BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM 2024-2025
AYA WELLNESS POLICY BREAKFAST MENU SCHOOL LUNCH MENU
Dear Parents and Guardians:
Assalamu Alaikum,
I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our Parents and Guardians from American
Youth Academy Food Service Department. Children need healthy meals to learn.
American Youth Academy today announced an amendment to its policy for serving meals
to students under the National School Lunch / School Breakfast Programs for the
2024-2025 school year. All students will be served Lunch and Breakfast at no charge at
the following site:
American Youth Academy
5905 E. 130 th Ave, Tampa, FL 33617
Lunch:
Cafeteria will start serving lunch for students on Monday August 12 th 2024
Lunch weekly menu will be posted on RenWeb
Lunch will be served in the Cafeteria for the Grades 1 st -12 th grades at different periods.
K3-K5 Grades students Lunch will be served in a designated classroom.
Lunch Meal contains five items:
1 Fruit, 1 Vegetable, 1 Grain, 1 Meat or Meat alternative and 1 Milk.
All students are eligible for one free Lunch meal, to complete the meal each student has
to choose from three up to five items of the menu items and one of the items has to be
Fruit or Vegetable, (100% juice is credited toward Fruits).
Additional meal cost $7.00
Note: All meats served in the Cafeteria are certified Halal meats.
Breakfast:
Cafeteria will start serving Breakfast for students on Monday August 12 th 2024
Breakfast a weekly cycle Menu will be posted on AYA website:
https://www.ayatampa.org/
K5-12 th grades Students will eat breakfast in the cafeteria, students wishing to eat
breakfast at school must arrive in the cafeteria between 7:10- 7:40 am. Breakfast will
NOT be served after 7:40 am. This is to ensure that students arrive to class and/or
Assembly on time.
PK3-K4 students will eat breakfast in a designated classroom, starts at 7:40am and ends
at 7:55am .
- Breakfast Meal contains four items:
1 Fruit or Vegetable, 1 Grain& 1 Meat/Meat alternate or two grains, and 1 Milk.
- All students are eligible for one free Breakfast meal, to complete the meal each
student has to choose from three to four items off the menu items, one of the items
has to be Fruits, (100% juice is credited toward Fruits)
Additional Meal cost $4.50
Parents of students with allergies or special diets MUST provide the Cafeteria Manager a
doctor’s note stating allergens needing to be avoided or special diet needs. The parent
will need to pack lunches for their child(ren) on days their child(ren) cannot eat the
school lunch. The school cannot provide a substitute meal for students with allergies or
special diets.
All of our cafeteria staff receives yearly training in HACCP principles, (Hazard Analysis of
Critical Control Points) a comprehensive federal and state food safety program designed
to track food from delivery to service. The Cafeteria Manager and the Kitchen Chef are
certified in ‘ServSafe, a federal program administered by the National Restaurant
Association and Food Allergy Awareness.
*Lost or forgotten ID: students will be Charged $5 for lost or forgotten ID in the business
office with tuition and fees.
* For A la carte items Students Can pre-paid or pay at the point of service using cash,
check or credit card.
*Students can owe up to $10.00 for A la carte items, Letter from the cashier will be sent
to parents.
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, gender, 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:
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-
0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, 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
email:program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
If you have any suggestions, concerns or questions regarding the menus, please feel
free to contact:
Oraib Asad
Cafeteria Manager
Phone Number: 813-987-9282 Ext 204
Email: cafeteriamanager@ayatampa.com
