Nut safe!

As we prepare for the upcoming school year I wanted to make you aware of recent changes happening around the district. Our district is moving towards being “Nut Safe”.  We are asking that all families please only provide their students with nut-safe snacks, when snacks will be consumed outside of the lunchroom. This has been put in place to ensure the safety of all of our students. Students are able to bring nut products to the lunchroom; students with nut allergies are provided with nut free tables.  All district purchased school lunches are nut safe.

We also have students with other food allergies besides nuts, so please check with your student’s teacher. In regards to classroom celebrations and birthday celebrations we are a food-free celebration school. We kindly request that families work with the classroom teacher to come up with creative ways to celebrate without the use of food. The Mann community and families have always been very supportive of these safety measures. This provides a great source of comfort to the families of those students with life threatening food allergies.

We have included a list of some common UNSAFE foods as well as some common SAFE foods to use as a guide while packing your child’s snack.

UNSAFE FOODS

Granola bars

Baked goods (store bought or from a bakery)

Chex Mix and Trail Mix

Nut butters (peanut butter, almond butter, Nutella, etc.)

Thai, Asian and other ethnic foods

Potato chips made with peanut oil

Chocolate

Pesto

Some sandwich breads

Some barbeque sauces

Anything that says: "May contain peanuts or tree nuts"

Anything that says: "Made on shared equipment with peanuts or tree nuts"

SAFE FOODS

Fresh Fruits

Fresh Vegetables

Yogurt (without granola topping)

Cheese sticks

Goldfish crackers

Rold Gold pretzels

Anything with a Nut Free label

Foods clearly labeled with all ingredients