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Food for Celebrations
East Brunswick Public Schools
Student Health Services Danielle Blaloch, Supervisor
760 Route 18 Tel. 732-613-6635
East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Fax. 732-698-0913
Dear Parent/Guardian:
The East Brunswick Public Schools promotes wellness and healthy children
through nutrition education in the health classes and by encouraging healthy
eating habits on a daily basis. To be consistent it is essential that
celebrations that include food must also model this endeavor. Additionally,
the growing number of students with life threatening food allergies has
heightened our efforts to ensure the health and safety of all our students.
Therefore, the following is a list of recommended snacks for the four
elementary school-wide celebrations (Halloween, Winter, Valentine’s and
End-of-the-Year).
- Enjoy Life Foods
- Rold Gold Pretzels
- Pre-packaged Fruits and Vegetables
- Original Oreos
- Original Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Pringles
- 100 % Fruit Ice Pops
- Teddy Grahams (Honey)
- Lays Potato Chips (Classic)
- Peanut free mini cupcakes from Shop-Rite (they have a no peanuts symbol on package
- Pizza (optional for End- of-the-Year party only)
- Drinks (100% fruit juices, water )
- Treasure Mills already prepared school safe snacks (www.treasuremills.com)
(www.treasuremills.com)
Some of the products are available at COSTCO
- Products labeled as peanut free and labeled as made in a peanut free
facility may be purchased at nurses discretion
The foods on this slightly revised list will be the only foods allowed for the
four school-wide celebrations. Please bring any food items including the
above to the office to be checked by the school nurse prior to bringing to the
classroom, since product ingredients can change, therefore ingredient labels
need to be checked by the school nurse.
This letter refers only to shared foods and snacks that are eaten in the
classroom during celebrations. Birthdays will be celebrated with “non-food”
items. Some suggestions for recognizing birthdays are available under the
parent tab on your school’s home page.