School Lunch and Breakfast

As a reminder, Powell Township School participates in the Community Eligibility Provision Program (CEP) Making all Breakfasts and Lunches FREE for all students.! We will still collect Household Resource Forms annually to help us to continue to offer meals free to all students in the coming years.

Breakfast will begin at 8:20 am till 8:40am in the school cafeteria. 

 Here are a few ways breakfast benefits kids:

#1. Higher Test Scores: Hunger makes school harder. Students who eat school breakfast achieve higher scores on standardized tests.

#2. Calmer Classrooms: Children who do not regularly get enough nutritious food to eat tend to have significantly higher levels of behavioral, emotional and educational problems.

#3. Fewer Trips To The Nurse: When kids come to school hungry, they visit the school nurse more often due to stomachaches and headaches. Kids who struggle with hunger are also likely to be sick more often, slower to recover from illness, hospitalized more frequently and more susceptible to obesity.

#4. Stronger Attendance  Rates: Students who eat school breakfast attend more school days. Chronic absenteeism, defined as missing three weeks or more of school, decreases by 6 percentage points on average when students have access to Breakfast. Attendance is important, as students who attend class more regularly are 20 percent more likely to graduate from high school.

If you have questions or would like additional information please contact Amy Havel at ahavel@powellschool.com, or 906-345-9355.

Thank you

Amy Havel, Food Service Director

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/​ad-3027.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; or

fax:

(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

email:

Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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Keep Kids Warm 2025-26

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We’re happy to share that the Keep Kids Warm Project will once again be supporting Powell families with winter gear!

Keep Kids Warm is a program run by Ishpeming Wesley United Methodist Church to help area children receive new winter outerwear. The program has been running for 16 years and has supported children in Ishpeming, Negaunee, Michigamme, Republic, and Powell Township School, as well as children in the Greater Ishpeming Head Start programs.

Our mission: To fulfill 100% of requests for new winter outerwear for children in need across our communities.

Our impact: Last winter, Keep Kids Warm provided new hats, gloves, snow pants, jackets, and boots to more than 460 children in need. Our target population includes children from infancy through 18 years old (high school seniors). This is the fourth year that Powell Township School students have benefited from the Keep Kids Warm program.

This program is completely free and confidential. Forms will be emailed and send home with students, and will be available in the school office.

If you would like to support Keep Kids Warm, donations can be made by check to:

Wesley United Methodist Church P.O. Box 342 Ishpeming, MI 49849

Please make checks payable to Wesley United Methodist Church and note “Project KKW” in the memo line.

Online donations are also accepted at: https://onrealm.org/WesleyUnitedMet37286/-/form/give/kkw

Thank you for helping us keep every child warm this winter!

Sincerely, Powell Township School