Most days, Rhetoric School students may eat their lunches in the RS side of the Lyceum, at the tables outside the Lyceum, at the picnic table near the basketball court, or on the boardwalks in the common areas of the RS campus. Students may also eat in classrooms if the teacher gives his or her permission. Should there be inclement weather (rain, extreme cold, etc.) during lunch period, students are required to eat and stay in a classroom or the Lyceum until the weather passes. Students must remain on the RS campus during lunch and may only visit the Grammar School campus, Logic School campus, gym or MPB with permission from the Rhetoric Headmaster or Dean of Students. Microwave ovens are available in the Lyceum and in designated classrooms for student use during lunch. Student organizations use the lunch period for meetings. Off-campus lunch privileges are reserved for seniors only.
Students in grades 9-11 should not be signed out by parents for lunch. Doing so undermines the senior only privilege of off-campus lunch, creates unnecessary security and accountability issues, and creates a cultural division between students whose parents often sign them out for lunch and those who don't. As mentioned in the "Returning to School During School Hours" section above, students will need to be accompanied by a parent to return to campus after lunch if their parents choose to sign them out for lunch through the standard sign-out procedures.