Sycamore Child Nutrition Services is pleased to offer both breakfast and lunch daily to students and staff at St. Cecilia. All meals are in accordance with the National School Lunch Program and a la carte items and beverages meet the USDA Smart Snacks nutrition guidelines.  Meals will be served in cycles and are posted here on the school website (printable menus are posted in the Documents box on the left).

We are pleased to announce that St. Cecilia will be transitioning to a new option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called Provision II for School Year 2017-18.  This is great news for all of our families!

All enrolled students of St. Cecilia are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge to your household each day of the 2017-18 school year.  Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee.
However, our program will still require a 2017-18 Free and reduced price family meal application (available on the right).  This form is required state funding to be received by the school. We appreciate your completion of this form and returning to the school office. 

All students will be assigned a 6-digit cafeteria number that they will use to ensure correct accounting for meals and snacks throughout the year.  These numbers will be given out the first week of school.  If you are unsure of your child's number, please contact the school office.  Parents are able to put money on the child’s meal account over the internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using PaySchools.  

Beth Frey (freyb@sycamoreschools.org), Mary Blood (bloodm@sycamoreschools.org) and Diane Jezierski (jezierskid@sycamoreschools.org) will be the CNS staff members serving your children daily.  Feel free to contact them by email if you have questions or concerns regarding our child's meal account.

 Volunteers are always welcomed to assist in the cafeteria; please check in at the office by 11:20 AM.  If you cannot work on a day you’ve committed to, or would like to work and have not been contacted, please call the cafeteria. (This is up to you if you wish to keep)

If you choose to pack your student's lunch-  Snacks and beverages are available for purchase.

     Please note: Fast food and canned soft drinks are NOT permitted in the cafeteria during lunch

Pricing for snacks and extra portions:

• Snacks offered - Prices range from $0.40-$0.80
  • Options include: fat-free ice cream, whole grain reduced fat cookies, baked chips, pretzels, whole grain graham crackers and more

• A credit card or ACH Check information
• Your child's student cafeteria number (call the school office for this number)

Contact Information

Sycamore Community Schools District Office
5959 Hagewa Dr
Cincinnati, OH  45242
Website: www.sycamoreschools.org/district/departments/child-nutrition.html

Kelsey Gash
Child Nutrition and Wellness Director
Office: 513-686-1796
Email: gashk@sycamoreschools.org

Sycamore CNS Meal Policies

• Well rounded meals are encouraged.  All students must select a minimum of one serving of fruit at breakfast and a minimum of one serving of fruit or vegetable at lunch with their entree selection.
• With any meal purchase, students may have up to 3 sides with their entree and milk for the same price.
• If students do not have funds on their account, they are allowed to "charge" two meals.  We do not allow charging for snacks or non-milk beverages.
• If the student has exhausted their "two meal charging" and still have not replenished their meal account, they will be provided with a courtesy meal of a cheese sandwich, vegetable and white milk.
• Sycamore CNS will send home negative balance letters and emails to notify you of when your student's account balance falls below $0.00.  We ask that you pay this balance within 2 business days to avoid disruption in your studetn's lunch options.