Meet the Chef
Our talented chef, Matt Howard, brings to our community a lifelong reverence for cooking and a heartfelt approach to meal preparation that nurtures our bodies and resonates with our souls!
His creations inspire a diverse palate and introduce ethnic cuisines, all while being carefully tailored to accommodate our community’s dietary preferences and restrictions.
Nourishing Meals with Fresh Ingredients
Matt takes great care to curate snack and lunch menus that balance our students’ comfort foods with new flavor combinations from around the globe. In our commercial kitchen, Matt uses only nutritious ingredients carefully tailored to accommodate our community’s dietary restrictions. He prepares everything fresh, in-house daily.
The lunch menu varies each month and includes a wide variety of plates, bowls, classic favorites, and ethnic cuisines. Each day offers a vegan and meat option to choose from.
Housemade Snack Platters
Our snack platters are freshly prepared every morning and afternoon with housemade items that vary daily. Platters are accompanied with a choice of whole or plant based milk.
Our in-house baked goods program is entirely plant based, utilizing sunflower or pumpkin seed butter, almond meal, flaxseed, and whole grain flours along with housemade fruit purees.
All snacks accommodate our community’s dietary restrictions.
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Toddler
A nutritious morning snack, a balanced lunch, and a healthy afternoon snack, are provided daily to our toddler students and are included in the cost of tuition.
Meals are served family style in the classroom which provides a multitude of developmental opportunities while scaffolding functional independence.
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Primary & Elementary
A nutritious morning snack is provided daily to our Primary students and included in the annual fees.
A healthy afternoon snack is provided daily to Primary and Elementary students in our aftercare program.
Primary and Elementary families have the option to order a nutritious, homemade lunch on the days of their choosing. Hot meals are offered Monday-Thursday for $9.00/meal, and sack lunches are offered Fridays for $5.00.
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Oops, I forgot my lunch!
If you ever find yourself at school minus a lunchbox, you can order a sack lunch from our kitchen for $5. The sack lunch includes a pumpkin seed butter and organic strawberry sandwich, Tillamook medium cheddar cheese slices, whole wheat crackers, and fresh fruit.
We do offer vegan and GF options.