Summer Meal Information - 2025

This summer, the Clarke County School Nutrition program will provide meals to students and our community at select schools and community locations during the month of June.

Weekday Meals at School Locations

Students participating in summer enrichment activities hosted at school sites will have access to free breakfast and lunch while at school. Schools that will host summer enrichment opportunities include:

  • Gaines Elementary School

  • J.J. Harris Elementary School

  • Clarke Middle School

  • Hilsman Middle School

  • Clarke Central High School*

  • Athens Community Career Academy*

  • Classic City High*

*- Students at these locations will receive meals via our mobile meal routes. 

Summer enrichment programs will operate Monday through Thursday, each week. The first day will be Monday, June 2, and the last day will vary depending on site.  Most programs will conclude on Thursday, June 26.  Please note: CCSD will be closed on Thursday, June 19, and Friday, June 20, so meals will not be available on those two days.

Clarke Middle and Hilsman Middle will also be open to the public for lunch Monday through Thursday during this timeframe.  These meals will be made available on a first-come, first-serve basis.  The exact time for this meal service will be communicated later once the schedule for summer programs has been established.

Meal service will conclude on the same day that summer enrichment programs end at these sites.

Weekday Meals at Community Locations

Students participating in select summer camps may have the opportunity to receive a free lunch while at camp.  The camps that have collaborated with our program this summer include:

  • YMCA

  • YWCO Girls' Club at Holston Elementary

  • Athens Clarke County’s (ACC) Howard Lay Park

  • ACC’s Thomas Lay Park

  • ACC’s Heard Park

  • New Grove Baptist Church

  • First AME Church

  • Timothy Baptist Church

Most camps will operate Monday through Friday.  Lunches will be provided on Monday, June 2, through Friday, June 27.  Lunch meals will not be provided during the month of July.  Please note: CCSD will be closed Thursday, June 19, so camps will not receive meals on that day.

Weekend Meals Available for Pickup

Weekend meals will be available for pick up at J.J. Harris Elementary. on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Families that wish to pick up breakfast and lunch meals for the weekend (Friday through Sunday) can stop by J.J. Harris Elementary on the following days:

  • Thursday, June 5

  • Thursday, June 12

  • Wednesday, June 18 - This meal bundle will include enough meals for four days due to CCSD being closed on Thursday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.

Bundled meals will be ready for pick up after students have dismissed.  Students enrolled is the summer enrichment program at J.J. Harris will receive bundled meals before leaving the school.  More details will be released about this option in May.