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Our school has a Kids Kare Kloset that regularly packs backpacks with items like fruit cups, granola bars, microwave pasta and soups, and other items that can be easily accessed by young kids. Our Student Service Team will quietly place these backpacks into kids lockers. Usually they will talk with the students prior to this to let them know there’s support for them…families wishing to contribute can do so as often as they want to.
Speak to your admin and counselor for support. They may be able to get information or community resources for the student and their family.
We refer students to our in-house social worker, our JAG teacher, and/or our YSC (Youth Service Center) for assistance. I also keep snacks like granola bars in my class, but even that’s awkward because they usually won’t ask.
I would always keep extra snacks and food available for anyone so that they wouldn't feel singled out. That combined with resources from the district to ensure they are not going hungry over breaks and summer. I worked with 1st graders, so it was easier to ask them questions than middle schoolers.
We have the “Angel” program through our guidance office. Teachers and parents can donate money. It is commonly used to buy students lunches and gift cards to local supermarkets for groceries. If a teacher sees a student who they think is experiencing food insecurity, a gift card is sent home, in an envelope so the student doesn’t even know that we’ve provided it to their family. The only thing in the envelope is a signature to send back with the student that the parent received our correspondence. We also purchase turkeys at Thanksgiving if a parent calls guidance and requests one.
Our counseling department handles this. (I am at the high school this year.) There are many students that get a backpack of food to take home over the weekend. In Michigan our students get free breakfast and lunches. A grant that I have no idea how we qualified for, pays for most of this. So ask your administration, maybe there are services available that you aren’t aware of.
We have a food pantry at our school. Our school partnered with Catholic Charities, and once a month we have a food bank so families can pull up in the front of the school and get food for their families. Students who are in AEP/ISS help distribute the food. Our PE classes also help pack the bags and distribute as well.