Food Service
How can we serve you?
At Sparta Area Schools, we're dedicated to nourishing our students' minds and bodies. Our mission is simple yet vital: to provide nutritious and delicious meals that support academic success and overall well-being.
With a focus on quality ingredients and diverse menu options, we aim to meet the dietary needs and preferences of every student. That's why we serve food kids love to eat and design programs that inspire fun, discover, and lifelong healthy habits. Our passionate nutrition services team prioritizes fresh, nutritious, minimally processed, and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible.
Whether it's breakfast to jumpstart the day or lunch that fuels afternoon learning, each meal is prepared with care and served with a smile. In partnership with Chartwells, Sparta Area Schools is proud to create a food experience that supports a healthy learning environment.
To learn more about our food service partner, visit www.chartwellsK12.com
Summer 2025 Feeding
Services available Monday through Friday beginning Monday June 2nd through Friday August 15th.
*NO programs June 30th - July 4th due to the holiday*
Sparta High School, ECC, & Appleview Summer Breakfast Menu July 7-August 1, 2025
Sparta Appleview & ECC Summer Lunch Menu July 7-Aug. 1, 2025
Sparta High School, ECC, & Appleview Summer Breakfast Menu June 2-July 4, 2025
Sparta ECC and Appleview Summer Lunch Menu June 2-July 4, 2025
Appleview Elementary (240 E Spartan Dr, Sparta MI 49345)
Breakfast Service Time: 8:30a -9:00a
Lunch Service Time: 11:30a-12:00p
Sparta Early Childhood Center (480 S. State Street, Sparta, MI 49345)
Breakfast Service Time: 9:00a-9:30a
Lunch Service Time: 12noon-12:30p
Sparta High School (475 W. Spartan Drive, Sparta, MI 49345)
Breakfast Service Time: 8:15a-10:00a
* Breakfast only, no lunch service, no service on Fridays, only through Friday, July 31, 2025)
Meet Up and Eat Up Site Locator - https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition/ or https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder
Families in Michigan can Text "food or comida" to 304-304 to receive the most up to date site location information or call 211 to find summer feeding locations.
Breakfast
Breakfast is FREE and offered in ALL BUILDINGS and includes a main entrée, juice/fruit, and white milk (fat free or 1%).
- Elementary students are provided FREE breakfast in the classroom with hot breakfast provided once per week. (PLEASE CONFIRMS AS SITE CURRENTLY SAYS HOT BREAKFAST IS OFFERED DAILY AND ONCE PER WEEK). Yogurt and a variety of cold cereals are also offered daily.
- ECC Breakfast 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
- Ridgeview Breakfast 8:40 AM-9:10 AM
- Appleview Breakfast 8:25 AM-8:55 AM
- Secondary Breakfast will be FREE to all students this year, available daily in the café. Secondary students are offered a variety of hot main entrees along with juice, milk (fat free or 1% white and fat free chocolate), and a la carte items.
- Sparta High School Breakfast 7:40 AM-7:50 AM
- Sparta Middle School Breakfast 7:30 AM-7:50 AM
Lunch
**Lunch is FREE and offered to all Pre-K-12 Grade Students for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Ridgeview Elementary offers: Three entrée choices with a hot vegetable
- Appleview Elementary offers: Three entrée choices with a hot vegetable
Additionally, all elementary schools have a fruit and vegetable bar for the students to enjoy daily.
- Middle School and High School students can choose from a wide range of entrees each day including:
- Create: Come try some of our hearty homemade comfort meals
- Sono: High School and Middle School will now offer a new and improved Mexican Line. Available daily on this line made to order; beef, bean, or chicken tacos, taco salads, nachos, burritos, and enchiladas
- Grilled: Fast-casual station to grab your favorite grilled sandwich and finger food
- 2 Mato: Come try some of our amazing pasta's and pizza's (Classic cheese pizza made with reduced fat cheese on a fresh baked whole grain crust and specialty pizzas which are fresh baked daily)
- So Deli: Sandwiches and Salads Made to order with freshly baked breads and sliced meat choices with all your favorite toppings
- Grab and Go: Fast and fresh food options
- Extra Extra: No one leaves our café hungry with our fresh fruit and vegetable bar (cold fruit and vegetable bar offered daily - featuring fresh seasonal produce including local items)
Meal Prices
Sparta Area Schools is participating in the Michigan School Meals, National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) for the 2024-25 school year. Combining these programs allows us to provide ALL STUDENTS WITH FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
Milk only - $0.60
Funding your Student's Food Service Account
For your convenience, we accept payments online with check, debit, or credit card. To do so you must visit our family portal at https://sparta.familyportal.cloud/. In order to set your child/children up with an account you will need their student ID number. If your child does not know their ID number, please contact the Food Service Director. Once basic student information is entered, you may make a deposit for your student’s food service account through a secure internet connection. If you choose to apply money online there will be convenience fees. There is a $1.50 flat fee when using a checking account for payment and $2.85 for every $100.00 increment in a transaction when using a credit/debit card. Remember you can make one family deposit as well. You do not need to do each child separately. You may also send cash or checks with your child to school. Please make sure the payment is identified for food service and child/children’s names are on the payment. Any questions about food service payments should be directed to Melissa Alley 616-887-1744.
Free & Reduced Applications
All Sparta Area Schools students must complete the Education Benefit Form for the 2024-25 School Year.
The Meal Magic Family Portal allows you to fill out The Education Benefit Forms on-line. Click THIS LINK and then select "Apply For Benefits" to complete the form on-line. We only need one Education Benefit form per household. If you prefer to use this site, you will no longer need to send in the paper Education Benefit Form and, in most cases, your application will be reviewed and a determination made within one business day.
Please remember that an Education Benefit Form needs to be filled out every new school year between July 1st and October 2nd. If you prefer the paper copy application, they will be available at all open houses, building main offices, building kitchens or you can print one HERE.
Sparta's CEP Education Benefit Letter to Households 2024-25
2024-25 Sharing information form
Final Sparta Spanish CEP Education Benefit Form Letter to Households 2024-25
NutriSlice App
NutriSlice App 
The way you access menus is changing, and we are sure you will love it! Sparta Area Schools in partnership with Chartwells K12, is now using Nutrislice to publish the school menus to a new interactive website and a free smartphone app! Now you can access your menus anywhere, anytime! Nutrislice gives students and parents the opportunity to see more information about menu items including photos and descriptions. The capability to filter common food allergens, translate menus into different languages, access nutrition information such as carb counts and calories is just a few clicks away! Please visit https://spartaschools.nutrislice.com/menu to check out the Sparta Area School Menus or download the Nutrislice app for free on your smartphone.
Conveniently view the school menus and food information. Click the link to install the app.
Resources
Sparta's SUN Bucks Parent Letter March 2025
SUN Bucks Michigan English Flyer
SUN Bucks Michigan Spanish Flyer 2025
Sparta's CEP Education Benefit Letter to Households 2024-25
Sparta Area Schools Education Benefit Form 2024-25
2024-25 Sharing information form
Final Sparta Spanish CEP Education Benefit Form Letter to Households 2024-25
Sparta's Spanish Education Benefit Form 2024-25
Spanish 2024-25 Sharing Information form
More Than Meals - How Sparta Food Services Go Above and Beyond
Special Diet/Allergy FormSpecial Diet/Allergy Form - Spanish
Food Service Wellness
Food Services Wellness
Sparta Wellness Committee Flyer January 2025
Sparta's Wellness Policy Triennial Assessment 2023-24
Double Up Food Bucks
Participating Kent County Farm Markets & Grocery StoresDouble Up Food Bucks & EBT/Bridge Card Flyer - EnglishDouble Up Food Bucks & EBT/Bridge Card Flyer - Spanish
Monthly Newsletters
Sparta's Food Service Newsletter April 2025
Sparta Area Schools Food Service Newsletter March 2025
Sparta High and Middle School NSBW 2025 Flyer
Sparta Elementary NSBW 2025 Flyer
Sparta High School March Madness 2025 Student Choice Lunch Bracket
Sparta Middle School March Madness 2025 Student Choice Food Bracket
Sparta's February 2025 Food Service Newsletter
Sparta's January 2025 Food Service Newsletter
Food Service December 2024 Newsletter
November 2024 Food Service Newsletter
Food Service October 2024 Newsletter
NSLW 2024 High & Middle School Flyer
Sparta's Food Service September 2024 Newsletter
Sparta's Kindergarten Roundup Food Service Newsletter 2024-25 School Year
The Sparta Area School District participates in the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Program. Nutritious meals are served every school day. All meals served must meet patterns established by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the Discrimination Complaint Form (AD-3027)(http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html) online, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call 866-632-9992.
Submit your completed form or letter 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
Fax:
(202) 690-7442
e-Mail:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Melissa Alley
Food Service Director
616-887-1744
melissa.alley@spartaschools.org
Amberly Petersen
Assistant Food Service Director
616-887-1744
amberly.petersen@spartaschools.org
