Lunchtime Expectations

Lunchtime at A.E. Cross School runs from 12:10 PM to 12:50 PM each Monday to Thursday. The structure of the lunch hour works as follows: 

12:10 PM – 12:30 PM – Students are welcome to eat lunch within the school on the main floor. The hallways, cafeteria and courtyard are available for student use during this time. Please note that there is currently no food service available to students at lunchtime. On days where the weather cooperates, students are also welcome to eat outside on school property. 

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM – Students will be asked to go outside during this time period. It will be important that students get appropriate clothing from their lockers right at the end of the morning classes as the upper level of the school will be closed beginning at 12:15 PM. 

WITH PARENTAL PERMISSION, students are able to leave campus for lunch time. Should students leave campus, it is an expectation that they are respectful to our community neighbours as they are representatives of A.E. Cross School. Ms. Wiseman and Mr. Lewis visited all businesses around the school to introduce ourselves and the businesses will contact us if there is something that we need to follow up on.

  • Students should not loiter at the businesses and they should buy their lunch and return to school property
  • Should students be abusing their off-campus privileges by causing disruptions in the community or are consistently late upon return to school after lunch, privileges to leave at lunch may be taken away
  • Back alleys and private yards are off-limits to students
  • PLEASE NOTE – A.E. CROSS SCHOOL DOES NOT PROVIDE SUPERVISION TO STUDENTS THAT ARE OFF CAMPUS AT LUNCHTIME.
  • Students will not leave campus on Fridays during nutrition break (10:49 AM – 11:01 AM) so please ensure that they come to school with a snack. 

Only drink containers with a screw-top lid are allowed in the school. Drink containers such as slurpee cups, bubble tea containers, coffee cups with a plastic lid and open cans of pop are not allowed in the school due to an increased risk of spillage.

Fun Lunch

We have begun planning our Healthy Hunger offerings for this school year. Parents and guardians will need to login to Healthy Hunger to set up each child's ordering profile. Please ensure that you choose A.E. Cross School, spell your child's name correctly, and choose the correct Homeroom teacher from the drop down menu. Errors in Homeroom teacher selection will lead to the student's food being delivered to an incorrect class. Please place orders for the most recent scheduled dates just in case a credit may need to be applied to future lunches.

Healthy Hunger lunches:

  • Wednesday, September 24 – A & W
  • Wednesday, October 15 – Edo Japan
  • Thursday, November 6 – Cobs Bread
  • Wednesday, November 26 – Subway
  • Thursday, December 18 – Cobs Bread
  • Wednesday, February 11 – Edo Japan
  • Wednesday, March 4 - A & W
  • Thursday, March 19 – Cobs Bread
  • Wednesday, April 22 – Subway
  • Thursday, May 14 - Cobs Bread 

Going Off-Campus at Lunch

We encourage all students to stay on campus at lunch.

If your child has your permission to leave the A.E. Cross campus over the lunch period, please be aware there is no school supervision provided to any student going off campus. Supervision of students is limited to A.E. Cross School. If your family has made the decision to allow your student to leave campus, please discuss appropriate behavior when patronizing the businesses in the neighbourhood, and being in the community itself. Students should be respectful of others using these establishments, as well as disposing of litter in trash bins available. Students who are abusive or disruptive will face consequences at school. Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone and to initiate police involvement if behavior dictates.

Allergies

For more information on allergies and/or other health concerns visit our Illness & Medical page.