HSS Food Services
HSS Cafeteria
Turnip the Beet Café serves vegetarian and non-vegetarian entrees, as well as sides and desserts.
Students and staff can come to the cafe at the beginning of lunch to purchase their food options while supplies last.
Did you know we sell gift cards for our cafe? Click here to purchase.
The daily menu will be posted outside the cafe and on daily announcements.
All our containers, utensils, and napkins are biodegradable – please dispose of them in the green compost bins.
HSS Breakfast Program
Our Student Council Club and our Food and Community Leadership class are launching a breakfast program beginning next week. Come by the MPR on Tuesdays and Thursdays for free breakfast before classes start. The main goal of this program is to build community through sharing food together. We hope to achieve this while minimizing food waste and minimizing stigma around food insecurity.
Feeding Futures
Feeding Futures is a commitment of the Provincial Government to ensure students are properly fed for learning to enhance positive academic and healthy outcomes. Beginning in Fall 2023, $214 million will be provided to school districts throughout BC over three years to create or expand local school food programs. The Feeding Futures program will immediately address the need for student nutrition and complements the progress made with the Student and Family Affordability Fund, which helps alleviate the challenges of increasing food costs for families in need. It is expected that this funding will benefit 20% of students facing food insecurity across the province.
Within HSS, we are prioritizing:
• The expansion of existing daily breakfast, lunch, and snack programs to ensure that every student who needs it has access to nutritious, stigma-free options
• BC and locally sourced foods when possible and supporting programs to reduce environmental impact and minimize food waste. In particular, we gather as much food as we can from our School Food Farm.
• The improvement of nutritious offerings and enhancement of food safety practices
• The integration of food programs with holistic, hands-on learning opportunities that promote inclusion, connection and cultural sharing
• The expansion of existing daily breakfast, lunch, and snack programs to ensure that every student who needs it has access to nutritious, stigma-free options
• BC and locally sourced foods when possible and supporting programs to reduce environmental impact and minimize food waste. In particular, we gather as much food as we can from our School Food Farm.
• The improvement of nutritious offerings and enhancement of food safety practices
• The integration of food programs with holistic, hands-on learning opportunities that promote inclusion, connection and cultural sharing
HSS Food Support Form
Families who need to access food supports, please complete the Google form here.