Penn Menu

Breakfast & Lunch is served at Penn High School.

Menus:

The 2025-26 Menu will be posted soon

The Penn-Harris-Madison Food Service department implements the Offer Versus Serve (OVS) system. OVS allows students to accept or decline some of the food offered as part of a complete meal. The goals of “OVS“ are to reduce food waste in the school nutrition programs and to allow students more customization of the meal they select.

CLICK HERE to fill out a new application for Free / Reduced Lunch.

*If a student has a specific dietary need, the family is welcome to fill out a special diet form that can be obtained from the school nurse or click here to download it off our website, and then there will be a full meal waiting for the student each day.

Benefits of Breakfast

Eating breakfast can help improve math, reading, and standardized test scores
Children who eat breakfast are more likely to behave better in school and get along with their peers than those who do not
Breakfast helps children pay attention, perform problem-solving tasks, and improves memory
Children who eat school breakfast are likely to have fewer absences and incidents of tardiness than those who do not
By eating breakfast, students get more of important nutrients, vitamins and minerals such as calcium, dietary fiber, folate and protein
Studies have shown that children who eat breakfast on a regular basis are less likely to be overweight
Eating breakfast as a child is important for establishing healthy habits for later in life
Schools that provide breakfast in the classroom to all students have shown decreases in tardiness and suspensions as well as improved student behavior and attentiveness
What you eat for breakfast can have an impact on learning. One study showed that eating breakfast food high in fiber and low in sugar for breakfast helped students sustain the cognitive effects of breakfast
School Breakfast provides daily servings of fruit, whole grains, and milk, plus roughly ¼ the recommended calories needed for lasting energy