The Cafeteria

Our mission is to promote life-long health and well-being. We offer healthy choices for students, including vegetarian options, and have increased the fruit, vegetable and grain components in our meals.  We know that growing, active students need calories, and it is our goal to help them make wise food choices.  As the PCS chef, my concerns are focused on lunch nutrition and I am especially interested in  increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables among our students.  Hot lunches always include at least one freshly prepared green vegetable and the salad bar features organic fruit and vegetable choices, whole grain breads, vegetarian meat alternatives, eggs, and organic soymilk.
 
My goal is to improve the overall health among all of our students, faculty and staff and to enhance the educational experience for all PCS students.   I encourage feedback from the PCS school community and I am always loolking for new ways to serve our students. - Debra Alago, PCS Chef

The Dietary Guidelines for the PCS community are:

Aim for Fitness
Aim for a healthy weight
Be physically active each day
Build a healthy base
Let the food pyramid guide your daily food choices
Choose a variety of grains daily, especially whole grains
Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables daily
Keep food safe to eat
Choose sensibly
Choose a diet that is low in saturated fat and cholesterol and moderate in total fat
Choose beverages and foods to moderate your intake of sugars
Choose and prepare foods with less sodium