Achieve a zero waste cafeteria with students as leaders!
Videos and Downloads to get you started in 8 steps

Back to the Cafeteria Ranger Program - Steps 1-8 here

Signs, Badges, and Scheduling Sheets 

• Cafeteria Sorting Signs
• Cafeteria Ranger Badges
• Optional - Cafeteria Ranger Table Captan Badges
• Year Long Schedule Chart Template
• Cafeteria Ranger Monthly Sign-up Sheets

       (for school cafeterias with and without organics collection/composting)

Cafeteria Sorting Signs - for cafeterias with and without organics collection or composting (1.9 MB)

Cafeteria Ranger Badges, 5 per page (1.9 MB)

Optional: Table Captain Badges, 4 per page (PDF, 256 KB)

Cafeteria Ranger Yearlong Schedule Template - to post in the cafeteria (11 pages, editable document- 833 KB)

Cafeteria Ranger Sign-up Sheets - classroom and cafeteria versions - for schools with organics (compost) collection (PDF, 108 KB)

Cafeteria Ranger Sign-up Sheets - classroom and cafeteria versions - for schools withOUT organics (compost) collection (PDF, 108 KB)

Guides ​

• Daily Operations (view is as a webpage here)
• Launch Guide (view as a webpage here)
• Steps 4 & 5 - Scheduling and Launch Date details 

Daily Operations for Cafeteria Rangers - in color (3 pages, PDF, 2.7 MB)

Daily Operations for Cafeteria Rangers - in black & white (3 pages, PDF, 2.3 MB)

Launch Guide - 8 steps to launch your Cafeteria Ranger Program (2 pages, PDF, 514KB)

Steps 4 & 5 - Scheduling and Launch date details (PDF 240 KB)

​Letter Templates   ​​​​

• Introductory Letter to Teachers 
• Letter to Cafeteria Ranger Classroom Teachers
• Introductory Letter to Parents/Caregivers
• Milestone Letter to Parents/Caregivers

First Introduction Letter to Teachers about Cafeteria Ranger Program (editable document, 67KB)

New Ranger Class Overview Letter to Teachers with explanation of the Ranger Scheduling and Job Descriptions (editable document, 76KB)

Intro Letter to Parents/Caregivers about the Cafeteria Ranger Program (editable document - 49 KB)

"Milestone" Letter to Parents/Caregivers about the Cafeteria Ranger Program (editable document, 84KB)

Classroom Tools

• Cafeteria Ranger Job Descriptions ​​(view as webpage here)​ 
• Etiquette Practice 
• SORT2save cheer!  lyrics (2 versions: for grades 1-2 and 3-6)

      (view as webpage with video here)

Cafeteria Ranger JOB DESCRIPTIONS (5 pages, PDF, 732 KB)

Cafeteria Ranger Etiquette Practice (3 pages, PDF, 296 KB)

SORT2save Cheer! - Lyrics for Grades 1-2 (1 page, PDF, 264KB)

SORT2save Cheer! - Lyrics for Grades 3-6 (2 pages, PDF, 274KB)

SORT2SAVE KIT and SORT2save cheer! lyrics by Debby Lee Cohen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at info@cafeteriaculture.org.

​  SORT2save cheer! - lyrics for grades Pre-K- 1 coming soon!

​"Milestone" Graphic Templates   ​​​​​

• Amazing First Day Poster
• Recognition Award Certificate

"Amazing First Day!" poster template (editable document, 1.8 MB)

Award Certificate for honoring Cafeteria Rangers (editable document, 838KB)

Downloadable checklist

Download the checklist here!