Food Services


Serendipity provides learning opportunities in an environment that supports the overall health and well-being of some of the most vulnerable children in our community. Food and meal sharing is an important part of creating a successful learning environment. Our students leave the cafeteria ready to learn, feeling secure and well nourished; their basic needs are met and they have energy for the day’s activities.

Effective Fall 2015, Serendipity provides free breakfasts and lunches to all students through the Oregon Community Eligibility Provisions.

Upper School students have the opportunity, after successfully obtaining Food Handlers’ cards, to participate in work-experience placements in Serendipity’s Food Services program.

The Food Services team at Serendipity has made the following commitments to our students, staff and guests:

  • Menu meets and exceeds the nutrition standards of the USDA
  • Easily accessible (known foods) with a variety of rotating proteins
  • Different genres or ethnicities within each week
  • Delicious entrees accented by a rotating salad bar
  • Fresh, local, seasonal, and consistent produce on a daily salad bar
  • Comfort food healthily prepared from scratch (as much as possible)
  • Primarily use non-processed foods
  • Only whole-grain enriched grain products used
  • Using as much food as possible from Serendipity’s Growing Minds Garden
  • Providing alternatives to menu items per allergy or major dislikes
  • Nutritious and delicious food made with the intent of love and healing!

Find this month’s meal menus by scrolling to the bottom of this page and clicking on “Breakfast + Lunch Menus”

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:

  1. mail:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. email:
    Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.