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Apache Trail High School A Tuition-Free Public Charter School
Leona Group

School Meals

Parents

School Meals

Free, healthy breakfast and lunch for every student, every day.

Our school is proud to provide free, healthy meals to every student every day through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

What Is CEP?

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a federal program under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). It allows schools in eligible communities to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students, regardless of household income.

What This Means for Families

Every student receives free breakfast and lunch, no household meal applications are required, and all students are encouraged to enjoy school meals daily.

Why It Matters & Join Us

Access to nutritious meals helps students stay focused, energized, and ready to learn. Our menus meet or exceed USDA nutrition standards. We invite all students to join us daily so every child is nourished and ready to succeed.

Arizona Healthy Schools Act (HB 2164)

The Arizona Healthy Schools Act (House Bill 2164) prohibits public schools participating in federally funded or assisted meal programs from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell ultraprocessed food on the school campus during the regular school day. The new law takes effect at the start of the 2026-2027 school year.

📄 The Basics of the Arizona Healthy Schools Act - Arizona Department of Education (PDF)

The law defines ultraprocessed foods as those containing 1 or more of the following 11 ingredients:

  • Potassium bromate
  • Propylparaben
  • Titanium dioxide
  • Brominated vegetable oil
  • Yellow dye 5 or 6
  • Blue dye 1 or 2
  • Green dye 3
  • Red dye 3 or 40

What You Need to Know:

No Outside Food Containing 11 Banned Ingredients:
Visitors or outside companies are not allowed to bring foods with banned ingredients to distribute or sell on campus during the normal school day. You cannot give out food that contains any of the 11 banned ingredients to any of the other students in your child’s class.

What Can I Do, Or Bring?
These new rules do not apply to parents packing their child's individual lunch or snacks. You can still pack any lunches, snacks, or treats for your individual child. You cannot give any food containing any of the 11 banned ingredients to any other students.

Monthly Menus

New breakfast and lunch menus are posted each month. Please be advised that some items are subject to change due to availability. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Stamps 480.288.0337.

Summer Meals

Children and teens 18 and younger can receive free meals at participating locations statewide. Call the AZ Hunger Hotline at 602-528-3434 or 1-800-445-1914, or text FOOD (COMIDA) to 304-304.

Program Documents

USDA Civil Rights Statement

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating based on 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 Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online at usda.gov (Form AD-3027), 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 mail (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410), fax ((833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442), or email (Program.Intake@usda.gov).

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.