Food Services
Upper Merion Area School District is a sponsor of the School Nutrition Program (SNP) that provides healthy meals following the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program meal patterns.
For the 2025-2026 School Year, FREE BREAKFAST FOR ALL WILL CONTINUE!
In addition, there will be no charge for students who are in the "Reduced Pay" category for lunch!
For lunch, your household must be either "Directly Certified" or have an approved meal application (approved either as Free OR Reduced) in order for your child to receive a free lunch. You will receive an email and/or letter in the mail from Food Service notifying you in either case. If you have not received a letter or email, then your student is at a "Full Pay" status. If you believe, even remotely, that you may qualify, please fill out an application at www.SchoolCafe.com.
There is a 30 day "Grace Period" for Free/Reduced students, but on the 31st operating day (October 12, 2025) your student will revert to Full Pay if you haven't applied and received a letter from Food Service saying your student is Free/Reduced. If you have received an email from Food Service that your household was “Directly Certified”, you do not have to do anything. To apply, you will have to set up a new account (if you don’t have one) and then fill out the application. You can apply on your computer or your smartphone. If you apply on your smartphone, you can apply, submit, and track your application status right on your smartphone. If you apply on the computer, you will get an email back from the Food Service office telling you your student(s) designation within a day or two. Food Service uses the primary email that you list on your Student Information Update for all communication about applications, balances, and anything else we need to contact you about. PLEASE make sure the School District has your up-to-date email address at all times. If there is no email address associated with your household, we will send you the letter in the US Mail.
The main office of your student’s school has English and Spanish applications for households without internet or smartphone access(PennsylvaniaEnglishFreeReducedHHApplication.pdf). Once the application is filled out correctly with the most accurate up to date information, please return it in an envelope directed to the Food Service Office. If you need an application in any other language, please contact the Food Service office at 610-205-8814.
Middle School and High School: Breakfast = ALL ARE FREE!
Lunch = $3.25, Reduced/Free = 0.00¢
Elementary Schools: Breakfast = ALL ARE FREE!
Lunch = $3.00, Reduced/Free= 0.00¢
BREAKFAST - Breakfast is FREE for everyone all year!
Elementary Schools:
Please help ensure that your student has an ID with a barcode card attached to backpacks to help speed breakfast lines in the cafeteria and at the breakfast carts at Caley and Gulph.
If your student is not eating breakfast at school, please be sure that they eat breakfast before coming to school, so they won’t be hungry during class and unable to concentrate.
Middle School:
Students can get a “Grab and Go” meal, which will contain a fruit or juice and a milk, at one of 2 areas in the main hallway and then bring the meal to their classroom to eat.
Please make sure your student has their ID with them or their iPad, so we can get students through the line quickly.
High School:
Breakfast will be served in the kitchen from 7-7:35 am and students can eat in the commons area. Students can choose which fruit and milk they want with their meals.
Please make sure your student has taken a screenshot of their ID barcode on their phone, or they can use their laptop or a pinpad, so we can get students through the line quickly.
LUNCH
Elementary Schools:
There will be 3 choices offered every day at the Elementary Schools. Every morning, the lead teacher in the classroom will ask the students what item they want for lunch and send that info to the kitchen, so we can prepare meals accordingly. Students will be handed an ID card with a barcode on it so that it can be scanned at the end of the lunch line. The ID will be dropped into a plastic container and held for the next day for the student. You can help them by looking closely at the menus the day or night before under the Elementary Menu tab or on SchoolCafe.com and helping them to decide what they should order.
Middle School:
There will be 4–6 choices offered every day at the Middle School. Signs will be posted to indicate what meals are served from what stations. Menus can be found on the Food Services Menu tab, posted on Sapphire, and on SchoolCafe.com.
High School:
There will be 4–6 choices offered every day at the High School and at least one will be vegetarian. Specific serving line stations will be labeled with the appropriate entree for that day. Menus can be found on the Food Services page under the High School Menu tab, posted on Sapphire, and on SchoolCafe.com.
OUR MISSION:
The mission of the Food Service Department is to nourish and support student success by providing safe, nutritious, and appealing meals that foster health, learning, and well-being. We are committed to promoting lifelong healthy eating habits through nutrition education, community engagement, and equitable access to quality food in a welcoming environment.
We proudly support local farmers and businesses by sourcing fresh, seasonal ingredients whenever possible, strengthening our community and encouraging sustainability.
We are also here to serve the students, so please feel free to contact me any time with compliments, concerns, questions, or suggestions at 610-205-8804 or bfrazer@umasd.org.
Brittany Frazer, RDN, LDN, CC
Food Service Supervisor at Upper Merion Area School District
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.