Virginia-Highland ES strives to create an environment that promotes the social and emotional wellness of all children and provides opportunities for students to cultivate healthy habits. In an effort to ensure that all students have an opportunity to be safe and thrive, the Wellness Committee supports our long-term commitment to wellness. Information provided includes suggestions on how the entire Virginia-Highland community can support a culture of wellness and ensure that children with food allergies can be safe from dangerous exposures.

If you have questions about our Wellness activities, please contact our school secretary.

Classroom Snack Ideas & Celebration Snacks:

• All fresh fruits and vegetables
  • Consider (nut-free) dips such as hummus for vegetables or yogurt for fruit
• Applesauce cups or squeeze (all brands)
• Dole or Del Monte fruit cups (in water, not juice)
• Raisins (plain) or Craisins (low sugar version)
• String cheese or other packaged cheese (deli can cross contaminate with tree nuts in meats)
• Drinkable yogurt or smoothies (not Yoplait brand)
• Yogurt tubes (freeze them for a popsicle!)
• Quaker Rice cakes (Caramel Corn, Ranch, Kettle Corn, Plain)
• Cheerios (plain, multigrain, cinnamon-NO HONEY NUT)
• Kraft Handi-snack dips with cheese
• Lenders or Thomas brand Bagels and plain cream cheese
• Somersaults snacks (available at Target, Whole Foods and online)
• Honey Maid graham crackers (Honey, Low fat Honey, Cinnamon, Chocolate)
• Teddy Grahams (Cinnamon, Honey, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Mini)
• Fig Newtons (all varieties)
• Barnum Original animal crackers
• Lucy’s cookies (milk, gluten, egg and nut/peanut free!)
• Skeeters Nut Free Snacks (Target)
• Enjoy Life brand snacks (all varieties)
• Nutrigrain Cereal Bars (Apple Cinnamon, Strawberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Raspberry)
• Cheerios (plain original)
• Annie’s brand bunny crackers
• Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (cheese, graham, pretzel)
• Rold Gold Pretzels (low sodium, lightly salted)
• Utz brand Pretzels (low sodium, lightly salted)
• Utz brand Tortilla chips (low sodium, lightly salted)
• Newmans Own Pretzels (Salted sticks, rounds, spelt) (low sodium, lightly salted)
• Stacy’s Pita Chips (Simply Naked)
• Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Vegetable Thins (low sodium, lightly salted)
• Ritz crackers (NOT Ritz Bitz or sandwiches) (low sodium, lightly salted)

• Popchips (BBQ potato, Cheddar & Sour Cream, Hint of Olive Oil Veggie, Sea Salt Potato, Sea Salt & Vinegar, Sea Salt Veggie, Sour Cream and Onion, Sweet Potato)
• Baked Lay’s (Original, Sour Cream & Onion)
• Tostitos brand tortilla chips (scoops, rounds, restaurant style, multigrain, hint of jalepeno, hint of lime, bite size)
• Saltines
• Popcorn (Pop Secret, Orville Redenbaucher, Vics, Smartfood, Herrs, Skinny Pop)
• Sun Chips (All varieties)
• Pirates Booty (also Bucaneer Joes at Trader Joes)-(all varieties)
• Barefruit All Natural Apple Chips
• Welch’s Fruit Snacks
• Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks
• Clif Kid Organic Twisted Fruit
• Popsicle brand popsicles
• Edy’s Fruit and Outshine bars
• Dole whole fruit bars
• Breyers Pure Fruit Bars
• Minute Maid Juice Bars
• Sunbutter Sunflower Seed Spread (all varieties)
• Wowbutter
• Water (if juice is supplied please ensure that real fruit juice is at least 30%)