Food Service
How can we serve you?
At Sparta Area Schools, we're dedicated to nourishing our students' minds and bodies. Our mission is simple yet vital: to provide nutritious and delicious meals that support academic success and overall well-being. With a commitment to quality ingredients and diverse menu options, we strive to cater to every student's dietary needs and preferences. Whether it's breakfast to kickstart the day or lunch that fuels afternoon learning, our team ensures every meal served is prepared with care and served with a smile. Join us in fostering a healthy learning environment through the power of good food at Sparta Area Schools.
Breakfast
Breakfast is FREE and offered in ALL BUILDINGS and includes a main entrée, juice/fruit, and white milk (fat free or 1%).
- Elementary students are provided FREE breakfast in the classroom with hot breakfast provided once per week. (PLEASE CONFIRMS AS SITE CURRENTLY SAYS HOT BREAKFAST IS OFFERED DAILY AND ONCE PER WEEK). Yogurt and a variety of cold cereals are also offered daily.
- Secondary Breakfast will be FREE to all students this year, available daily in the café. Secondary students are offered a variety of hot main entrees along with juice, milk (fat free or 1% white and fat free chocolate), and a la carte items.
Lunch
**Lunch is FREE and offered to all Pre-K-12 Grade Students for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Ridgeview Elementary offers: Three entrée choices with a hot vegetable
- Appleview Elementary offers: Three entrée choices with a hot vegetable
Additionally, all elementary schools have a fruit and vegetable bar for the students to enjoy daily.
- Middle School and High School students can choose from a wide range of entrees each day including:
- Create: Come try some of our hearty homemade comfort meals
- Sono: High School and Middle School will now offer a new and improved Mexican Line. Available daily on this line made to order; beef, bean, or chicken tacos, taco salads, nachos, burritos, and enchiladas
- Grilled: Fast-casual station to grab your favorite grilled sandwich and finger food
- 2 Mato: Come try some of our amazing pasta's and pizza's (Classic cheese pizza made with reduced fat cheese on a fresh baked whole grain crust and specialty pizzas which are fresh baked daily)
- So Deli: Sandwiches and Salads Made to order with freshly baked breads and sliced meat choices with all your favorite toppings
- Grab and Go: Fast and fresh food options
- Extra Extra: No one leaves our café hungry with our fresh fruit and vegetable bar (cold fruit and vegetable bar offered daily - featuring fresh seasonal produce including local items)
Meal Prices
Sparta Area Schools is participating in the Michigan School Meals, National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) for the 2024-25 school year. Combining these programs allows us to provide ALL STUDENTS WITH FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
Milk only - $0.60
Funding your Student's Food Service Account
For your convenience, we accept payments online with check, debit, or credit card. To do so you must visit our family portal at https://sparta.familyportal.cloud/. In order to set your child/children up with an account you will need their student ID number. If your child does not know their ID number, please contact the Food Service Director. Once basic student information is entered, you may make a deposit for your student’s food service account through a secure internet connection. If you choose to apply money online there will be convenience fees. There is a $1.50 flat fee when using a checking account for payment and $2.85 for every $100.00 increment in a transaction when using a credit/debit card. Remember you can make one family deposit as well. You do not need to do each child separately. You may also send cash or checks with your child to school. Please make sure the payment is identified for food service and child/children’s names are on the payment. Any questions about food service payments should be directed to Melissa Alley 616-887-1744.
Free & Reduced Applications
All Sparta Area Schools students must complete the Education Benefit Form for the 2024-25 School Year.
The Meal Magic Family Portal allows you to fill out The Education Benefit Forms on-line. Click THIS LINK and then select "Apply For Benefits" to complete the form on-line. We only need one Education Benefit form per household. If you prefer to use this site, you will no longer need to send in the paper Education Benefit Form and, in most cases, your application will be reviewed and a determination made within one business day.
Please remember that an Education Benefit Form needs to be filled out every new school year between July 1st and October 2nd. If you prefer the paper copy application, they will be available at all open houses, building main offices, building kitchens or you can print one HERE.
Sparta's CEP Education Benefit Letter to Households 2024-25
2024-25 Sharing information form
Final Sparta Spanish CEP Education Benefit Form Letter to Households 2024-25
NutriSlice App
NutriSlice App 
The way you access menus is changing, and we are sure you will love it! Sparta Area Schools in partnership with Chartwells K12, is now using Nutrislice to publish the school menus to a new interactive website and a free smartphone app! Now you can access your menus anywhere, anytime! Nutrislice gives students and parents the opportunity to see more information about menu items including photos and descriptions. The capability to filter common food allergens, translate menus into different languages, access nutrition information such as carb counts and calories is just a few clicks away! Please visit https://spartaschools.nutrislice.com/menu to check out the Sparta Area School Menus or download the Nutrislice app for free on your smartphone.
Conveniently view the school menus and food information. Click the link to install the app.
Resources
P-EBT Sparta High SchoolP-EBT Sparta Middle SchoolP-EBT Appleview ElementaryP-EBT Ridgeview Elementary
Sparta's CEP Education Benefit Letter to Households 2024-25
Sparta Area Schools Education Benefit Form 2024-25
2024-25 Sharing information form
Final Sparta Spanish CEP Education Benefit Form Letter to Households 2024-25
Sparta's Spanish Education Benefit Form 2024-25
Spanish 2024-25 Sharing Information form
More Than Meals - How Sparta Food Services Go Above and Beyond
Special Diet/Allergy FormSpecial Diet/Allergy Form - Spanish
Food Service Wellness
Food Services Wellness
Sparta Wellness Committee Flyer January 2025
Sparta's Wellness Policy Triennial Assessment 2023-24
Double Up Food Bucks
Participating Kent County Farm Markets & Grocery StoresDUFB Flyer - EnglishDUFB Flyer - Spanish
Monthly Newsletters
Sparta's February 2025 Food Service Newsletter
Sparta's January 2025 Food Service Newsletter
Food Service December 2024 Newsletter
November 2024 Food Service Newsletter
Food Service October 2024 Newsletter
NSLW 2024 High & Middle School Flyer
Sparta's Food Service September 2024 Newsletter
Sparta's Kindergarten Roundup Food Service Newsletter 2024-25 School Year
Summer 2025 Feeding
Meet Up and Eat Up Site Locator - coming soon!
Sparta's Meet Up & Eat Up Summer 2025 Flyer - coming soon!
The Sparta Area School District participates in the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Program. Nutritious meals are served every school day. All meals served must meet patterns established by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
USDA Non-Discrimination 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, 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: USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, 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; or
Fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
e-Mail:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Melissa Alley
Food Service Director
616-887-1744
