DAILY SNACK Many Chittick students suffer from severe and potentially life-threatening allergies to peanuts and tree nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, filberts, cashews, etc.). In some cases, a reaction will occur without the student even eating the product. In response to the seriousness of the circumstances, we ask that you please do not send in any snack to be consumed in the classroom that contains PEANUTS OR TREE NUTS. Please read food labels carefully. Sometimes the ingredients are not clearly listed. Many food item labels indicate the item may contain traces of peanuts or tree nuts. If you are in doubt, you may send the food item label to the school nurse for review. LUNCH Due to the fact that there is a specially designated PEANUT-FREE table available for allergic students in the lunchroom, your child may bring in lunch items that contain peanuts or tree nuts (such as a peanut butter sandwich). BIRTHDAY TREATS & OTHER SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS The East Brunswick School District is committed to providing students with healthy and nutritious foods. In an effort to promote student health and well- being, the district has adopted guidelines for the types of foods that may be given out during the school day. If you would like to send in a special birthday snack for the class, please coordinate this with the classroom teacher and be guided by the nutritional and allergy information the teacher shares with you. The Child Nutrition Department will be providing a service to parents by offering various food items for birthday celebrations for a nominal fee. Parents may contact the Child Nutrition Department at (732) 613-6719 to purchase appropriate and approved food items. If you would like, you may celebrate with nonfood items. Stickers, pencils, small erasers, and/or bookmarks may be brought to school and handed out to classmates. Your child may pass these out to his/her friends to use throughout the year. If you are interested in donating a book in your child's name in honor of his/her birthday, please inform the classroom teacher. CLUBS School clubs and activities are an integral part of the educational program at Chittick Elementary School. There are many clubs available to students of each grade level. To see a short description of a specific club, please visit the Chittick School Website. BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL CHILDCARE The East Brunswick Public School District’s Community Programs Department offers quality early morning and after school care to children of working parents. The Early Morning Program (EMP) is for children in the AM kindergarten through grade five. Parents may bring their children to their home school as early as 7:00 AM. On days when there is a delayed opening, children may be dropped off at 9:30 AM. After School Kids (ASK) is a program designed for children in the PM kindergarten through grade five. The program begins at the close of the school day and ends with parent pick-up at 6:00 PM at the home school. These are fee-based programs with trained staff members. Discipline procedures, consistent with those of the home school, are followed. Registration forms may be downloaded by going to the Community Programs link at www.ebnet.org or from the main office at the participating school. For additional information about school-aged child care call the Community Programs Department at 732-613-6980.