Birthday Baskets and Classroom Snacks
Birthday baskets and classroom snack services are only available for grades K-6.
Spring Grove Area School District does not allow food and drinks from outside the school building to be brought in for birthday celebrations and snacks for the classroom. Our Nutrition Services Department offers a convenient and stress-free way for parents to provide food and snacks in the classroom through the Birthday Baskets and Classroom Snacks services.
Both services can be easily purchased using MySchoolBucks and meet the federal Smart Snack nutritional and allergy requirements/guidelines.
Please be sure to note the product and order deadlines below.
Rocket Birthday Baskets
Treat your child and their classmates to a Rocket Birthday Basket of treats delivered to their school classroom. It's a fun and easy way to help your child celebrate a birthday with their class, and it meets the federal Smart Snack nutritional and allergy requirements/guidelines.
Baskets are available for grades K-4, and age-appropriate gift bags are available for grades 5 and 6. It includes a birthday card, selected items for your child to keep, and a variety of treats for every student in your child’s classroom.
The birthday basket is $25.00 for 2025-26 school year.
Important Notice Regarding Placing Orders and Delivery Dates:
- To guarantee delivery on your selected date, you MUST place your order at least TWO (2) weeks in advance.
- Orders placed less than two weeks before the requested date cannot be delivered on the requested day but will be delivered as soon as possible.
- Please note that the last day for deliveries for the 2025-26 school year will be Friday, May 15, 2026. Please ensure your requested birthday basket delivery date is on or before May 15, 2026.
- This product closes on May 1, 2026.
Classroom Snacks
Easily purchase snacks for your child's entire class! The classroom snacks will be distributed to students by the classroom teacher at their discretion.
The classroom snacks are $15.00 per bundle of 24 assorted individually wrapped Smart Snack-compliant snacks.
Important Notice Regarding Placing Orders:
- The last day for classroom snack deliveries for the 2025-26 school year will be Friday, May 15, 2026.
- This product closes on May 1, 2026.
How to Purchase
Orders for the 2025-26 school year open on August 1, 2025.
Birthday baskets and classroom snacks can be purchased by using the SGASD Store section of the MySchoolBucks website or mobile app.
Please note that you cannot use funds from your child's meal account to purchase birthday baskets or classroom snacks.
Smart Snacks in Schools
All foods available in District schools during the school day will be offered to students with consideration for promoting student health and reducing childhood obesity in accordance with the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Those foods outside the school cafeteria will be prepackaged and include complete ingredient lists.
The Smart Snacks in School regulation applies to foods sold a la carte, in the school store, vending machines, and any other venues where food is sold to students.
To qualify as a Smart Snack, a snack or entrée must first meet the general nutrition standards:
- Be a grain product that contains 50 percent or more whole grains by weight (have a whole grain as the first ingredient); or
- Have as the first ingredient a fruit, a vegetable, a dairy product, or a protein food; or
- Be a combination food that contains at least ¼ cup of fruit and/or vegetable; and
- The food must meet the nutrient standards for calories, sodium, sugar, and fats:
- Calories: 200 calories or less
- Sodium: 200 mg or less
- Total Fat: 35% of calories or less
- Saturated Fat: Less than 10% of calories
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Sugar: 35% by weight or less