Breakfast and Lunch Program
Email: Lunch@pvcics.org
Phone: 413-582-7040 extension 2149
Public Release Announcement - PVCICS Offering Free Meals to All Students
Online Meal Ordering
Families order school breakfast and lunch by using a web-based ordering system called Boonli . To set up an account, read the below directions and click the button “Boonli Breakfast and Lunch Login Here”. Families must place their orders online and every month.
Families order meals for the month and the deadline to order is 10am on the last Monday of the month before. For example, October lunch orders are due the last Monday of September at 10am. Reminder emails are sent through Boonli during the ordering window. Please contact our office or email lunch@pvcics.org if you miss this deadline and would still like to order lunch.
How To Order:
For New Users:
Visit pvcics.boonli.com
Click “Create an Account”
Click “click here” next to New To Boonli? to create your account
Type in the password pvcics1 (note: it is a “1” at the end).
You will need to complete some verification steps.
Select “choosing for someone else”.
Then create your account by filling in the required information.
Note: K-5th grades student can be assigned into the “A” cohort then will edited by the lunch staff (at start of school year). 6th-8th grades student can be assigned to their grade. 9th-12th grades student is assigned to “High School”.
For Returning Users:
You can continue using your previous username and password. Please contact Boonli if you forgot your username/password. The Boonli website can be found on pvcics.boonli.com.
To ADD a new profile (another student) to your account:
Sign into your account
Click the 3-bar menu icon in the upper left
Click My Account
Click Profiles
Enter First Name & Last Name
Select Location from the drop-down menu
Click Add Profile
Note: K-5th grades student can be assigned into the “A” cohort then will edited by the lunch staff (at start of school year). 6th-8th grades student can be assigned to their grade. 9th-12th grades student is assigned to “High School”.
PVCICS Breakfast and Lunch Program
All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch meals during the school year, regardless of economic status.
Families should fill out the Free/Reduced Household Application (if they are not already receiving benefits or listed in the state Direct Certification system) to see if they qualify for free school based fees (transportation, athletics, field trips, SAT testing, etc.).
Families that are approved for Free/Reduced meal priced based on the Household Application or being on the state website Direct Certification still needs to fill out the form “Share Information” (see below link) so your student can receive this benefit for other school fee based programs (bus, sports, high school tests, etc.).
We still encourage families to fill out a free/reduced lunch application because this qualification could help with receiving benefits to school related fees (transportation, athletics, high school tests, etc.).
Meal Modification and Allergy Safe Meals
If you have a gluten allergy or other dietary needs please fill out the form “Meal Modification Form” and send it to the PVCICS Lunch Department. Specials orders must be placed with our food vendor for these meals and the doctors note might to be provided to the food vendor. Please contact lunch@pvcics.org for more information. PVCICS will do its best to accommodate these requests.
The process for approving these requests are as follows:
School Nurse reviews the Meal Modification Form and contacts families with any questions the nurse may have regarding their modification request.
Once reviewed by the school Nurse, the modification form will be given to the Food Service Department.
The Food Service Department will review the request and try to make a reasonable accommodation to meet the child’s requested meal modification.
The Food Service Department will notify the family when their child’s meal modification has been confirmed and implemented within a reasonable time period from when form is received by the Food Service Department. If the Food Service Department has any questions regarding the modification form submitted, the school Food Service Department will reach out to the families to obtain more information before modification is implemented.
Free or Reduced Lunch Application
Even though all PVCICS students will receive a free meal, we ask that families who believe they can qualify for a free or reduced lunch still fill out the application. Families who qualify can use the benefit for transportation, athletics, club fees, etc.
To apply for free/reduced lunch, please complete the below form “Free/Reduced Household Application” and return it to the food department at lunch@pvcics.org. A new application is due for each school year.
2025-2026 Free/Reduced Household Application
Directions on how to fill out Free/Reduced Household Application
If you qualify for free/reduced, please fill out the form “Share Information with Other Programs” so your lunch status can be shared with other departments in the school so you can receive the benefits.
CLICK HERE - Share Information with Other Programs Form
2025-2026 Free/Reduced Welcome Letter
SNAP Benefits
We encourage families to apply for SNAP benefits. SNAP provides monthly cash benefits (on an EBT card) to purchase groceries for eligible families. To apply for SNAP, visit DTA Connect at https://dtaconnect.eohhs.mass.gov/ or call the Project Bread FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333. Families approved for SNAP are directly eligible to receive free meals at school.
Project Bread / Food Sources for Families
Project Bread works to fully enroll individuals in state and federal nutrition programs as well as refer callers to local food resources. For more information call Project Bread's FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333 or visit the Project Bread website.
School Wellness Policy
PVCICS School Wellness Policy - A local school wellness policy (“wellness policy”) is a written document that guides a local educational agency’s (LEA) or school district’s efforts to establish a school environment that promotes students’ health, well-being, and ability to learn
PVCICS Food Service Civil Rights Complaint Practices
PVCICS will comply with the Civil Rights Requirements outlined in FNS Instruction 113-1 and the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding between United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Civil Rights Division and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office for Food and Nutrition Programs. If a participant, parent/guardian, or potential participant reports a concern that involves a federally or state protected class we will inform, accept, document, and share the complaint or concern in accordance with the procedures.
All civil rights complaints that cite Federal protected bases regarding race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, Limited English Proficiency (LEP), or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA must be submitted directly to the USDA Food Nutrition Services (FNS) through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (see directions below).
If a Parent/Guardian, Student or Staff Member would like to submit a Civil Rights Complaint regarding Food Service, the steps below should be followed:
Parent/Guardian, Student or Staff member should report the Civil Rights Complaint to Principal Kathy Wang (kwang@pvcics.org), Food Service Coordinator Donna Dickinson (lunch@pvcics.org).
Non-Discrimination Statement
Updated July 2022
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; orfax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; oremail:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
