menu tomorrow, February 12th, in all district cafeterias.
We’re serving local chicken from Maine Family Farms paired with fluffy rice, fresh mango salsa, baked sweet plantains, and an apple from . 🍗🥭🍎
Fresh local ingredients with bold culturally-inspired flavors — you won’t want to miss this! 🌟