School Food Mission Statement
It is our mission that children understand what good food really is and carry that knowledge with them for their whole lives. Our meals are prepared fresh daily with wholesome ingredients, farm fresh produce...and love. You can count on it!
What’s New in The Cafeteria
Breakfast at First Recess
Breakfast is now available both before school and at first
recess. This is especially great for kids who aren’t
hungry first thing in the morning or who just didn’t
have time for eating.
The Organic Milk Project
Organic milk is served at all our meals. This is
milk from cows that are fed no synthetic growth hormones,
no toxic chemical fertilizers or pesticides, no antibiotics
or genetically-modified organisms. Just pure milk.
Cost
Breakfast: $1.25 Lunch: $2.50
Our menu and attached payment form is sent home prior to
each month. We encourage weekly or monthly prepayments –
it helps tremendously – and we’ll keep track
of your child’s lunch and breakfast credits for you.
Always include your child’s name and teacher’s
name on any check or payment form.
Join Us For A Meal
Parents, family and friends are invited to eat with students
any time. Lunch is only $5 for adults. Coffee and breakfast
items are $1 each. Don’t miss Peabody’s famous
cinnamon rolls, available every Friday morning.
Free Lunch Program
Did you know your child may qualify for free lunch for the
entire year? Review the income eligibility guidelines on
the back side of the free/reduced application sent home
at the beginning of the year. Call or stop by our office
for additional copies of the application or to see if you
qualify.
Volunteers Needed
Join us and have some fun creating together: pizza, cinnamon
rolls, muffins and much more. Help chop, slice or bake and
have lunch on us. Volunteers have saved the cafeteria thousands
of dollars over the years – dollars that have gone
to funding the Peabody garden, science camp scholarships
and new equipment.
Sign Up To Be On Our Email List
If you would like to receive menu updates and information
about volunteer opportunities, join our email list by sending
your email address to llyle@peabodycharter.org.
Quotes from Kids:
“I like the Organic Milk because it’s cold,
tastes sweet and I can have as much as I want!!!!”
“Breakfast Smoothies are my favorite.”
“I’m always really hungry at first recess. I’m
glad I can grab breakfast and still have time to play.”
For more information or to sign up to help
in the kitchen, call Laurel Lyle at 563-1536 or email: llyle@peabodycharter.org
Your
Peabody Cafeteria is entering its fourteenth year
of independent community-based operations. Everyday we provide
more than five hundred healthy, balanced “home cooked”
meals, prepared from scratch right here in our kitchen. We
use nearly 100% organic fruits, vegetables, grains and milk,
and over half our produce comes from local growers! Throughout
the year, our Celebrity Chef Challenge brings in some of Santa
Barbara’s top chefs to prepare lunch in our kitchen.
In 2005, Peabody’s executive chef, Laurel Lyle, was
awarded the Golden Carrot Award Honorable Mention from the
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in recognition
of our effective and innovative efforts to encourage children
to eat more healthfully. In addition, the cafeteria has been highlighted by an Orfalea Fund Initative's, 
