District Wellness Policy
Nutrition
Education Goals:
1. Schools will provide
and promote nutrition education for all students.
2. Schools will educate, encourage, and support skills needed to
adopt healthy eating behaviors for all students and
faculty.
Nutrition Education
Guidelines:
• Nutrition education
will be integrated into school curriculum, physical activity, and
promoted in the community.
• The school cafeteria will display posters to promote healthy
eating and display other nutrition education materials.
• Nutrition education will involve sharing information with
families and the broader community to positively impact students
and the health of the community.
• School district(s) will provide information to families that
encourage them to teach their children about health and nutrition
and to provide nutritious meals for their families.
• Healthy and Wise Curriculum will be used to support Nutrition
Education. Teachers will follow curriculum outlines.
Nutrition Standard
Goals:
1. Schools will comply
with the current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the
Texas Public Schools Nutrition Policy.
2. All promotional activities in schools will be connected to
activities that encourage physical activity, academic achievement
or positive youth development and are in compliance with local
guidelines.
3. The school will provide a healthy learning environment for all
students.
4. All school and community members will be encouraged to
participate in all health related activities.
5. The school district encourages parents, teachers, school
administrators, students, food service professionals, and community
members to serve as role models in practicing healthy eating and
being physically active, both in school and at home.
Nutrition Standard Guidelines:
• Support for the
health of all students is demonstrated by hosting health screening,
and helping to enroll eligible children in Medicaid and other state
children’s health insurance programs.
• School organized local wellness committees, will be comprised of
parents, teachers, administrators and students.
• The school district encourages all students to participate in
school meals programs and protect the identity of students who eat
free and reduced price meals.
• The school district will make efforts to keep school or
district-owned physical activity facilities open for use by
students outside school hours.
• Buses will be available to transport students home at the end of
health related activities and practices.
• The local wellness committee will plan, implement and improve
nutrition and physical activity in the school environment.
• Schools will provide sanitizers or hand washing time prior to
meal service to help control illness and promote healthy
habits.
• Schools will encourage students to wear appropriate attire during
any physical-related activity.
• Schools will educate students on the importance of grooming and
proper hygiene.
• Menus are made available to all families and school faculty in
order to encourage proper food choices and meal consumption.
• Food will not be withheld from any student as a result of any
form of punishment.
• Food service personnel are adequately trained in food safety and
will encourage nutritional food choices according to state and
government reccomendations.
• Foods of low to minimal nutritional value will be restricted.
• The school nurse and food service personnel will consult as
needed to modify the diet for students with special nutritional
needs and in correlation with the students IHCP/IEP.
Physical Activity
Goals:
1. Schools will provide
opportunities for every student to develop the knowledge and skills
for specific physical activities.
2. Schools will provide opportunities for students to regularly
participate in physical activity.
3. Schools will help students understand the short- and long-term
benefits of a physically active and healthy lifestyle.
4. Schools will adopt and implement state standards for physical
activity.
Physical Activity
Guidelines:
• Schools work with the
community to create ways for students to walk, bike, rollerblade or
skateboard safely to and from school.
• Schools encourage parents and guardians to support their
children's participation in physical activity, to be physically
active role models, and to include physical activity in family
events.
• Schools provide training to enable teachers, and other school
staff to promote enjoyable, lifelong physical activity among
students.
• Time allotted for physical activity will be consistent with
research, and state standards. 30 minutes of structure daily
physical activity or 135 minutes a week in grades K-6.
• Physical activity participation will take into consideration the
“balancing equation” of food intake and physical activity.
• Teachers will be provided with incentives to join in before
and/or after school physical activities.
• Schools will implement physical activity activities from the
Healthy and Wise Curriculum.
• Children and community members will have access to recreation
facilities before and after school hours and during vacation
periods.
Other School Based Activity Goals:
1. The school will provide a healthy learning environment for all
students.
2. All school and community members will be encouraged to
participate in all health related activities.
3. The school district encourages parents, teachers, school
administrators, students, food service professionals, and community
members to serve as role models in practicing healthy eating and
being physically active, both in school and at home.
Other
School Based Activity Guidelines:
• Support for the
health of all students is demonstrated by health
screenings,substance abuse awareness and abstinence programs, and
helping to enroll eligible children in Medicaid and other state
children’s health insurance programs.
• School organized local wellness committees, will be comprised of
families, teachers, administrators and students.
• The school district provides enough space and serving areas to
ensure all students have access to school meals with minimum wait
time.
• The school district encourages all students to participate in
school meals programs and protect the identity of students who eat
free and reduced price meals.
• The school district will make efforts to keep school or
district-owned physical activity facilities open for use by
students outside school hours.
• The school district encourages and provides opportunities for
students, teachers, and community volunteers to practice health
eating and serve as role models in school dining areas.
• Buses will be available to transport students home at the end of
health related activities and practices.
• The local wellness committee will plan, implement and improve
nutrition and physical activity in the school environment.
• Schools will provide sanitizers or hand washing time prior to
meal service to help control illness and promote healthy
habits.
• Schools will encourage students to wear appropriate attire during
any physical- related activity.
• Schools will educate students on the importance of grooming and
proper
hygiene.
