Food Services

Food Services

Young Scholars serves breakfast and lunch every day, free to all students!

Young Scholars participates in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which allows all of our students to eat school meals for free regardless of their financial standing. CEP provides an approach to offering free meals to schools that meet specific financial requirements instead of collecting individual applications for free and reduced meals.

CEP Benefits

• All students receive a free breakfast and lunch, regardless of their financial standing
• Breakfast and lunch participation increases
• Meal counting and claiming is simplified, and the length of serving lines is reduced
• Student debt from full- and reduced-cost meals is eliminated

Wellness Policy 

The Young Scholars’ Wellness policy outlines our approach to ensuring environments and opportunities for all students to practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors throughout the school day while minimizing commercial distractions.

Wellness Committee Meetings

All YSGA families, staff, community members, and students are encouraged to participate in the school Wellness Committee. If interested, please email the Wellness Committee Chair Mr. David Aiden at aiden@ysga.org. In 2023-2024 School Year, Young Scholars’ School Wellness Committee meets at 4 pm on October 3^rd  and December 5, 2023, and March 5^th, 2024. The meetings will be held at 10 Center St, McKeesport, PA 15132.

Useful Links

Breakfast, Lunch Menu and Snack Menus:

Young Scholars’ breakfast, lunch and snack menus are designed to meet strict guidelines from the United States Department of Agriculture.

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