BIRTHDAY AND PARTY ITEM TREATS/PRIVATE PARTY INVITATIONS

Private Party Invitations: Invitations for private parties may not be given out during the school day unless the entire class is invited.

Due to our primary concern for student safety and the increase in food allergies among children, it is necessary for us to issue the following parameters for classroom celebrations.

Birthday Parties: Food treats for birthday celebrations are not permitted.  If you would like to celebrate a child’s birthday, we encourage you to consider non-edible items such as stickers, crayons, pencils, pencil toppers, and bookmarks.

Classroom Parties (Halloween, Winter Holiday, Valentine’s Day): Due to allergy concerns, no snacks containing nuts or nut oils are permitted.  Only fruit, vegetables, and pre-packaged items in the original packaging with the ingredients clearly listed are permitted.  Neither home-baked nor baked goods made by a grocery store are acceptable for classroom parties.  Please keep in mind that this list is only considering nut allergies, and some of the foods listed may contain other allergens such as dairy, gluten, and egg.  The classroom teachers and school nurse will be responsible for monitoring the ingredient labels of prepackaged food.  Classroom teachers, in coordination with the school nurse and principal, will generate a list of acceptable pre-packaged items considerate of particular known nut allergies of students in the classroom.

Generally acceptable party treats include:

Doritos

Kellogg’s Special K Bars

Frito Lay Tostito Scoops

Jello Pudding

Fruit Snacks

Keebler Fudge Stripes

Combos

Gum

String Cheese

Quaker Rice Cakes

Chex Mix (cheddar)

Fruit Roll Ups

Oreo Cookies

Slim Jims

Chester’s Puffcorn

Twizzlers

Skittles

Air Heads

Peeps

Rolos

Gummy Lifesavers

Swedish Fish

Ritz Crackers (original)

Pop Tarts without peanut butter

Kraft Marshmallows

Starbursts

Snyder’s Pretzel Logs

Good’s Super Thin Pretzel Sticks

Rice Krispies Treats (pre-packaged)

Herr’s Extra Thin Pretzel Sticks

Fruits and Vegetables (pre-packaged/bulk)

Jolly Time Simply Popped Sea Salt Microwave Popcorn

Just Born Jellybeans (made in Bethlehem)

Hershey’s Bars Milk & Dark Bars and Kisses (no nut or variety packs)

Candy Corn (Coastal Bay brand only)

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers (original or cheddar)

Barnum Animal Crackers

Hard Candy (Dum Dum pops, Nerds, SweetTarts, Lifesavers, etc)

Chips Ahoy Cookies (original)

VitaCost Veggie Chips

Pirate Booty

SkinnyPop Brand popcorn

Just Born Candy Hearts (made in Bethlehem)

Enjoy Life Foods Brand -available at Giant, CVS, Wegmans, Whole Foods

Free2BFoods - available at Wegmans, and Whole Foods

MadeGoodFoods - available at Wegmans, Whole Foods, Giant, Walmart

LofthouseCookies - available at Giant and Superfoods

Brothers All Natural Fruit Crisps 

VitaCost Veggie Straws/Sticks

Harvest Snaps

Late July Organic Popcorn - sea salt

Wise Popcorn - sea salt