BC Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program (+ MILK)
Our School is involved in a province-wide healthy living initiative. One of the goals is to encourage healthy eating by providing fresh BC fruit and vegetables to our students during class time. Our students will receive these healthy treats 12 times over the school year at no charge!
For students in grades K-5, there is also the option to have milk delivered along with the fruit and veggies, again, at no charge.
A permission slip will go home with students at the beginning of each school year.
Hot Lunch
BES has a wonderful Parent, Dawn Grudzinski that is running our daily hot lunch program. Due to the Feeding Futures Fund, we are able to provide a nutritious hot lunch every day for $2.00 per day. Dawn sends out a monthly menu and order form to advise families in advance of what will be served.
Breakfast program
We have a free breakfast program running this year through our Feeding Futures Fund. Toast, yogurt and fruit are available for children before school begins.
Gardening Program
BES works closely with the Bee Happy, Burton Community Garden to learn about the importance of food security in our community. Students from BES visit the Community Garden several times in the Spring/Summer to learn about and help grow different crops. BES then re-visits the Community Garden in the Fall to help harvest the crops.