Birthday - Holiday Celebration Policy

St. Agatha School has a no food policy for birthday celebrations.  An increasingly larger number of students with allergies and food sensitivities have prompted many schools to change their policy on celebrations within the classroom. In addition, this policy has been created to support healthy nutrition practices suggested by the USDA.

Ideas for Food-Free Birthday celebrations:

-Select a favorite book to be donated to the class library
-Select a favorite game to be donated to the classroom for indoor recess
-Children may serve as the classroom”leader” for the day
-Invite a special visitor to class to read a favorite story

Please check with your child’s teacher for Birthday Celebration Ideas!
Parents are encouraged to visit the “snack safely.com” website. It will list commonly available snacks free of peanuts, tree nuts and eggs.

Classrooms may include food as part of their celebration on Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day and an end of the year party  (classroom teachers will coordinate)

Safe Snack Guide: commonly available snacks free of peanuts, tree nuts and egg
http://snacksafely.com/safe-snack-guide/