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CAFETERIA
NUTRITION SERVICES
In the Middle School the dining area is located in the
Commons. As participants in the National School Lunch
Program, each lunch served must include five components:
a protein source, grain, a vegetable, a fruit and eight ounces
of milk. Choices of entrees are available each day, including
both hot and cold selections. There are also a variety of
vegetables, fruits and cold milks to choose from. At the
Middle School, at least five components are offered each
day; however your child may choose as little as three foods
to complete a meal. Our schools also offer a variety of a la
carte items for sale including portioned baked snacks, soft
pretzels, bagels, juices, fresh baked cookies, chips, waters
and alternate beverages ranging in prices from $.50 and up.
Lunch costs are currently $3.00* for all lunches. *Subject to
change.
The identification of students for the 2016-2017
school year will be a biometric finger scan. The
scan correlates to the student ID number (EMIS
Number). Hudson Nutrition Services uses
MyPaymentsPlus software. This allows lunch lines to move
more efficiently by eliminating the exchange of money during
lunch. Students use their finger to record what they are
buying that day. Parents may put money on their child’s
account by either sending cash or a check to the school
made payable to Hudson City Schools. Please include the
students’ name and ID number on the check or envelope.
Parents can also make deposits online at
www.MyPaymentsPlus.com for a small fee. Students will
have to have monies on account in order to purchase
lunches and a la carte items. If your balance falls below
$5.00, you will receive a reminder call from the E-connect
system regarding your low account status. Please
remember, we will not be accepting money during the
lunch lines to decrease the amount of time students wait
in line, and increase the amount of time they have to eat.
Students who have opted out of the biometric scan
process must know their ID number and will be asked to
enter the number on a keypad at the point of sale where
a cashier can verify the students’ account with a photo
match for account security.
Daily lunch menus are available online at
www.myschoolmenus.com. You may also download the
app. All other information for Nutrition Services, including
the current free and reduced meal application, can be found
at www.hudson.k12.oh.us – District Home Page/Parent
Link/Nutrition. Parents may contact the Nutrition Service
Department with questions at 330-653-1203.
1. Students will not behave in a manner that could
cause injury to someone else or create a
disturbance. (i.e.: running, wrestling, throwing food
or objects, etc.)
2. Students are expected to have good behavior while
waiting in the lunch line: there will be no cutting in
line, pushing, or causing a general disturbance.
3. Students are expected to be polite and considerate
at all times.
4. Students are to keep the dining areas clean and
neat.
5. Eating and drinking are to be confined to the
Commons. Students are not permitted to eat or
drink in the classrooms or in the hallways, unless
permission has been granted by the classroom
teacher.
6. Students are to report to the cafeteria only during
their assigned lunch period.
7. Students are not permitted to leave the Commons
area without a written pass from a teacher.
Students must also have a written pass from a
teacher if they are tardy to lunch.
The vending machines are only available to students
during their lunch period, before or after school.
CLINIC
There is a nurse on staff at Hudson Middle School. If
students become ill during the day, they need to get a pass
from their teacher to go to the clinic, which is located in the
Commons. The clinic staff will contact the parent/guardian if
the illness warrants their awareness. For the health and
safety of all students the following Health Guidelines for
School Attendance are to be adhered. Do not send your
child to school if any of the following symptoms or conditions
were present in the last 24 hours:
~Temperature above 100 degrees, vomiting or diarrhea
during the previous evening or night, undiagnosed rash,
bacterial infections not treated for at least 24 hours, pus or
mucus draining from the eye and not treated by physician,
severe headache, ear pain with fever, live lice, continuous
cough, severe sore throat, or unusually tired, pale, difficult to
awake, lack of appetite. See MEDICATIONS for more
information.
Elevator Key Usage
The student is to return the key when no longer needed.
Failure to return a key requires a $5.00 fee.
CLUBS AND SPECIAL GROUPS
Drama Club Show Choir
Jazz Band Power of the Pen
4Kids/Student Council
(Information pertaining to these clubs is available in the
Student Resource Center.)
COMMUNITIES/TEAMS
Hudson Middle School is organized into three learning
communities to help personalize education and provide a
sense of belonging for our students. Our communities
consist of teaching teams at 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Each
interdisciplinary team is composed of a language arts, math,
science, and social studies teacher. The community
structure has several advantages for students, parents, and
teachers:
1. Better relationships among students due to a
smaller group setting.
2. Unity and ownership among students through
community activities, events and teaming.
3. Improvement of the instructional program as a
result of interdisciplinary teaming of teachers.
Students remain in their community during 6th and 7th grade
and are redistributed prior to the start of their 8th grade year.
This structure allows our incoming students a safe and
secure environment for the first two years of their middle
school experience, while they are still afforded the
opportunity to meet new people and make new friends as
they prepare to transition to the high school.
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