Peanut Safe Guidelines
In order to maintain a safe environment for students with severe peanut allergies, school lunches and snacks must not
contain peanuts. Aurora Elementary School makes every reasonable effort to purchase nut-free products for school
lunches and events. Parents are asked to refrain from providing peanut products for lunches for their children.
Classroom celebrations must also abide by our peanut safe guidelines, as well as our healthy snack guidelines. Under no
circumstances should peanuts of any sort, or products containing peanuts, be brought to school. In order to be inclusive
and have access for all of our children, we will have two simple changes.
1. Our cafeteria will no longer serve peanut butter sandwiches or peanut products.
2. Student lunches or snacks that contain peanuts can no longer be brought into the school.
Aurora Elementary School will be peanut safe beginning August 3, 2016. On August 3rd, Mrs. Craig, the school nurse, will
educate the students about our peanut safe guidelines and how to help a friend who is having an allergic reaction.
While we cannot absolutely ensure that our school will be 100% peanut free, we will drastically diminish the possibility
of a child getting sick or going into anaphylactic shock due to coming in contact with peanuts. We understand the “no
peanut butter at school” guidelines will be a difficult change for some of our children and families.
The rationale for peanut safe classrooms and schools has to do with the unique nature of these allergies. Most people
with most food allergies (even severe allergies) can manage their allergies by simply not eating foods that have those
allergens in them. There are two limits to this approach for people with peanut allergies.
First, it’s possible for people with these allergies to react to traces of nut dust in the air (from peanut shells, for
example). Second, nuts are full of natural oils that leave residue. While this residue can be removed with cleaning, it
may be difficult to clean all surfaces which impact our students or for school cleaning staff to know to clean oils off
painted walls or doorknobs during the school day.
Here are some rules of thumb for reading labels:
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Under federal law, peanuts have to be clearly identified on a food label if they’re used as an ingredient.
Always check labels on packaged foods. Look for warnings like “may contain traces of peanuts.” Package
notices to the effect of “made in a nut-free facility” indicate safe snacks. Attached is a list of peanut free snack
and lunch ideas that your child may bring into the school.
IMPORTANT: Due to continual changes in manufacturer ingredients and packaging, please read the ingredient
label of all snacks, including those on the attached list, to ensure that it does not contain peanuts in any form
(and/or other nuts).
We are very hopeful that through our classroom activities and discussions at home about peanut allergies, children will
understand the importance of going peanut safe. This is an opportunity for our children to learn more about special
needs of others and their role in supporting one another. Thank you for your cooperation and support. If you have any
questions, please call Mrs. Craig, the school nurse at 812-926-2090, Option 3.
Peanut Safe Lunch Ideas
Fruits
All fresh fruits
Dole and Del Monte fruit bowls
Sun Maid plain raisins
Craisins
Applesauce cups
Vegetables
All fresh vegetables including:
Carrots with ranch dip
Celery sticks with cream cheese or ranch dip
Gummy Snacks
Betty Crocker and Kellogg’s fruit snacks
Fruit Roll-ups
Fruit by the Foot
Fruit Gushers
Stackerz
Salty Snacks
Rold Gold Pretzels
Ruffles and Lays Potato Chips (NOT Mike Sells)
Sun Chips
Fritos
Doritos (not crackers)
Tostitos
Pringles
Popcorn – Pop Secret, Orville Redenbacher
Crackers
Honey Maid Cinnamon Grahams and Sticks,
Honey Grahams and Sticks
Ritz Crackers (plain or bistro, NOT sandwiches)
Keebler – Club original crackers and Snack Sticks
(NOT sandwiches), Town House crackers
Nabisco Saltines
Sunshine Cheez-Its
Triscuits
Wheat Thins
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (plain, pretzel, or
cheddar flavors)
Kraft Handi-Snacks crackers with Cheese dip
Cookies
Nilla Wafers
Teddy Grahams (chocolate, honey, chocolate chip, and
cinnamon)
Chips Ahoy (NOT Mini’s)
Pepperidge Farm – Milano, Chessmen, Shortbread,
Sugar Cookies, Soft Baked, Chocolate Chunk and
Oatmeal
Keebler - Grasshoppers, Butter Cookies
Nabisco – Barnum Animal Crackers, Oatmeal and Iced
Oatmeal Cookies, Fig Newtons, Rice Krispy Treats (plain
only),
Nutrigrain Bars (strawberry, apple, blueberry, cherry)
Nutrigrain Twist Bars
Special K Bars (strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate only)
Oreos – Original, Double Stuffed Original, Mint Cream
only
Jellos and Puddings
Kraft Handi Snacks – Vanilla and Chocolate Pudding,
Wacky Gels
Hunts – Juicy Gels, Vanilla and Chocolate Pudding
Jell-O – Vanilla, Chocolate, and Oreo Puddings
Dole Fruit-n-Gel Bowls
Del Monte Fruit and Gel To-Go Bowls
Candy
Hershey Milk Chocolate Bars (No Almonds), Kissables,
Milk Chocolate Hershey Kisses
York Peppermint Patties
Junior Mints
Tootsie Rolls
Rolos
Smarties
Miscellaneous
Doughnuts – Krispy Kreme Original Glazed
Cheese – String Cheese, Shaped Cheese, Cheese Slices
Yogurt – Danimals drinkables, Gogurt, Yoplait
T. Marzetti’s Caramel Apple Dips (with apples)
Cereals – Regular Cheerios, Strawberry Yogurt Cheerios,
Kix, Cinnamon Life, Frosted Mini Wheats
NO Granola Bars of any kind
Classroom Healthy Snacks and Drinks for Kids
Must be Peanut/Nut Free
Check Labels
Snacks
Apple Wedges
Banana
Orange Sections
Grapes
Melon Balls
Strawberries
Peaches
Pears
Raisins
Yogurt – Low Fat
Yogurt – Low Fat Frozen
Vegetable Juice
Baby Carrots
Celery Sticks
Cucumber Slices
Dried Fruit
Air Popped Popcorn
Low Fat Crackers
Bread Sticks
Pretzels
Low Fat Bagels & Rolls
Baked Chips
Graham Crackers
Vanilla Wafers
Animal Crackers
Low Fat Cheese (String, Chunk)
100 Calorie Snack Packs
100% Fruit Snacks
Cheese Crackers
Fish Crackers
Drinks
White Milk
Chocolate Milk
Vanilla Milk
100% Fruit Juices
*Juicy Juice 6.75 oz
*Orange Juice 4 oz
*Grape Juice 4 oz
*Apple Juice 4 oz
*Punch 4 oz
Offered at School
Healthy Snacks and Drinks can be purchased from the school
cafeteria. Contact Barb Milam if interested at 812-926-2090,
Option 3.
Proper notice of 10 days prior to the event is required.