Welcome to AIS Dining Services
The Dining Services of Atlanta International School has worked hard to design a meal program guaranteed to meet your child’s needs. We want AIS to have the best dining service there is, and with your help we can do it!
Greater Focus on Nutrition
At Sodexo every child’s nutrition is important to us. This year, we are implementing many new nutrition initiatives, including:
The School Year Meal Plan (Pre-Paid)
For students purchasing meals every day, Sodexo offers parents a convenient and economical School Year Meal Plan at a significant discount:
- Primary School Plan which includes morning snack and lunch: $960
- Secondary School Plan which includes hot breakfast and lunch: $1180
Both plans include a discount of approximately $1.00 a day – or a savings of over $160.00 over the course of the school year.
Please note that the School Year Lunch Plan applies exclusively to the purchase of hot and cold lunches, morning snacks (primary school) and breakfasts (secondary school). All other items are considered "ala carte" and are purchased separately in the SAC with cash.
Primary School Dining Options
Your child will have a variety of options from which to choose, including a hot entrée with freshly cooked vegetables and a starch; daily made sandwiches and salads with a variety of dressings, crackers, pita bread, yogurt, carrots/celery sticks, baked chips, and fresh fruit. All meal plan participants receive a morning snack, a fruit of the day and choice of beverage (low fat milk, juice, bottled water) with lunch.
Parents of Primary School students are required to select menus for their children when they opt-in to the meal plan. To make your menu selections, please complete a menu selection form and submit it to the AIS Business Office when you make your opt-in meal plan payment.
If you have already paid for the meal plan but have not made your menu selections, complete a menu selection form and submit it to the AIS Business Office. Dining order forms are available from the Business Office, the Primary School Office and online.
Meals are delivered to Grades 4K, 5K who eat in their classrooms. Students in Grades 1 and 2 will eat in the SAC Mezzanine. Students in Grades 3-5 will eat in the cafeteria. Please see below for your child’s meal time schedule.
|
Grade |
Time |
Location/ facility |
|
4K |
11:30-11:55 |
Classroom |
|
5K |
11:40- 12:05 |
Classroom |
|
1 |
12:00-12:25 |
SAC |
|
2 |
11:55-12:20 |
SAC |
|
3 |
12:25-12:50 |
CAF |
|
4 |
12:00-12:25 |
CAF |
|
5 |
12:00-12:25 |
CAF |
(Please note that these are approximate times, actual times are set by the Primary School administration and do not include recess times)
Secondary School Dining Options
There are two ways for Secondary School students to enjoy meals at AIS. Students have the option of eating in the Cafeteria on the meal plan or A-la-Carte at the Welcome Café in the SAC Mezzanine. The Secondary School meal plan pricing does include breakfast.
In the cafeteria students have the option of whole grain cereals, milk, fruit, bagels, scones or students can enjoy a hot breakfast from 10am to 11am. During lunch students can select the hot lunch, salad bar, deli sandwiches, fresh fruit all day and non-carbonated fountain drinks.
The Welcome Café welcomes all students not on the meal plan and offers a variety of foods that are different from what is served in the cafeteria. For breakfast students can purchase Chicken & Biscuit or Chicken & Sausage sandwiches, fresh fruit cups, scones, muffins and hot coffee. For lunch they can enjoy gourmet sandwiches, pre-made salads to go or comfort foods such as Mac and Cheese, Stuffed Shells with Tomato Sauce, Pizza By The Slice on Whole Wheat Crust, Hot Wings and Veggie Burgers.
Menus and Menu Changes
Menus will change seasonally –Please see menu selection dates and deadlines below. Only Primary School Meal Plan participants will need to make menu selections. Menu changes made after the deadline will only be honored if they are medically necessary. A doctor’s note may be required. If you need to make changes to your current menu selection before the winter break, please contact the Sodexo Dining Services directly at 404-841-3867 or by email on singber@aischool.org.
|
Menu Type |
New Menu Available |
Menu Selections Due |
Menu Effective Date |
|
Fall |
July 21st |
August 13th |
August 20th |
|
Winter |
October 20th |
October 31st |
November 3rd |
|
Spring |
February 16th |
February 27th |
March 2nd |
Meal Plan Charges, Late and Cancellation Fees
Primary School Meal Plan which includes morning snack and lunch: $960
Secondary School Meal Plan which includes hot breakfast and lunch: $1180
Please note that families wishing to participate in the meal plans after September 1st or January 1st will incur a late registration fee of $25 and $50 respectively. All payments will be due in full at the time of sign-up.
Families wishing to cancel their meal plans after September 1st, will be refunded a prorated amount minus a cancellation fee of $100. Please allow up to 2 weeks for processing.
The Cafeteria Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
7:30am-10:00 am Continental Breakfast
10:00am to 11am-Brunch Break
11am to 1:30pm-Lunch
Welcome Café Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
8am to 11am-Continental Breakfast
11am to 2:30pm-Lunch & A La Carte
2:30pm to 4:00pm-Snack Bar
