Food Services

Contact Us

Dave Babcock
Director of Food Service
Phone: (815) 385-7900 x 2962
Email: babcockdavid@dist156.org

Agatha Walter
Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Personnel
Phone: (815) 385-7900 x 2268
Email: walteragatha@dist156.org

Resources

PowerSchool

MCHS Open Campus Lunch Rules and Regulations

Summer Meals

Summer EBT/SUN Bucks: Grocery Benefit for Families who Qualify

Wellness Policy

District 156 Food Services

Food Service Payments

Parents will first need to make sure they have their PowerSchool parent account. Then payments can be made through the School Payment Portal. (Spanish School Payment Portal) Scroll for more info on the School Payment Portal and for meal waiver applications.

Breakfast: $2.00 Lunch: $3.40

Cash is not accepted in the cafeterias. However, students can turn in cash to the front office and it will be added to their food service account.

Meal Waivers

You can also fill out one of the forms below and turn in into MCHS Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Personnel Agatha Walter located at the MCHS District Office.

PDF

PDF

How to add money into your student's food services account:

English: How to Make a Cafeteria Deposit: Page 10

(First be sure you have a PowerSchool Parent Account and then create a School Payment Portal Account)

May Breakfast

May 2025 McHenry High School District 156 Menu Each $2.00 breakfast includes entree plus fruit milk. USDA guidelines require each meal to include a fruit or vegetable. Additional daily entree offerings: breakfast sandwiches, yogurt, parfaits, pizza, pastries, muffins, cereal doughnuts. *While supplies last each day. May 1: Breakfast bites, maple syrup cup, fruit bar, milk. May 2: Whole Grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut Fruit Bar Milk. May 5: Cinnamon Bun or Glazed Pull Apart, Fruit Bar Milk. May 6: Cinnamon Mini Pull Apart, fruit bar, milk. May 7: Donut holes (powdered, blueberry, or chocolate) Fruit Bar, Milk. May 8: Breakfast bites, maple syrup cup, milk. May 9: Whole Grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut, fruit bar, milk May 12: Cinnamon Bun or Glazed Pull Apart, Fruit Bar, Milk. May 13: Cinnamon Mini Pull Apart May 14: Donut Holes, powdered, blueberry or chocolate, fruit bar, milk May 15: Breakfast bites, maple syrup cup, fruit bar, milk. May 16: Whole grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut, fruit bar, milk May 19: Cinnamon Bun or Glazed Pull Apart, fruit bar, milk. May 20: Cinnamon Mini Pull Apart, Fruit Bar, Milk. May 21: Donut Holes (Powdered, blueberry or chocolate) fruit bar milk. May 22: Breakfast bites maple syrup cup, fruit bar, milk. May 23: Whole Grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut, fruit bar, milk. May 26-30: Summer Break

Alternative Text: May 2025 Breakfast McHenry High School District 156 Menu Each $2.00 breakfast includes entree plus fruit milk. USDA guidelines require each meal to include a fruit or vegetable. Additional daily entree offerings: breakfast sandwiches, yogurt, parfaits, pizza, pastries, muffins, cereal doughnuts. *While supplies last each day. May 1: Breakfast bites, maple syrup cup, fruit bar, milk. May 2: Whole Grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut Fruit Bar Milk. May 5: Cinnamon Bun or Glazed Pull Apart, Fruit Bar Milk. May 6: Cinnamon Mini Pull Apart, fruit bar, milk. May 7: Donut holes (powdered, blueberry, or chocolate) Fruit Bar, Milk. May 8: Breakfast bites, maple syrup cup, milk. May 9: Whole Grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut, fruit bar, milk May 12: Cinnamon Bun or Glazed Pull Apart, Fruit Bar, Milk. May 13: Cinnamon Mini Pull Apart May 14: Donut Holes, powdered, blueberry or chocolate, fruit bar, milk May 15: Breakfast bites, maple syrup cup, fruit bar, milk. May 16: Whole grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut, fruit bar, milk May 19: Cinnamon Bun or Glazed Pull Apart, fruit bar, milk. May 20: Cinnamon Mini Pull Apart, Fruit Bar, Milk. May 21: Donut Holes (Powdered, blueberry or chocolate) fruit bar milk. May 22: Breakfast bites maple syrup cup, fruit bar, milk. May 23: Whole Grain Cinnamon Sugar Donut, fruit bar, milk. May 26-30: Summer Break

May Lunch

May 2025 Lunch McHenry High School District 156 Each $3.40 lunch includes entree pus up to 3 sides of your choice: Fruit vegetable, fries or milk. USDA guidelines require each meal to include a fruit or vegetable. Additional daly entree offerings: cheeseburger, pizza slice, chicken patty, salads, grab and go sandwich or wrap. Made to order subs (Upper Campus only) Plant based lunch option available upon prior request. Menu Subject to change. May 1: General TSO chicken with fried rice, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 2: Boneless Wing Bar with Biscuit, crinkle cut french fries, Salad and fruit bar, milk. May 5: Chicken Quesadilla with cheese nachos, sour cream packet, toppings bar, fruit, milk. May 6: Popcorn chicken with mac and cheese, fruit milk. May 7: Bosco Sticks, French fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 8: Chicken parmesan sandwich, pasta salad, fruit, milk. May 9: 2 piece chicken drumsticks, Au gratin potatoes, fruit milk. May 12: Corn dog on a stick with tater tots, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 13: Walking Tacos, refried beans, sour cream packet, toppings bar, fruit, milk. May 14: Bosco sticks, french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 15: Orange chicken with fried rice, salad and fruit bar, milk, Freshman Cookout. May 16: Boneless wings, crinckle cut french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 19: Stuffed crust pizza, potato wedges, fruit, milk. May 20: French bread pizza, french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 21: Bosco sticks, french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 22-23: no lunch May 26-30: Summer Break

May 2025 Lunch McHenry High School District 156 Each $3.40 lunch includes entree pus up to 3 sides of your choice: Fruit vegetable, fries or milk. USDA guidelines require each meal to include a fruit or vegetable. Additional daly entree offerings: cheeseburger, pizza slice, chicken patty, salads, grab and go sandwich or wrap. Made to order subs (Upper Campus only) Plant based lunch option available upon prior request. Menu Subject to change. May 1: General TSO chicken with fried rice, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 2: Boneless Wing Bar with Biscuit, crinkle cut french fries, Salad and fruit bar, milk. May 5: Chicken Quesadilla with cheese nachos, sour cream packet, toppings bar, fruit, milk. May 6: Popcorn chicken with mac and cheese, fruit milk. May 7: Bosco Sticks, French fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 8: Chicken parmesan sandwich, pasta salad, fruit, milk. May 9: 2 piece chicken drumsticks, Au gratin potatoes, fruit milk. May 12: Corn dog on a stick with tater tots, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 13: Walking Tacos, refried beans, sour cream packet, toppings bar, fruit, milk. May 14: Bosco sticks, french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 15: Orange chicken with fried rice, salad and fruit bar, milk, Freshman Cookout. May 16: Boneless wings, crinckle cut french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 19: Stuffed crust pizza, potato wedges, fruit, milk. May 20: French bread pizza, french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 21: Bosco sticks, french fries, salad and fruit bar, milk. May 22-23: no lunch May 26-30: Summer Break

Wellness Committee

The District is invested in the Health and Wellness of our students and Staff. If you would like to be a part of the Wellness Committee which will periodically review the District Wellness Policy, please contact David Babcock, Food Service Director at babcockdavid@dist156.org. 

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