Lunch

Every moment of the school day at BT is an educational opportunity. Lunch time and snack time are perfect occasions to teach our children about community, etiquette and Jewish values.

We consider proper decorum to be appropriate at lunch time. Eating should be a pleasant social experience. We expect our students to eat in a decorous manner and to clean up their places at the table after lunch.

Students will have a choice to either purchase a nutritious meal from the school lunch program or to bring a lunch from home. We are happy to announce that lunch will be offered Monday through Thursday by Beth Tfiloh’s in-house catering department. Chef Gershon Topas will be providing nutritious and well-balanced lunches for purchase during the school year. These lunches can be ordered online every month. Parent volunteers are critical to the success of our lunch program and is a popular way for parents to get involved. If you are interested, please call the office.

When packing lunch from home, BT encourages parents to give their children a well-balanced lunch containing nutritious foods they will enjoy. We also understand that lunches have been carefully prepared according to family nutritional preferences and needs (i.e. allergies, etc.). We therefore discourage trading or sharing lunches or snacks with classmates.

Lunches do not have to be only sandwiches. Wide-mouthed insulated containers are available at discount and drug stores. These can be used to send a variety of good things for lunch. Most foods can be put in the freezer the night before to chill substantially. The following ideas and suggestions are for good nutritious lunches:

• Dairy products (e.g. cheeses, cream cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt)
• Eggs or egg salad
• Tuna salad
• Salmon (smoked or regular)
• Jams and jellies
• All vegetables and fruits, coleslaw or salad
• Water or juices
• Fresh fruit with yogurt or cottage cheese and a fruit muffin or bread
• Bagel with lox and cream cheese or peanut butter and jelly, tomato slices, celery/carrot sticks, and fruit

Students are not to bring “Lunchables” or any other items that have no Kashrut certification. These items are unacceptable under our Kashrut policy.

Precautions are taken for children with peanut allergies.