Students are required to bring their own lunch and register for the Lunch Supervision Program through SchoolZone. There is no fee for lunch supervision for the 2025-2026 school year. Students are also welcome to go home for lunch. Please see the School Hours portion of the website for dismissal times.
Homesteader School benefits from partnerships with Apple Schools for funding healthy school initiatives and e4c who provides a daily Nutrition Program in the mornings for all registered students.
e4c:
Students arrive at 8:10 AM to be let in to the breakfast room for a nutritious morning meal. Please do not arrive early as there is no supervision outside in the morning.
Apple:
APPLE Schools (A Project Promoting healthy Living for Everyone in schools) is an innovative school-focused health promotion initiative. It improves the lives of more than 33,000 students annually in over 100 schools across Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario by improving their healthy eating, physical activity, and mental health habits.
APPLE Schools Vision
Healthy Kids in Healthy School Communities
APPLE Schools Mission
APPLE Schools will inspire and empower school communities to lead, choose, and be healthy by recommending and supporting measurable and sustainable changes.
Research has shown that students in APPLE Schools have better nutrition habits, are more physically active, and are more likely to be a healthy weight than other students in comparison schools. They are better learners and score higher on academic tests. These results extend to activity outside of class, and students from all socio-economic backgrounds benefit from APPLE Schools, including many vulnerable communities with high First Nations, Métis, and Inuit populations.