STUDENT PERSONNEL
Series 500
Policy Title: Wellness Regulation
Code No. 507.9R1
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 and staff members develop lifelong healthy eating behaviors. The goals for addressing nutrition education and nutrition promotion include the following:
Students:
- Provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health.
- Promote fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, and healthy foods.
Staff:
- Promote fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, and healthy foods.
- Include nutrition education training for teachers and other staff.
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 goals for addressing physical activity include the following:
Students:
- Engage students in moderate to vigorous activity during at least 50 percent of physical education class time.
- Encourage classroom teachers to provide short physical activity breaks (3-5 minutes), as appropriate.
- Ensure physical activity is not used for or withheld as a punishment.
OR
- Students will not be kept inside from recess for more than half of the time due to failure to meet classroom expectations.
Staff:
- Encourage moderate to vigorous physical activity through Wellness opportunities.
Goal 3 – Other School-Based Activities that Promote Wellness: Schools will support student, staff, and parents’ efforts to maintain a healthy lifestyle, as appropriate. The goals for addressing other school-based activities that promote student and staff wellness include the following:
Students:
- Support the consumption of breakfast at school by implementing alternative breakfast options to the extent possible (Grab n’ go breakfast in the classroom)
- Permit students to bring and carry water bottles filled with water throughout the day.
Staff:
- Develop a plan to promote staff health and wellness.
- Encourage staff to participate in wellness screenings.
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.
- The district has a local wellness policy committee to advise the district on the development, implementation, and improvement of the school wellness policy.
Approved: July 11, 2017
Reviewed: September 10, 2019
Revised: