Student Wellness Policy
Book Salem City Public Schools School Board Policy Manual
Section J: Students
Title STUDENT WELLNESS
Number JHCF
Status Active
Legal 42 U.S.C. § 1758b.
Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, § 22.1-253.13:1.D.14
Adopted June 6, 2006
Last Revised April 9, 2013
Last Reviewed August 12, 2008
I. Policy Statement
The Salem City School Board recognizes the link between student health and learning and desires to provide a comprehensive program promoting healthy eating and physical activity in division students.
II. Goals
The Salem City School Board has established the following goals to promote student wellness.
Nutrition Promotion and Education
Students receive nutrition education that teaches the skills they need to adopt and maintain healthy eating behaviors.
Nutrition education is offered in the school cafeteria as well as through other venues within the school system.
Division health education curriculum standards and guidelines address both nutrition and physical education.
Nutrition is integrated into the health education curriculum.
Staff members who provide nutrition education have appropriate training.
The level of student participation in the school breakfast and school lunch programs is adequate.
Physical activity
The Salem City school division has a goal of making a program of physical education available to all students for at least 150 minutes per week on average during the regular school year. The division’s goal for the implementation of its physical education program is a commitment to educating students to lead healthy and physically active lives. Our program provides students with the opportunity to maximize personal fitness through a standards-based curriculum. Fitness First - Every Child, Every Day!
Our mission will be accomplished by:
· Delivering a research-based curriculum with articulated K-12 content and skills
· Implementing a standards-based movement curriculum that integrates health education concepts
· Creating an environment that promotes movement and lifetime fitness
· Utilizing motivational instruction to empower students to make healthy choices (personal fitness, movement and skill concepts, nutrition, and responsible
behaviors)
· Developing an ongoing and systematic approach to student wellness
· Incorporating technology to improve student learning relative to fitness and health education
· Using various assessment tools to measure student growth and achievement
· Teaching hands-on activities that relate to everyday life
· Building administrative support and awareness
· Investing in parent and community partnerships
· Promoting school-wide and community support and advocacy
· Establishing program and instructional goals based on student and program data
Students are given opportunities for physical activity during the school day through physical education (PE) classes, daily recess periods for elementary school students, and the integration of physical activity into the academic curriculum where appropriate.
Students are given opportunities for physical activity through a range of before- and/or after-school programs including, but not limited to, interscholastic athletics and physical activity clubs.
Schools work with the community to create ways for students to walk and bike 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 activities.
Schools provide training to enable staff to promote enjoyable, lifelong physical activity among students.
Other school-based activities
An adequate amount of time is allowed for students to eat meals in adequate lunchroom facilities.
All children who participate in subsidized food programs are able to obtain food in a non-stigmatizing manner.
The availability of subsidized food programs is adequately publicized in ways designed to reach families eligible to participate in the programs.
Physical activities and/or nutrition services or programs designed to benefit staff health have been considered and, to the extent practical, implemented.
Nutrition Guidelines
Generally
Federal nutrition guidelines have been selected by the division for all foods sold on every school campus during the school day. The objectives of the guidelines are to promote student health and reduce childhood obesity.
Nutritional standards for the school breakfast and school lunch programs that meet or exceed state and federal standards are in place.
The nutritional content of foods and beverages donated for class parties or other school events is considered.
III. Implementation
The School Board encourages our School Health Advisory Board to periodically review and update this policy. It will be the responsibility of the SHAB Chairman to inform its members when this review should occur. Assurance of the implementation of this policy will be the responsibility of a committee which will meet every other year. Following each committee meeting a report will be submitted to the Superintendent on the current status of policy implementation.
Adopted: June 6, 2006
First Revision: August 12, 2008
Second Revision: April 9, 2013
Cross Refs.:
EFB, Free and Reduced Price Food Services
IGAE/IGAF, Health Education/Physical Education
JL, Fund Raising and Solicitation
JHCH, School Meals and Snacks
KQ, Commercial, Promotional, and Corporate Sponsorships and Partnerships
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