Evidence shows that feeding students healthy, nutritious foods is key to their learning. A nutritious breakfast and healthy lunch nourishes their bodies, improves brain function, and allows children to concentrate on their schoolwork.

Each day, Food Services serve more than 7200 meals, including 1200 breakfasts.

With advancements such as “grab-and-go” meals, salad bars, fresh-made pizzas, and in-school coffee shops, students have healthy food options that are also fun and meet kids’ preferences and lifestyles.

In 2015, Pickerington was named one of the Top 100 food service programs in the country by “Best Foods,”  and Toll Gate Middle School received the Gold Award in the Healthy U.S. School Challenge Award in 2012.

Our breakfast programs for Pickerington High School Central, Ridgeview Junior High, and Harmon Middle School have received the Rising Star Award for increasing breakfast participation by 30% in one year. This award was recognized by the Ohio School Breakfast Partners: Children’s Hunger Alliance, American Dairy Association, Action for Healthy Kids, School Nutrition Association and Ohio Department of Education Child and Nutrition Services.