Food Service Program and Wellness
There is a daily breakfast and lunch program at the school. It is a participant in a wellness program as mandated by Pennsylvania Department of Education for all schools involved with The National School Lunch Program. The school uses an outside agency to facilitate the nutrition program. Of the 482 students enrolled throughout the year; 47 received reduced-rate lunches, and 101 received federal free lunches due to family poverty.
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—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 3:4.
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