Cafeteria

The Hyer PTA has run and operated the Hyer Cafeteria since 1949!  The tradition of PTA-sponsored lunch programs is as old as HPISD itself, starting in 1914 when Armstrong opened as the first HPISD school without a cafeteria.  Moms volunteered to heat up and serve soup to the students during the lunch hour. This tradition of PTA provided lunches has passed to each successive school opened in HPISD and continues strong today!

Cafeteria and Lunch

Students are provided a 30-minute period for eating lunch each day. Students have the option of bringing lunch from home or making choices from selections available in the cafeteria, which is managed by the PTA in cooperation with the Highland Park ISD. The Armstrong cafeteria serves delicious, well-balanced meals. Kindergarteners and First Graders are given the choice of a hot or cold plate lunch, while older students make a la carte selections. Meat, vegetables, salads, sandwiches, fruits, milk, and juices are available each day.

Lunch Visitors

Parents are invited to eat lunch with their student in the cafeteria. Parents should meet their student in the cafeteria when the class arrives, not in the classroom. They may sit at the designated visitor tables inside the cafeteria or outside on the patio. Unfortunately, there is not room at the class table for visitors, and parents may only eat with their own child. Students may not invite friends to eat with them at the visitors table with their parents. [See Visitors to the School in the HPISD Student Handbook.]

For information on Birthday treats, classroom snacks, etc, please refer to the Hyer Handbook.