Candler County Schools Nutrition Department

09/01/2026

🍎 Fueling Our Tigers Every Day! 🐯🍽️

Our School Nutrition teams work hard each day to serve students delicious, nutritious meals that help keep them fueled, focused, and ready to learn! From colorful fruits and vegetables to student favorites, there’s always something good on the tray. 🥦🍓🥛

And here’s some great news for our families:

⭐ Breakfast and lunch are provided at no cost to all students.

⭐Students can choose from the main meal of the day ( which is on the orange tray), a salad, or a smart mouth pizza!

⭐ To receive a complete meal, each student must choose at least three items, and one of those items must be a fruit, vegetable, or juice.

We’re proud of our School Nutrition staff for making sure our Tigers have access to nutritious meals every school day. A well-fed Tiger is ready to WIN AT EVERYTHING! 🧡🖤🐯

08/31/2026

🍎🍽️ More Than Just Lunch! 🐯

There’s a lot of learning happening in our classrooms each day—but supporting that learning also happens in the cafeteria!

Every meal served at our K-8 Complex is an opportunity to give our students the nutrition and energy they need to take on the rest of their school day. From tackling an afternoon lesson to heading to PE, practice, or other activities, our Tigers need plenty of fuel to keep going! 💪📚

Our School Nutrition Team works each day to prepare meals that offer students a variety of foods and flavors while providing the nourishment growing students need.

We appreciate the hands that prepare the food, the smiling faces that serve it, and everyone behind the scenes who helps make sure our Tigers have a meal waiting for them. 🧡🖤

Today’s tray is another great example of the care our School Nutrition Team puts into serving our students!

🐯 Because feeding our Tigers is one more way we help them succeed!

08/28/2026

🍽️🐯 Serving Up Success at the K-8 Complex!

A great school day starts with students who are ready to learn—and good nutrition plays an important role in making that happen! 🍎🥦

Nutritious school meals help provide students with the fuel they need to stay energized, concentrate in the classroom, participate in activities, and keep their minds and bodies ready for a full day of learning.

And just look at that tray! 👀👏 Our Nutrition Team does a wonderful job making sure our students are served meals that are nutritious, colorful, appealing, and delicious.

Healthy meals. Energized students. Ready to learn. 💪📚🍎

08/27/2026

🍎 Fueling Learning, One Tray at a Time! 🥦🐯

Did you know that what students eat can have an impact on how they learn?

Good nutrition helps give students the energy they need to focus, think, participate, and learn throughout the school day. Balanced school meals provide important nutrients that support growing bodies and developing minds while helping students stay energized from the first bell to the last.

At our K-8 Complex, our School Nutrition Team serves more than 1,500 students each day! They work hard to make sure our Tigers have access to nutritious meals that are not only good for them, but also look and taste great. 👏

When students are well-fueled, they are better prepared to:
🍎 Stay focused during lessons
🥦 Maintain energy throughout the day
🥛 Support healthy growth and development
🥕 Participate and stay engaged in the classroom
💪 Be ready to learn and do their best

School nutrition is about much more than what's on the tray—it's another important part of supporting student success! 🧡🖤

A big THANK YOU to our K-8 School Nutrition Team for the work they do every day to keep our Tigers fueled, focused, and ready to learn! 🐯🍎

08/24/2026

🍎 Good nutrition fuels great learning! 🥦

Our K-8 Complex Nutrition Team always does an amazing job providing our students with meals that not only taste good, but look great on the tray, too! Just look at this meal! 👏🐯

School nutrition plays an important role in a student’s day. A balanced meal provides the energy and nutrients students need to stay focused in the classroom, maintain their energy throughout the day, support healthy growth and development, and be ready to learn.

Our K8 School Nutrition staff works hard behind the scenes each day to prepare and serve meals to over 1,500 students. From planning and preparation to making sure those trays are ready when students come through the line, they are an important part of helping our Tigers have successful school days.

A great school day starts with students who are fueled, focused, and ready to learn! 🍎🥛🥕💪

Thank you to our K-8 Nutrition Team for taking such great care of our students each and every day! 🧡🖤

07/31/2026

07/13/2026

Our last week of the Summer Feeding Program.

07/07/2026

Don't forget! The Nutrition Department is still hosting the Summer Feeding program for our Candler County School students through this week and next. Please see the graphic below for details and please call 912-685-5679 with any questions or concerns. Have a great rest of your Summer!

06/08/2026

Just a reminder that the Nutrition Department will be out this week delivering food to our Candler County students following the Summer Feeding schedule. Please see the graphic below for details and please call 912-685-5679 with any questions or concerns. Have a great Summer!

06/05/2026

Some great tips from the Georgia School Nutrition Program. Opening a milk carton or peeling a piece of fruit can be a struggle for pre-K and Kindergarten students. They will feel like such a “big kid” if they’re able to do it themselves, even though our adults don’t mind helping at all! Practice these at home and help give your students the confidence to try themselves once they get to school. Happy Summer!

Do you have a student who will be eating school meals for the first time in the upcoming school year? Try practicing these activities at home this summer before school starts.

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