St. Joseph Catholic School participates in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946.

We also participate in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), a federally assisted meal program operating in public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. The SBP started in 1966 as a pilot project, and was made a permanent entitlement program by Congress in 1975.

With the lunch program, about 7.1 million children participated in the NSLP in its first year. Since then, the program has reached millions of children nationwide: 1970: 22.4 million children; 1980: 26.6 million children; 1990: 21.1 million children; 2000: 27.3 million children; 2010: 31.8 million children; and 2016: 30.4 million children. Currently the breakfast program reaches 14.57 million children nationwide.

Below, please click on the breakfast and lunch menus at SJCS for the current month.

2022-2023 Breakfast Menu

Wellness Policy

Wellness Committee

Breakfast and Lunch Procedures