To implement the Wellness Policy, the following district specific goals have been established:
Goal 1 – Nutrition Education and Promotion: Schools will provide nutrition education and engage in nutrition promotion that help students develop lifelong healthy eating behaviors. The goal(s) for addressing nutrition education and nutrition promotion include the following Select goal(s) from the list below:
- Promote fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, and healthy foods; Ensure nutrition education and promotion are not only part of health education classes, but also integrated into other classroom instruction through subjects such as math, science, language arts, social sciences, and elective subjects.
- Include enjoyable, developmentally-appropriate, culturally-relevant, and participatory activities, such as cooking demonstrations or lessons, promotions, taste-testing, farm visits, and school gardens; Started Farm to School 2019-2020 school year.
- Promote fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, and healthy foods.
Goal 2 – Physical Activity: Schools will provide students and staff with age and grade appropriate opportunities to engage in physical activity that meet federal and state guidelines, including the Iowa Healthy Kids Act. The goal(s) for addressing physical activity include the following Select goal(s) from the list below:
- Promote the benefits of a physically active lifestyle and help students develop skills to engage in lifelong healthy habits;
- Ensure physical activity is not used for or withheld as a punishment;
- Afford elementary students with recess according to the following:
- At least 20 minutes a day;
- Outdoors as weather and time permits;
- Encourages moderate to vigorous physical activity
Goal 3 – Other School-Based Activities that Promote Student Wellness: Schools will support student, staff, and parents’ efforts to maintain a healthy lifestyle, as appropriate. The goal(s) for addressing other school-based activities that promote student wellness include the following Select goal(s) from the list below:
- Share information about the nutritional content of meals with parents and students;
- Support the consumption of breakfast at school by implementing alternative breakfast options to the extent possible (e.g., grab n’ go, breakfast in the classroom, breakfast after 1st period, etc.);
- Permit students to bring and carry water bottles filled with water throughout the day;
- Make drinking water available where school meals are served during mealtimes;
- Provide school staff a list of alternative ways to reward children. Foods and beverages will not be used as a reward, or withheld as punishment.
- Develop a plan to promote staff health and wellness; start to develop weekly communication reach out to PE, nurses, i.e. walking club.
- Through taste-tests of new school meal items and surveys to identify new, healthful, and appealing food choices.
Public Involvement: There is a process for permitting parents, students, representatives of the school food authority, teachers of physical education, school health professionals, the school board, administrators and the public to participate in the development, implementation, and periodic review and update of the policy select a process from the list below.
- The district will implement a local wellness policy committee to advise the district on the development, implementation, and improvement of the school wellness policy
Approved: Aug. 20, 2018, May 18, 2020
Reviewed: July 16, 2018, April 13, 2020
Revised: July 16, 2018
