10/13/2025
Celebrating those who help feed our kids! Thanks for all you do! 🥗🍎🍕
🍽️🎉 It’s National School Lunch Week! 🎉🍽️
📅 October 13–17, 2025
We’re celebrating all week long with some fun facts about Watertown School District’s amazing Nutrition Services team and the power of school meals 💪
🥪 Watertown Fun Facts:
✨ We serve an average of 2,500 lunches every day — fueling learning across our community!
🍕 In the 2024–2025 school year, we served 367,863 lunches!
⭐ Student favorites? Popcorn chicken, chicken strips, chicken alfredo, and pizza top the list!
🙌 A huge THANK YOU to our incredible Nutrition Services team who make it all happen each and every day!
It's A National Celebration:
🍎 National School Lunch Week was created in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to celebrate the importance of healthy school meals for kids everywhere.
🥛 The National School Lunch Program began in 1946, thanks to President Harry S. Truman — ensuring students across the country could enjoy a nutritious meal every day.
👧🧒 30 million kids eat school lunch daily — that’s more people than live in the entire state of Texas!
🍽️ What’s on the Tray?
Every school lunch includes fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean protein, and milk — adding up to 5+ billion meals served each year across the nation. 💥
⚡ Power Up with Nutrition:
School lunch provides about 1/3 of the nutrients kids need daily to learn, play, and grow strong.
💚 Thank Your Lunch Heroes:
It takes hundreds of thousands of cafeteria staff in 95,000 schools to keep students fed nationwide. Be sure to give your lunch ladies & gents a BIG thank-you this week!
🎮 Level Up with School Lunch:
Healthy food = more energy, focus, and fun. Celebrate by trying something new on your tray this week!
