Online Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits

All families are encouraged to complete the online 2025-2026 Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits. A new application must be submitted each school year. Only students with approved applications will receive free or reduced-price meals for the 2025-2026 school year. If you have already received notification that your family is eligible for free or reduced-price meals for the 2025-2026 school year, follow the instructions provided. For more Information about the about the Application for Free and Reduced Priced Meals (click here). 

Online Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals 2025-2026 (click here)

Families can apply (or reapply) anytime throughout the school year, especially if your income has decreased or your family size increased. You may be eligible for free or reduced price meals! MCS also accepts donations to help support families that may not qualify for benefits. Contact Kyleen Harris, 785-565-5050, kharris@manhattancatholicschools.org if you have any questions.

Food Allergy Form

Meal Modification Form (updated 2024)

Please complete the meal modification form if your student has any allergies or conditions that affect what your child can eat. Please submit to the main office or Food Service Director. Contact Kyleen Harris, Food Service Director at 785-565-5050, kharris@manhattancatholicschools.org.

2025-2026 Meal Prices and Charge Policy

 

School meal prices will increase by 10 cents for the 2025-2026 school year. The price adjustment is in response to an increase in food and supply costs as well as a decrease in federal reimbursement. The goal is to operate our school meal program at a break-even point. Every effort will be made to keep prices as low as possible while providing nutritious meals to students. Payments (cash or check preferred) can be deposited in the meal payment box inside the elementary school gym. Please make checks payable to MCS Lunchroom and include the student’s name in the memo. One check can be submitted for all student's in the same family. Online payments are not available. 

 Meal Charge Policy   

Lunchroom Information

Helpful Tips 

  • If the student will be late to school, please let the office know by 8:30 AM if the student will need a school lunch.
  • Parents are welcome to eat with their children at school. Please let the office know by 8:30 AM if you would like a school meal. Adult meals are $4.10.
  • Food from “fast food” places and pop are not allowed in the cafeteria during lunch. Water or 100% Fruit Juice is encouraged. (Per MCS School Wellness policy).
  • Your student’s lunch balance, grades, and teacher information can be viewed in PowerSchool. Once you have access to your parent account in PowerSchool an automated email with your student’s lunch balance will be sent to you when their lunch balance is getting low. To get access to your parent PowerSchool account please stop by the Manhattan Catholic Schools office to get your confidential Access ID and Password.
  • We kindly ask parents to keep their student’s lunch account balances positive (or at zero dollars). Once a student's meal account falls below $0 (zero dollars), the Food Service Director will notify parents.

Menus

PreK - 8th: Breakfast, Lunch, and ASP Snack

Meal Service Schedule

Breakfast 7:15-7:30 - At breakfast students must select at least 3 items, one must be a fruit or juice. Fruit, 100% juice, and low-fat milk offered daily at Breakfast!  

Lunch Schedule  - At Lunch students must select full portions of 3 components and one must be a 1/2 cup of fruit or vegetable. Fresh salad bar and low-fat milk offered daily at Lunch!

  • K 11:00-11:20
  • 1st 11:05-11:25
  • 2nd 11:10-11:30
  • 3rd 11:15-11:35
  • 4-5th 11:45-12:05
  • 6-8th 11:53-12:13 

MCS Wellness Plan

 MCS School Wellness Policy 2024-2025

The school wellness committee is made up of parents, teachers, and students and meets twice a year in the fall and spring. The committee will recommend goals annually after they complete the KSDE Wellness Policy Builder and present policies to the Council of Education. The committee will communicate an annual review of the previous year goals and the new annual goals to the students, teachers, and parents. Contact Kyleen if you are interested in joining the wellness committee! Check out the KSDE Data Central website, here the public can access the district’s wellness policy and state comparison charts. Data Central link -   https://datacentral.ksde.org/nutrition_reports.aspx.

MCS Wellness Committee:

  • Kyleen Harris - Food Service Director (kharris@manhattancatholicschools.org) 
  • Derreck Alcala - Parent Representative
  • Elene Hubka- PE Teacher
  • Andrea Feldkamp - 2nd Grade Teacher/Running Club Coordinator 
  • Megan Major - MCS RN
  • Ronda Machin - Administrative assistant 
  • Lacey Flack - Administrative assistant 

 

Fresh veggies offered daily!

Homemade Lunchables

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

USDA Nondiscrimination 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 on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, 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 a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at:  https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, 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:

   (1)   mail
           U.S. Department of Agriculture
           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
          1400 Independence Avenue, SW
           Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

   (2)   fax:
           (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

   (3)   email:
           program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.