Food Services

Columbia Heights Public Schools provides a healthy breakfast,lunch and after-school snack for students each day. Last school year, we were approved to be a Community Eligible District (CEP) at all of our school sites. It is very important that all families who do not receive a letter from the district stating their household is "Directly Certified" fill out an educational benefits application to determine the household eligibility in order to qualify for additional educational benefits. 

All households should fill out an online educational benefits application prior to the first day of school on September 3th, 2024. Here is a list of other benefits that apply to households who qualify:

• Reduced rates for middle and high school activities
• Compensatory funds for the District to reduce class sizes, provide counseling & social work services and hire Media Center Specialists and Educational Assistants.
• Reduced Tuition and/or scholarships for Early Childhood programming.
• Reduced AP testing and college application fees.
• Title I funds for the District for academic support.

APPLY ONLINE

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English Form

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Spanish Form

Families can pay meal fees via:

My School Bucks

 

Below are the instructions for creating an online account with MySchoolBucks, so you can track the meals your student is getting, track their balance and make payments/add funds to their lunch account.

1. Go to www.myschoolbucks.com (or alternatively a link can be found on our district website by going to: www.colheights.k12.mn.us – “MENUS” à “ONLINE MEAL PAYMENTS”)

2. “Sign Up Free”
3. Complete the steps (it asks for your email, first and last name, phone number (used for password resets if you would like that option), and finally you create a password)
4. Once created, it will have you log-in for the first time (it will probably have a verification code sent to you the first time, but you can select “Don’t Ask Again” to avoid that in the future)
5. It will show you your account information, including the contact information you entered, as well as the Account Security (which you can set up at this time, in case you forget your password at any point).
6. Once you are ready, click “Get Started”
7. It will then have you add your District – so state = Minnesota, District = Columbia Heights ISD à “Add District”
8. It should either have a pop-up to click on that says “Add Student” or, it will just be right on the first screen.
9. You will then complete the information for your student(s) – School, First and Last Name are REQUIRED – and EITHER the birthday of the student OR student number (or both if you’d like) as the second form of verification to locate them
10. Once you enter the information, and click “Find Student”, it will bring up a “match”, verify the information and click “Add Student”
11. It will have the option to receive emails if the account falls below $X (you can decide) and you will be able to see and track the balance from the home screen when you log in, additionally once the meals start being charged, you can see the cafeteria purchase history as well.

 

If you need assistance with your account, check out this How-to Videos or Frequently Asked Questions. Or you can call the Food Services Department at 763.528.4520