The Eagle Times

St. John’s faculty, administration, and students have been representing our school since 1853. Some of us may often forget the people who do their best and work their hardest to make our day nutritional and energizing. These people are our very own cafeteria workers, and they slave from morning until noon until every student is fed. Students watch the clock waiting for the lunch bell to ring; although we may forget it, if it weren’t for our cafeteria staff, that bell would be pointless.

The stereotypical cafeteria food may urge some students to turn their heads. I believe that we can all agree that here at St. John, the food is not bad. We may often complain, but feeding over 500 people is not an easy task. Cafeteria workers strive to fill our hunger. They work hard and long to cook our meals. We asked Sandra Crawford how she felt about working for the cafeteria and she replied, “It’s great. It may be hard work sometimes, but I feel like I am helping out my community by being here. I love to come and see all of the children’s faces everyday.” Like most cafeteria workers, Crawford loves the students and loves to lend a hand. Although we do not always appreciate their hard work, they sure do love us anyway.

Here at St. John, our cafeteria staff’s prime duty is to make sure we get the nutritional values we need. Nutrition is a big part of living a healthy life. Today, students believe they can eat a bag of chips for lunch will keep them healthy. This is false, especially if these students are participating in sports following school. The cafeteria allows students to take in an adequate amount of food, milk, and juices to keep everyone energized and ready to work. Not only this, but your brain needs fuel to function.

We did a poll and students at St. John have spoken, and their favorite food in the cafeteria is pizza. You can definitely tell when it is pizza day at school. Students run to be first in line to get that hot slice of pizza. Now we ask ourselves, “Is this healthy?” Yes, although pizza is high in saturated fat, it is very low in cholesterol and also very tasty. Their least favorite food is red beans. Many students believe the red beans taster like water, but the sausges that come with them are very tasty.

We are given the oppurtunity to eat breakfast, brunch, and lunch at school. With all these meals, we should be well ready to learn and better ourselves as students. Maci Guercio says, “The cafeteria food may not be the best, but it definitely is better than the every day sandwich.” Most students seem to feel this way. We asked senior Ryan Parr how he felt about his cafeteria food and he replied, “I eat in the cafeteria everyday, sometimes even twice a day. If I didn’t like the food, I wouldn’t eat it.”

This year’s new menu is sure living up to the daily expectations of a full meal. However, some students feel like the new nutrition plan is ruining some of the lunch favorites. Bliss Thibodeaux said “I just wish we still had cookies. I liked those cookies. I also think the bread tastes different. Everything seems a lot more healthy, and I don’t really like healthy food.” There seems to be many mixed emotions about cafeteria food, but one thing remains the same; we sure do love our food!

By Allie Hebert and Nicole Trahan