We ask parents to bring snack to school three or five times in the school year (through May), depending on the child's schedule (children that stay until 1pm, sign up 3 times; children that stay all day, sign up 5 times; double it for 2 children). Parents may choose to either bring snack or pay $40 for each snack day to cover the cost of snacks and shopping. We will arrange the snack or payment schedule to your preference, at the beginning of the year, and remind you one week in advance. Bring enough to serve both classes; they have a morning and an afternoon snack. We love fresh, homemade, low sugar treats. A day or two before your snack day, you are welcome to check to refrigerators in each class to see what we already have on hand. More info below the calendar about snack suggestions and more.

Parents, we invite you to sign up through our online calendar. Please read the directions below before you go to the calendar for the first time. We want you to have a great calendar experience!

1. The following link will take you to the calendar. It is a Google calendar where you will login and sign up for snack. Please note the email address and password below. **NOTE: If you already have a Google account, please sign in as a different user underneath the login area. If you are already logged in, doing this will log you out of your account.
   

   Click here to go to the calendar.

2. On the right side where it says "Sign in to Google Calendar with your account," enter the following info:
   

   email: snacks@childrensgardensantafe.com
   password: snacks123

3. Choose the month that you want to sign up for snack first, and then day. One snack sign up per day.
   
   
4. Clicking on the day will pop a window up that says "What: ______". Please type in your first name, then click the "Create Event" button to add your name for this day to the snack calendar. **NOTE: Should you at any point need to make a change, you simply click on your name for the day you want to remove your name from and select "Delete". Your name will automatically be removed.
   
   
5. To sign out of the school calendar, click "sign out" in the top right, and close your window. You will be returned to the school website.
   
   
6. To see your snack dates in the school website calendar, click the "refresh" button in your browser OR close the website window and open it again.

Please contact us if you would like to inform us of your snack days in another format.

See the following suggestions, or create your own! Bring one item from each group.

1. Breads: mini muffins (50), crackers (one box), banana bread or raisin bread (one loaf)
2. Fruits or Vegetables: (4 lbs) apples, bananas, oranges, carrots, cucumbers
3. Dairy: (1 pound) cheese, in a block or cubed, not sliced, not string
4. Beverage: 1/2 gallon water, low fat or whole milk, 100% white grape, orange or apple juice. No fruit "drinks" or punch or Gatorade, please. No high fructose corn syrup.

Suggested Snack Menu for the Week

Monday Mini muffins or banana bread, oranges, cheese, milk
Tuesday Graham crackers, carrots, cheese, apple juice
Wednesday Raisin or plain bread, bananas, cheese, white grape juice
Thursday Crackers, cucumbers, cheese, water
Friday Mini bagels or pitas, apples, cheese, orange juice

Our Main Calendar lists activities, school holidays, events, and more. VIEW MAIN CALENDAR »

If you have questions about how to use the calendars, please contact us.