South Loop School is a peanut and nut free school. If your child has any dietary needs please inform the main office during registration and the classroom teacher on the first day of school. Please provide any doctor’s form detailing the allergy.
Our nut-free policy includes all* tree nuts. In order to ensure the safety of all children, please adhere to this school-wide policy, refraining from all nut products. Some nut alternative butters include sunflower seed spread (sun butter) or soy nut butter, as neither contain nuts. A monthly breakfast and lunch menu will be available monthly on:
School Menus
CPS school menus are now available on MealViewer, an online menu service that keeps communities up-to-date on their school’s daily breakfast and lunch menus.
www.cps.edu/mealviewer
For pre-packaged lunches like Lunchables, any candy, gum, or nut products must be removed prior to sending lunch to school.
*all tree nuts including peanuts, almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts
Breakfast
South Loop Elementary School provides a free breakfast to all students in all grades.
Enrollment: No application or enrollment is required.
Lunch
South Loop Elementary School provides a free lunch to all students in all grades. Students can bring their own lunch. If your child forgets his/her lunch, a school lunch will be provided. Please do not drop off lunches, the office will not accept or deliver lunches to students.
Lunch Applications:
While all students receive a free lunch, it is imperative that every family completes the Family Income Information Form provided at the start of each school year. Our school receives state funding for every eligible free and reduced lunch approved family.
Excessive Sweets and Unhealthy Eating Free Environment
Please note our school is a soda, candy, gum, excessive sweets, and nut-free school. Glass bottles are not allowed. All forms of red dye chips (Flaming Hots, Takis, etc) are banned. Only healthy chips are allowed for snacks and lunch. See approved list below.
Students enrolled in the extended day program must follow the school-wide policy when bringing extra snacks- healthy snacks only (fruit cup, fruit, fruit snacks, and/or healthy bar).
Approved Suggested Allergen-Free* Snack List
*Free of peanuts, tree nuts, and eggs
- Fruit and vegetables
- Chips- No red dye chips
- Pirate’s Booty
- Pringles Snack Pack
- Sun Chips
- Baked chips
- Veggie chips
- Crackers
- Barnum’s Animal Crackers
- Cheez-It Crackers
- Pepperidge Farm Goldfish
- Townhouse Crackers
- Triscuit Crackers
- Water-unflavored, unsweetened, and non-carbonated
- Applesauce-squeeze packet
- Popcorn
- Skinny Pop Popcorn
- Smart Food Popcorn
- Pretzels
- Rold Gold Pretzels
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
- Fruit Roll-ups
- Special K Bars
- Teddy Grahams