Welcome to Nutrition Services!

Our Mission is to prepare and serve nutritious meals of the highest quality by knowledgeable employees who understand and demonstrate the principles of safe food handling, quality food preparation, child nutrition, customer service, teamwork and follow Federal, State, and District policies.

Our goals for success are to understand that feeding our students is our main priority as well as communicating in a professional manner. Kern High School District Nutrition Services Department is dedicated to providing our students with a well-balanced and good-tasting meal that meets all the nutrition guidelines to ensure that students have overall good health and well-being.

Thanks to the California Universal Meal Program all students enrolled in the Kern High School District will receive one free breakfast and one free lunch per school day regardless of income. All students must take a minimum of three components with one of the components being a fruit or vegetable.

The Nutrition team provides meals under the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs as well as after school snacks and supper meals under the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Each day we happily serve more than 9,000 breakfasts and 20,000 lunches so our students can achieve academic success. Our team looks forward to serving our students a variety of fresh and minimally processed foods.

Jennifer Davis SNS

Director of Nutrition Services

Kern High School District

Meal Collection Procedures 2023-2024

KHSD Civil Rights Coordinator Procedures 1-30-2024 3-14-2024.pdf

Learning does not end when school lets out. Neither does the need for good nutrition.

Announcing 2023 Seamless Summer Breakfast Program available to all KHSD students and community children 18 years or younger; 21 or under if disabled, at qualifying sites for free. The program begins June 5, 2023 and runs through July 14, 2023.

MEALS MUST BE CONSUMED ON CAMPUS!

Breakfast Lunch

Arvin 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

BHS 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

CTEC 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Del Oro 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

East 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Foothill 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Golden Valley 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Highland 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Independence 9:15-10:10 12:00-12:30

Kern Valley 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Mira Monte 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

North 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Ridgeview 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Shafter 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

South 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

West 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Nueva 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Tierra Del Sol 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Vista 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Vista West 7:00-7:30 12:00-12:30

Find Summer Meals in Your Community

Nutritious free meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger at many locations throughout the nation throughout the summer while school is out of session. Click this link to find a site near you.

Good nutrition is essential for learning in school. Continuing healthy eating habits is also important during the long hot summer months. Eating nutritious foods helps ensure students retain their hard learned knowledge… and to help them to keep right on learning throughout the summer. For many of these children, summer vacation can bring the temptation of eating empty calorie snacks and foods that are high in sugar, fats and sodium. And for many others, summer exposes students to an increased risk of hunger and developmental decline. Make seasonal fruits and vegetables a high priority for your snacks, meals and anytime.

Summertime is a time to enjoy...but it is also a time to remember to eat right. Make sure good nutrition remains a priority all summer long, and students will return to school in the Fall healthy, sharp and ready to learn.

IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE MEAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR

TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS:

The Kern High School District's meal service will operate under Universal meal program. With meals free for all enrolled students, regardless of need, the district will be collecting Alternate income forms. This will ensure the district and your student’s school site will receive the maximum funding allocations possible. In light of this, required households from ALL site locations should be completing an Alternative Income Form as necessary for the 2023-2024 school year. Completion of this form will help your student's school receive valuable funding from state and federal resources.

Please click on the Rocket Scan link below, or click on your student's site location to be taken to the correct webpage to submit an online Alternative Income Form:

Site Locations:

Arvin - Bakersfield - Centennial - Del Oro - East - Foothill - Frontier - Golden Valley - Highland - Independence - Kern Valley - Liberty - Mira Monte - North - Ridgeview - Shafter (includes Central Valley ) - South - Stockdale - West - Nueva - Tierra Del Sol - Vista - Vista West - ABLE (Adult Based Living Experience) - Workforce

Also, please click on the below link to view the Nutrition Service Director's letter regarding the Kern High School District's meal service program for the 2023-2024 school year.

Director's Letter 2023-2024

PLEASE READ INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE COMPLETING AN ALTERNATIVE INCOME FORM

ALTERNATIVE INCOME FORMS

CEP PROGRAM:

The Kern High School District continues to exercise an option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for the current school year. Schools that participate in the CEP are able to provide healthy breakfasts and lunches each day at no charge for all students enrolled in that CEP school.

For the current school year, the Alternative Income Form should be completed by ALL ENROLLED students who attend a CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) site. Parents/Guardians of students who attend these sites will NOT need to complete a Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application in order to determine meal eligibility, but instead should complete the Alternative Income Form. Completion of this form will assist in receiving other valuable Federal and State funding for your student's school! The information collected in this form is 100% confidential and will not be used for any other purpose.

If your student is enrolled in the Kern High School District and is attending one of the below CEP sites for the current school year, please complete and submit an Alternative Income Form online by clicking on your student's school site or the Rocket Scan icon/link below. If you prefer to complete and submit a paper form, you can pick up a copy at your student's school site or the Nutrition Services office.

CEP Sites

Arvin - Bakersfield - East - Del Oro - Foothill - Golden Valley - Highland - Independence - Kern Valley - Mira Monte - North - Ridgeview - Shafter (includes Central Valley) - South - West - Nueva - Tierra Del Sol - Vista - Vista West - ABLE (Adult Based Living Experience)

PROVISION 2 PROGRAM:

The Kern High School District has implemented an alternative program available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called Provision 2. Schools participating in Provision 2 are able to provide a healthy breakfast and lunch each day at no charge for all students enrolled during the school year.

A Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application is not required this year, however, it is still important for parents/guardians of ALL students (Grades 9th-12th) attending the Provision 2 school sites listed below, to complete an Alternative Income Form for the current school year and annually thereafter. Supplemental Federal and State funding are dependent upon receipt of the information on this application. The information collected on these forms is 100% confidential and will not be used for any other purpose.

If your student is or will be attending Independence High for the current school year, please complete and submit an Alternative Income Form online by clicking on the school name or the Rocket Scan icon/link below. If you prefer to complete and submit a paper form, you can pick up a copy at your student's school site or the Nutrition Services office.

Centennial - Frontier - Liberty - Stockdale

WORKFORCE -

If your student is enrolled in Workforce, you should complete an Alternative Income Form annually. Click on the Workforce site name above or the Rocketscan icon/link below to complete and submit your form online. If you prefer to complete and submit a paper form, you can pick up a copy at your student's school site or the Nutrition Services office.

To access the online Alternative Income Form, click on the Rocket Scan link below:

Which application should a parent complete?

CEP sites (All Students), Provision 2 sites (All Students), and all Workforce students will complete the Alternative Income Form
If the parent/guardian has two or more students attending two different schools
(one is CEP/Provision 2) then complete one application

Farm-to-School for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables

Across the country, an increasing number of schools and districts have begun to source more foods locally and to provide complementary educational activities to students that emphasize food, farming, and nutrition. This nationwide movement is designed to enrich children’s bodies and minds while supporting local economies is often referred to as “farm to school.”

The objectives of Nutrition Services Department is to serve healthy meals in school cafeterias and improve student nutrition, while providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities...and we want to support our local and regional farmers.

The key is to make these fresh options available and to get kids to try new things. Farm to School programs link school students and farmers in a way that improves foods offered in schools, educates kids about healthy eating and local foods, and creates income opportunities for farmers supplying to schools.

A Farm-to-School Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program can be an important catalyst for change in our efforts to combat childhood obesity by helping children learn more healthful eating habits. It has also been proven to be a successful way to introduce kids and teens to a variety of produce that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to sample.

Fresh Fruit