LUNCH PROGRAM
With the start of classes in the fall of 2016, Prep and FLIK Independent School Dining began offering a totally inclusive, customized, complete and balanced lunch program inside a remodeled Commons area that includes multiple points of service as well as a greatly enhanced kitchen to accommodate fresh, scratch food preparation by a professional FLIK culinary staff.
Today, Prep students choose from a wide variety of fresh, healthy foods and different portion sizes, and they can return for seconds or more if they like. The professional FLIK staff is also able to work with students and families to accommodate and serve students with food allergies and dietary restrictions.
All Prep students receive the benefits of FLIK’s professional, all-inclusive lunch service. Breakfast and after-school snacks will also be available at a point-of-sale cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
Creighton Prep is committed to the Jesuit philosophy of cura personalis, or “care for the whole person," and to a developing health and wellness program whose goal is to form a healthy student ready for college.
The need for a professional lunch program with plenty of fresh, healthy foods was identified through strategic planning as a key priority.
FLIK is a leading provider of professional dining services to private and independent schools across the United States including Rockhurst High School, the Jesuit high school for young men in Kansas City where the program has been quite successful. Marquette University High School in Milwaukee also uses this program.
In addition, FLIK's emphases on fresh, healthy foods, caring for those with food allergies and educating students about nutrition in a service environment that reduces impact on the planet fit well with the criteria for choosing a lunch program provider for Prep.
The professional lunch program is a replacement for the previous food service that depended largely on restaurant vendors and parent volunteers for success.
Yes. This is a milestone change in the number and quality of fresh, healthy food options being offered to students, and a program of this nature needs subsidization by our Prep families in order to be successful.
A FLIK representative can work with you to make sure your son's dietary needs are taken into account.
An annual student lunch fee of $450, which equates to $2.62 per lunch, is subsidized financial assistance is available for those whose need is demonstrated through Prep’s financial aid process.
The cost will appear as a fee on your tuition bill and be paid according to the payment plan you choose for the 2018-2019 school year. Financial assistance is available for those whose need is demonstrated through Prep’s financial aid process.
The new lunch program started with the first day of school in August 2016.
The Commons (including the dining and kitchen areas) underwent a major remodeling in the summer of 2016.
You may view the daily menu and other information by visiting
www.MySchoolDining.com/CP. A smartphone application is also planned.
Yes. To respond to Pope Francis' call to live our vocation to protect "our common home," we have incorporated the use of washable plates, utensils and cups and plan to pulp food waste for compost use.
To learn more about FLIK Independent School Dining, click HERE to access the company's Facebook page or HERE to see their Twitter feed.
If you have additional questions, please contact Dean of Students Sterling Brown at
sbrown@creightonprep.org or 402.393.1190.
Recent additions include substance abuse testing for all students. The testing and the new lunch program complement the athletics, PED and concussion testing, and Fitness for Life course offerings that, together, help students take a more informed and active role in their decisions about health and wellness for life.
To learn more about the Prep health and wellness program, visit www.creightonprep.org/wellness.
