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Food Service Protocols

For the coming year, Parker is once again partnering with Quest Food Management Services to provide fresh, high-quality food with safe and personal service to Parker families and employees. Quest’s food philosophy guides their approach to wholesome, scratch-made food, and their culinary leaders deliver a tailored dining experience to the unique needs of the Parker community. For the 2022–23 academic year, Quest will be serving our school community as follows:

List of 5 items.

  • Lower School

    Junior Kindergarten–3rd Grade
    • Students may visit the servery for breakfast when accompanied by an adult from 7–8:15 a.m.
    • Snacks will be delivered directly to classrooms by Quest.
    • Students will be able to order daily lunch milk delivery from Quest.
    • Students in JK–3rd grade must bring allergy-friendly lunches from home.In addition, second and third grade students have Quest opportunities for hot lunch meals:
      • Second grade students may enroll in a meal plan from Quest that includes one meal per week delivered to the cafeteria.
      • Third grade students may enroll in a meal plan from Quest that includes either a one meal per week or an every day option delivered to the cafeteria.

  • Intermediate School

    4th and 5th Grades
    • Students may visit the servery for breakfast from 7–9 a.m.
    • Snacks will be delivered directly to classrooms by Quest.
    • Students may purchase food from the servery or bring allergy-friendly lunches from home.

  • Middle School

    6th–8th Grades
    • Students may visit the servery for breakfast from 7–9 a.m.
    • Students may purchase food from the servery or bring allergy-friendly lunches from home.
     

  • Upper School

    9th–12th Grades
    • Students may visit the servery for breakfast from 7–9 a.m.
      • Hot breakfast line closes at 9 a.m., but other options are available between 9–11 a.m.
    • Students may purchase food from the servery or bring allergy-friendly lunches from home.
    • Students in 10th–12th grades students may leave campus for lunch. 
      Students in 9th grade gain this privilege in the second semester (at the discretion of their grade heads and the Dean of Student Life).

  • Families and Caregivers

    Families/Caregivers
    • Families may visit the servery for breakfast from 7–8:15 a.m. Cash or a MySchoolBucks account is needed.  
The lunch menu is posted every week in “This Week @ Parker” and at fwparker.org/lunch to allow for proper planning. We encourage families with food allergies and/or food intolerances to contact Food Service Director Chef Zac at zmaness@fwparker.org with questions.
 
Those who wish to purchase breakfast or lunch in the servery must have a cafeteria account set up with the Business Office, which will then create a MySchoolBucks account number for arranging student lunch payments. Parents/Guardians should contact Crystal Wheeler in the Business Office at cwheeler@fwparker.org to set up a cafeteria account.
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