Dear Victory Parents:

This letter is to inform you we have a Victory student with a severe peanut allergy so we are implementing a strategy to ensure a safe learning environment.  Strict avoidance of peanut products on school grounds is the only way to prevent a life threatening allergic reaction. 

If the student eats or comes in contact with peanut, an allergic reaction will occur that requires emergency medical treatment and an injection of epinephrine.  This is a life-or-death situation.  If she gets peanut in her mouth, she has less than 10 minutes to receive emergency medical care.  Although not as severe, an allergic reaction can occur even if the student merely touches a table with peanut residue.

Parents and Students:

We are asking you to help by supporting Victory’s initiative for a peanut-free school

• Food services works diligently to ensure all meals served are peanut-free. 
• “Cold Lunch” tables have been set up for students bringing lunch from home”.  This does not mean peanut is allowed on these tables.  The tables are to safeguard against food coming from home that may not be perfectly peanut free.  For example, the jam jar may have a skid of peanut butter in it and that jar was used for the jam sandwich.  Or a cookie may show up that was labeled “may contain peanuts”.     
• Students will be greeted each day with a quick squirt of hand sanitizer in case anyone had peanut butter as part of their breakfast.
• Students will wash their hands after lunch and snacks
• Snacks or treats for class parties or school events need to be peanut-free items (see back of sheet for a list of peanut-free snacks).  There are also fun ideas for “food free” parties!

Currently Victory has one student with a severe allergy to peanut.  She will not be the last.  Peanut allergic is becoming more prevalent.  Victory is paving the way with ingenuity to address the severity of this allergy and promote safety not only for this student, but for future ones as well.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.  Thank you.

                                                            __________________________________

                                                                        Dr. M. Saunders, Principa

The parents of this third-grade student understand going peanut free presents an inconvenience.  They want to express their sincere thanks to parents and students who have shown amazing concern and support regarding this issue.  People really pull together when a child’s life is at stake.  Please feel free to contact them with any questions or concerns you may have about peanut allergy, safe snacks, peanut alternatives, etc.

Greg and Daranee Hatch

467-4212 Cell 249-4375

Peanut/Nut-Free Snacks*
Fruits
All fresh fruit
Dole Fruit Bowls
Del Monte Fruit To-Go Cups
Sun-Maid Raisins (not chocolate covered)
Applesauce Cups
Motts Fruit Blasters Applesauce Tubes
Vegetables
All Fresh Vegetables Including:
Carrots with Dip
Celery Sticks with Cream Cheese or Dip
Gummy Snacks
(Not Brachs.) Only Betty Crocker or Nabisco Fruit
Snacks including:
Fruit Roll-Ups
Fruit By The Foot
Gushers
Shark Bites
Fun Fruits
Scooby Doo Fruit Snacks
Trix Fruit Snacks
Hi-C Fruit Snacks
Pokemon Fruit Snacks
Cookies
Nilla Wafers
Oreos & Mini Oreos (not mint-creme)
Chips-A-Hoy (not minis)
Bisco Wafers
Teddy Grahams
Pepperidge Farm - Milano, Chessmen, Shortbread
and Sugar Cookies
Keebler - Butter Cookies, Grasshopper Cookies
Nabisco - Barnum Animal Crackers, Oatmeal & Iced
Oatmeal Cookies, Cameo Cookies, Fig
Newtons, Kool Stuff Strawberry Seas Bars
Hostess Ho-Ho's & Twinkies
Rice Krispie Treats (plain only)
Nutri-Grain Apple Cinnamon/Brown Sugar Twists
Salty Snacks
Rold Gold Pretzels
Snyders of Hanover Pretzels
Ruffles Potato Chips
Lays Potato Chips
Fritos
Doritos (not crackers)
Cheetos
Tostitos
Pringles (original only)
Popcorn - Pop Secret, Orville Redenbacher,
Healthy Choice)
Crackers
Honey Maid - Cinnamon Grahams & Sticks, Honey
Grahams & Sticks
Ritz Crackers (plain only, not sandwiches)
Keebler Club Crackers (original only, not
sandwiches)
Nabisco Saltines
Sunshine Cheez-Its
Triscuit
Wheat Thins
Pepperidge Farm Cheddar Goldfish (only plain, pretzel
or cheddar. Not Cinnamon Grahams)
Sargento- Mootown Crackers & Cheese Dip
Keebler Town House Crackers
Sportz Cheddar Crackers
Kraft Handi-Snacks Cinnamon Graham Crackers
w/Applesauce Dip
Kraft Handi-Snacks Crackers with Cheese Dip
Jellos and Puddings
Hershey Chocolate Pudding Tubes
Kraft Handi-Snacks - Wacky Gels, Vanilla & Chocolate
Pudding
Hunts - Juicy Gels, Vanilla & Chocolate Pudding
Jello - Gelatin Cups, X-treme Jello Tubes, Vanilla,
Chocolate & Oreo Pudding
Dole Fruit-n-Gel Bowls
Delmonte Fruit & Gel To-Go Bowls
Frozen Treats
Minute Maid - Juice Bars, Fruit & Cream Swirls,
Frozen Lemonade
Good Humor - Fudgesicles, Popsicles, Fire Crackers,
Great Whites, MicroPops, and Scribblers
Nestle - Itzakadoozies, Ice Screamers Flintstones
Rainbow Sherbet Treats & Juicy Juice Frozen Juice
Pops
Lick-A-Colors
Tropicana Fruit Juice Bars
Welch's Fruit Juice Popsic1es
ICEE Frozen Treats
Misc.
Cheese
Yogurt (not soy brands) - Gogurt, Danimals, etc.
T. Mazettis Carmel Apple Dip (with apples)
Pizza - Papa Johns, Dominoes, Flippers, Pizza Hut
Candy - Starburst, Skittles, Twizzlers, Hershey Milk
Chocolate Bars (not with almonds) and Hershey
Kisses (not with almonds & not Hugs), Milk Duds,
DOTS, Sour Patch Kids, and Tootsie Rolls
Doughnuts - Krispy Kreme "Original Glazed" only
(only from the store - with or without sprinkles.
Not pre-packaged from a grocery store)
Jet Puffed Marshmallows
*Important: Due to continual changes in manufacturer packaging and processing, please read
the ingredient label of your snack chosen from this list to ensure that it does not contain any of the
following... peanuts/nuts, peanut/nut butter, peanut/nut oil, peanut/nut flour, peanut/nut meal, or any of
the statements "May contain traces of peanut/nuts" or "Manufactured in a facility that also processes
peanuts (and/or other nuts)".