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Welcome to the Lighthouse Cafe!

Sharing a meal with others is a special thing. We serve over 600 students a day at the Lighthouse Cafe and we want to make their time here as refreshing as possible. Please read the following information to learn how you can help us efficiently and effectively meet the social and nutritional needs of our students.

When you are finished reading what we have here, please check out some of the great links you will find at the bottom of the page!

  Buying Lunch at School

    • Students purchase lunch using a PIN code to access their pre-paid account. Students are assigned their PIN numbers by Food Services.
    • Prices: Lunch, $3.25/day ($16.25/week); milk, $.75; bottled water, $.75; juice, $.75; ice cream, $1.00
    • Parents can add money to their child’s account by sending a check or cash in the Red Folder. Parents can also use PayPams to pay online. PayPams offers the added convenience of paying via credit or debit cards. You will find a button to PayPams on this web page. A combination of payments methods works, too. Most people do a little of everything.
    • We expect student accounts to be up to date, but we know that even the most organized families sometimes drop the ball. If your child’s account drops below zero, he/she will be allowed to purchase the advertised lunch. Students in arrears will not be allowed to purchase a la carte items.
  • If you are having difficulty paying for lunch at school, we want to help. Please see the links below or stop by the office for information on the Free and Reduced Lunch Program.

  Buying Breakfast at School

  • Students purchase breakfast in the same way lunch is purchased.
  • Prices: breakfast, $1.75/day ($8.75/week)
  • Breakfast is served from 7:50-8:20 each morning. Please be sure that your child is at school before 8:15 to avoid being tardy to class.


Bringing Lunch from Home

  • Please keep nutrition in mind when you pack your child’s lunch box. Students getting a well balanced lunch do far better during the second half of their day.
  • Practice opening any containers or packages with your student before you send them to school. Please be sure your student can open all the items you send to school.
  • Check out the links at the bottom of this page for information on adding variety to your child’s homemade lunch. A little bit of creativity can go a long way to encourage eating a variety of healthy foods!

Here are those helpful links you have been reading about!

Contact us. We are here to help.

Please feel free to contact the Lighthouse Cafe’s manager, Melissa Gordon. Ms. Gordon can be reached via phone: 904-547-7969, or e-mail: [email protected].