Dining Hall and Meals

Dining Hall and Meals

Courtesy and proper table manners are expected during all meals. • Each student is assigned to a dining room table with students from mixed grades, and dining room seating changes periodically. • Students are expected to attend all meals on time. • Lower school students should line up quietly in the hallway until they are told to enter the dining rooms by a teacher. • Upper school students should enter the dining hall quietly and stand at their assigned table. • All students are asked to remain quiet and stand at their places until an expression of thanks has been said. • All students should wait to begin the meal until they are advised to do so by the head of the table. • A student must ask the head of the table for permission to leave the table or to speak to a student at another table. • Only two students should be allowed to leave the table at any given moment.

• Napkins are placed in laps. • No elbows should rest on the table.

• All four chair legs remain on the floor. • There should be no running in the dining room. • Serving dishes should be on the serving trolley when the table head is not serving. Serving dishes should not be passed around the table. • No additional helpings should be requested by individuals until all at the table have finished the first offering. • The clearing routine should be done on the trolley, not the table. • Teachers should dismiss their tables when all tables and floors are cleared and cleaned. Each teacher should then proceed to recess or other necessary location.