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Nutrition And Wellness

Creative Minds provides free breakfast to all students every morning. Students who qualify for the free and reduced-price meals program can receive discounted or no-cost lunches. Families also have the option to purchase full-price lunches for their children or send them to school with a shelf-stable, ready-to-eat lunch. Students enrolled in our after-school programs receive a free snack. During the regular school day, students should bring a snack from home.

Nut-Free School

Nuts and foods containing nuts are not allowed on campus.

Catered Meals

Top Spanish, a local caterer, provides all school meals.

students playing outside

Wellness

Children’s diet has a significant influence on their ability to focus and learn. A healthy digestive system positively affects the nervous system and increases attention and mental clarity. At Creative Minds International PCS, we teach children about health and nutrition in the curriculum.

We also promote student wellness through opportunities for movement and exercise throughout the school day. Activities include yoga, dance, sensory integration work, and physically active games.

Our students benefit from outdoor learning in our natural play space, which features a classroom, art studio, and school garden. The Creative Families Association sponsored the Creative Minds natural play space.

Purchasing School Lunch

Families not qualifying for free and reduced-price meals may sign up here to purchase full-price lunches for their children. Lunch costs $5.25 per school day. Families pay through PowerSchool for the meals their children consume.

We strive to provide students with high-quality and nutritious no-or low-cost meals each school day. However, unpaid charges place a significant financial burden on our school. Our meal charge policy complies with federal requirements and provides oversight and accountability for collecting outstanding student meal balances. If your family is experiencing financial hardship, please contact the Director of Operations.

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Discounted or Free Lunch

Creative Minds participates in the National School Lunch Program, which provides nutritionally balanced lunches at low cost or no cost to students who qualify based on family income. To receive discounted or free lunch for their children, families must fill out a free and reduced-price meals (FARM) application:

Return completed applications to the front desk at school or email them to frontdesk@creativemindspcs.org. Note that families must reapply to FARM each year.

Eligibility is based on the total number of people in your household and the total income. The income guidelines for SY 24-25 are outlined here.

Helpful Links & Forms

In accordance with federal civil rights law and the 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/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.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. Also, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, approved December 13, 1977 (DC law 2-38; DC official code §2-1402.11(2006), as amended), states the following:

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the following acts, wholly or partially, for a discriminatory reason based upon the actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, or political affiliation of any individual. To file a complaint alleging discrimination on one of these bases, please contact the District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights at (202) 727-4559 or ohr@dc.gov.

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