Local Wellness in the School Setting What is Local Wellness and How - - PDF document
3/31/11 Local Wellness in the School Setting What is Local Wellness and How Can You Get Involved Local Wellness Policy in the School Setting The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 required each local education agency
ü Nutrition education ü Physical activity ü Other school based activities ü Nutrition Guidelines for all Foods and Beverages on School
Review schools strengths and weaknesses and revise
Design and/or support programs to improve student
Identify strategies & opportunities for schools, families
Advise school leaders on assessing
Conduct the School Health Index at each school (School
Health Index http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov)
LWC will determine who on the Council will conduct
Summarize the strengths and weaknesses Implement activities Record activities Summarize activities Report to County LWC
Superintendent Board Member Principals Teachers Food Service Staff School Nurses Parents Students Community Leaders – County Commission, Mayor,
Youth Organizations
Booster Organizations Health Care Providers ( physicians, dietitians, exercise physiologists,
dentists, nurses, physician assistants, etc)
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Event nts Poli licy a y and nd E Environme nment ntal C l Cha hang nge Example les Celebrating F/V More Matters Week Adding a salad bar Hosting a Family Fitness Night Making the school athletic facilities available to community members Providing health screenings for school staff Establishing a policy that allows teachers to walk on their planning period or to take students to gym/track to walk and learn Participate in Walk to School Day Establishing a Safe Routes to School Program Providing healthy snacks or breakfast during testing Adopting Healthy Food & Beverage Concession Policy Health and education go hand in hand: one cannot exist without the other. To believe any differently is to hamper progress. Just as our children have a right to receive the best education available, they have a right to be healthy. As parents, legislators, and educators, it is up to us to see that this becomes a reality.
Breakfast after first or breakfast in the classroom Fruits and vegetables during school parties and functions Recess before lunch Healthy affordable options at concession stands Walk and talk periods before homeroom Pleasant cafeteria environments including time requirements “Jam a Minute” throughout the school day Staff as role models
Conne nnecting ng N Nutrition C n Conc ncepts a across t the he C Curriculu lum m Language Arts — Read books with fruit and vegetable themes. Describe and discuss the colors, shapes, textures and tastes of the different types of fruits and vegetables featured in these books. Social Studies and Geography — Learn about states and countries where certain fruits and vegetables are grown. Map countries that are major producers of specific fruits and vegetables. Mathematics — Have students track the number of servings of fruits and vegetables they eat for two days by placing stickers on a classroom chart. Count the number of fruits and vegetables and have students determine the following: What fruit is eaten most often? What vegetable is eaten most often? Science — Conduct a Bean Olympics. Plant bean seeds in a shallow pan. Tape a number to a penny and place over each seed. The first bean to sprout and turn over its penny wins.
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Celeste Peggs, MS, RD, LD Coordinator, WVDE Office of Child Nutrition crpeggs@access.k12.wv.us 304-558-3396 Kristy Blower, MA Coordinator, WVDE Office of Child Nutrition kblower@access.k12.wv.us 304-558-3396