Message About Ki's Lunch

Hello TCS families,

We are pleased to see so many students enjoying Ki's Hot Lunch program!  We hope that you are finding the ordering process to be smooth and easy to work with. I wanted to provide you with some reminders and bullet points to reference throughout the year should the need arise:

• Our Ki's Parent Association Chairperson is Jackie Fisk (Jackie@onlinesd.com).  She is the one to talk to about volunteering!
• Our school "access code" is: 1956.  You will use this to create your account when signing onto https://kis.naturallunches.com
• Ki's employees are very receptive and are dedicated to ensuring that your children receive delicious, healthy lunches, and that your interactions with them both in person, and on-line, are positive and helpful.  Should you ever have questions about orders, charges or options, please direct your questions directly to Ki's at:info@kisschoollunches.com and by phone at (760) 828-5236.  Janet and her team will do their best to help resolve issues, and answer your questions.
• In response to some questions about second helpings, Janet sent the following: 
  
  There are only seconds on Fruits and Veggies, and the student needs to bring back their original plate to receive these.
  
  But every rule has an exception.... we generally ask the little ones how many nuggets they would like: 4, 5 or 6. They are entitled to six but it is silly to simply put it on their plate to be thrown away, and in some cases some of them are extra hungry, or bigger eaters so for the ones that take less than 6 they can come back for more, and some of their bigger eating friends can come back and ask for one or two more to consume the extras. I trust Peter (the Ki's server) to be aware of how many "less and more" he has given.
  
  I do the same thing with the garlic toast and corn bread on Mondays and Fridays. The little ones are entitled to 3 and the older kids are entitled to 4, we usually only put 2 on the preschool plates and then have 5 or so to give to the big boys. But the preschool teachers can always come back and ask for additional toast, and of course, fruit.
  
  I try to never give seconds on the popcorn, corn chips and cheddar puffs, again, unless they have cleaned their plates. These snacks are "clean" but they are still high in salt and fat content and are meant as a side order. The kids need to eat their entrees and veggies before being given more, and the biggest problem allowing seconds here is that many of them will begin asking if they see their friends getting more, and I have seen kids throw their left over lunch away and then come to the table as if they have eaten everything.
  
  Janet

With thanks to Ki's and our wonderful PA who make this program what it is, 

Kelly Parisa