Child Nutrition Program
At ACCEL Academy and Preparatory, our aim is to provide all students with a healthy and nutritious meal while they are on campus. We train all of our employees to deliver top-notch customer service, ensuring that everyone is welcomed, valued, and appreciated. We are committed to going the extra mile to serve our customers with a smile.
We believe that our child nutrition services should be tailored to the educational and nutritional needs of students, and should be cooperatively planned and implemented. Our primary objective is to make available to every student in the school system an appetizing, well-prepared, and nutritionally adequate meal each day at an affordable price.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Public Law 111-296 (Dec. 2010)
Requires the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop nutrition standards for “competitive foods” - items sold in vending machines, snack bars, and a la carte lines in competition to the reimbursable school meal.
Requires USDA to update the current meal pattern (nutrition standards) for school meals.
Does NOT affect food brought from home or served in classroom parties.
USDA's Meal Pattern (Nutrition Standards) for School Meals establishes maximum calorie/sodium limits for school meals
Requires schools to serve larger portions of fruits and vegetables. Students must take at least 1/2 cup serving of a fruit or vegetable per reimbursable meal. Schools must also offer a minimum number of servings of dark green vegetables, orange/red vegetables, and legumes per week.
As of July 1st, 2014, all grains offered to students must be whole grain-rich.
Requires milk to be 1% or nonfat.
Maintains current limits on fat: no more than 1/3 of school lunch (1/4 of school breakfast) calories can come from fat and less than 10% from saturated fat.
USDA's New "Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in Schools" (July 2014) established nutrition standards for any food sold in schools, including fundraisers.
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NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT:
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights
regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or
reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g.,
Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or
local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice
and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027,
USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online
at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by
calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the
complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged
discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR)
about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or
letter must be submitted to USDA by:
1. mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Declaración de no discriminación de USDA
De conformidad con la ley federal de derechos civiles, y las regulaciones y políticas de derechos
civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés),
el USDA, sus agencias, oficinas y empleados, y las instituciones que participan en los programas
del USDA o los administran, tienen prohibido discriminar basándose en la raza, color, origen
nacional, religión, sexo, identidad de género (incluida la expresión de género), orientación
sexual, discapacidad, edad, estado civil, estado familiar/parental, ingresos derivados de un
programa de asistencia pública o ideología política, y tomar represalias por actividad previa
sobre derechos civiles, en cualquier programa o actividad dirigida o financiada por el USDA (no
todas las bases aplican a todos los programas). Las fechas límite de la presentación de quejas y
recursos legales varían según el programa o incidente.
Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios de comunicación alternativos para recibir
información sobre el programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lengua de
señas estadounidense, etcétera) deben contactar la agencia responsable o al TARGET Center del
USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY), o contactar al USDA a través del Servicio Federal de
Retransmisión llamando al (800) 877-8339. Además, la información del programa puede estar
disponible en otros idiomas distintos al inglés.
Para presentar una queja sobre discriminación en el programa, complete el Formulario de quejas
sobre discriminación en el programa, AD-3027, que se encuentra en
http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html y en cualquier oficina del USDA, o escriba
una carta dirigida al USDA y proporcione en ella toda la información solicitada en el formulario.
Para solicitar una copia del formulario de quejas, llame al (866) 632-9992. Envíe su formulario
completo o carta al USDA por los siguientes medios:
(1) correo postal: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; o
(3) correo electrónico: program.intake@usda.gov.
USDA es un proveedor, empleador y entidad crediticia que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.