Lunch Supervision
The Calgary Board of Education provides students with the option to stay at school for lunch. Lunch Supervision is offered to all students in Grades 1- 6 and in our full-day kindergarten programs for an annual fee. Please visit our Lunch Supervision page for information.
Lunches
Students must bring their own healthy lunches. They are encouraged to pack only healthy/brain-food lunch items to school, in accordance with CBE Administrative Regulation 3047 - Nutrition as well as the Canada Food Guide Guidelines. Students are asked to try to make their lunches as litter-less as possible to help the environment, and reduce our school's waste/ garbage footprint.
Lost Items
Due to the large number of lost lunch packs, containers, water bottles and ice packs that always seem to appear in the Lost and Found, please stick on a label or write your child's full name on all these reusable items. This helps us in getting those lost belongings back to the right students as quickly as possible.
Allergies
Northern Lights School is an ‘Allergy Aware’ school. For each classroom, a sign is posted by the door to inform about any severe allergies that are present in that classroom, 'Allergy Alert' stop signs are posted on individual desks, and Epi-Pen signs hang above backpacks to indicate where emergency medications are contained. We educate all students and staff on how to keep their hands and work surfaces clean of allergens, and offer options for where students with allergens can eat if their parents so choose. Although we do not ban any food items from the school, many families consider sending alternative food options for their child if a severe allergy to a certain food exists within their child's homeroom class.
There are some students in our school community who have severe or life threatening allergies to various environmental allergens. Peanuts, tree nuts, seafood, animal dander and some fragrances tend to be the most common allergies in our student population. While we are not able to keep our school completely free of these allergens, we strive to be sensitive to these conditions. All of our staff are updated on a yearly basis of these conditions and are aware of the emergency procedures required to deal with these types of allergic reactions.
Please notify the school immediately if your child has a severe allergy. The school will need to have additional information. A Student Health Plan form must be completed.
Fun Lunches
Our Parent Fundraising Society offers Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch opportunities for students in Grades 1 – 5, and Healthy Hunger Popcorn or Cobs Days for students in Kindergarten to Grade 5 approximately once a month. Watch for updates within the weekly Northern Lights News messages on the school's website.