Teaching and Learning - School Wellness Committee

What is the School Wellness Committee?

It is a diverse team that works together to promote health and wellness for students, staff and our school community. The goal is to have many different voices, including representatives from all schools in the district, staff across many different roles, and general community members.

What do they do?

School Wellness Committee works to make sure we have a healthy school environment. They help to develop goals for improving nutrition and increasing physical activity during the school day, network and build relationships with like-minded members, review and implement the current district wellness policy, and encourage parent, student and community involvement.

Interested in providing feedback or ideas to the Wellness Committee? We would love to hear it! Please complete this FORM

Winter 2025 Wellness Newsletter is Out!

Check in on ways to take care of yourself during the long winter months!

WPS Wellness Newsletter- Winter 24-25.pdf

School Wellness Committee Goals for SY24-25

Develop a structure for communication around school wellness and policy that includes both families and staff
Review and update the School Wellness Policy (JL) as needed

Past Goals can be viewed HERE

What was new with Winthrop's Wellness Policy? (11/3/21)

Erin Draft Wellness Flier

Here are some of the reasons:

Snacks can be good or bad for kids’ diets, depending on the choices we offer.

Limiting unhealthy choices and providing healthy snacks can improve students’ behavior, focus, attention span, academic achievement, and attendance. Too much junk food and an unhealthy diet decreases academic performance.1-4

Snacks are a bigger part of kids’ diets than in the past.

More snacking and unhealthy snack foods (e.g., potato chips, cookies, and candy) are major factors linked with childhood obesity. When the foods are healthier, snacking can be linked to reduced obesity.5, 6

Classroom celebrations can happen a lot and most foods served are usually high in sugar, fat, and calories.7

Limiting unhealthy choices and having healthy celebrations will support what kids are learning in the classroom about healthy behaviors.

Serving healthy snacks to kids:

*Provides good nutrition.

*Supports lifelong healthy eating habits.

*Helps reduce the risk of developing long-lasting health conditions.8, 9

Students with severe food allergies cannot be exposed to foods that may cause serious medical complications during the school day.

For more information please contact:

Samantha Balwin

School Nutrition Director

sbaldwin@winthropschools.org

If you are interested in joining the Winthrop School Wellness Committee, please contact:

Samantha Baldwin

School Nutrition Director

207-377-2296 (ext. 2002)

sbaldwin@winthopschools.org

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