Snacks
Healthy snacks allow students to perform and learn at their best. Please know that some students in our district have severe peanut and/or tree nut* allergies. Therefore, please do not send snacks that contain peanuts or tree nuts. Read labels carefully before choosing a snack. Listed below are some healthy options:
Fruits and Vegetables: The majority of the snacks served to students should be fruits and/or vegetables because they are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fibe
- Apples
- Bananas
- Pears
- Melons
- Grapes
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Oranges
- Pineapple
- 100% Juice Bars or 100% Fruit Juice Boxes
- Dried Fruits - apricots, raisins, craisins, pineapple, apples, mangoes, papaya, figs
- Carrots
- Cucumbers
- Celery sticks with hummus
- Green Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Jicama
- Sugar snap peas
- Fresh salsa or hummus with whole grain corn chips
- Canned or cupped fruits packed in juice
Low-Fat Dairy Products: To help with bone development consider:
- String cheese
- Cheese cubes
- Yogurt in a cup or tube
- Low-fat pudding cups
- Frozen yogurt bars
- Hard boiled eggs
Health Whole Grains: For energy and vitamins and minerals choose:
- Light popcorn
- Rice cakes
- Whole grain tortilla chips
- Whole grain crackers
- Animal crackers
- Vanilla wafers
- Whole grain low sugar cereal
- Whole grain breakfast cereals
- Whole grain bagels or English muffins
- Fruit grain bars (no granola bars because of the potential for nuts to be in the product.)
- Whole grain fig cookies
- Pretzels, soft and hard
- Baked whole grain chips
- Low fat cheese crackers
- Graham crackers
- Whole grain hard or soft pretzels
This is a suggested list of healthy snacks. There are other choices available. Please be sure to read labels and check nutritional value.
*Tree nuts include almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, macadamias, pecans, pistachios, and walnuts.