The Board recognizes the relationship between student well-being and student achievement as well as the importance of a comprehensive district wellness program. Therefore, the district will provide developmentally appropriate and sequential nutrition and physical education as well as opportunities for physical activity. The wellness program will be implemented in a multidisciplinary fashion and will be evidence based.

Wellness Committee

The district will establish a wellness committee that consists of at least one: parent, student, nurse or other school health professional, physical education teacher, school food service representative, Board member, school administrator, member of the public, and other community members as appropriate. The committee will meet a minimum of two times annually.

The responsibilities of the wellness committee may include, but are not limited to, oversight of the following:

 

1.         Implementation of district nutrition and physical activity standards.

 

2.         Integration of nutrition and physical activity in the overall curriculum.

 

3.         Assurance that staff professional development includes nutrition and physical activity issues.

 

4.         Assurance that students receive nutrition education and promotion and engage in vigorous physical activity.

 

5.         Development of procedures that address nutrition education and promotion, physical education and physical activity.

Wellness committee members are responsible for ensuring that each school in the district is in compliance with this policy.

The wellness committee will be responsible for preparing a report that includes, but is not limited to, the following information:

 

1.         Monthly district menus and meal counts.

 

2.         Listing of all à la carte, vending and competitive foods sold by school food service.

 

3.         Listing of physical activity programs and opportunities for students throughout the school year.

Nutrition Guidelines

It is the policy of the Camdenton R-III School District that all foods and beverages made available on campus during the school day are consistent with the Missouri Eat Smart nutrition guidelines. Guidelines for reimbursable school meals will not be less restrictive than regulations and guidance issued by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to law. The district will create procedures that address all foods available to students throughout the school day in the following areas:

 

►          National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meals

►          À la carte offerings in the food service program

►          Vending machines and school stores

►          Classroom parties, celebrations, fundraisers, rewards and school events

►          Snacks served in after-school programs

Nutrition Promotion and Nutrition and Physical Education

 The district will disseminate nutrition messages and other nutrition-related materials received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to students, staff and the community through a variety of media and methods.

Student Education

The district will provide nutrition and physical education aligned with the Show-Me Standards and Missouri's Frameworks for Curriculum Development in Health/Physical Education in all grades. K-12 instructional staff will be encouraged to integrate nutritional themes into daily lessons when appropriate. The health benefits of good nutrition should be emphasized. Lessons will focus on skills and positive aspects of healthy eating. The district nutrition policy reinforces nutrition education to help students practice these themes in a supportive school environment.

Parent Education

Nutrition education may be provided in the form of handouts, postings on the district website, articles and information provided in district or school newsletters, presentations that focus on nutritional value and healthy lifestyles and through any other appropriate means available for reaching parents.

Staff Education

Nutrition and physical activity education opportunities will be provided to all schools staff at the elementary, middle and high school levels. These educational opportunities may include, but are not limited to, the distribution of educational and informational materials and the arrangement of presentations and workshops that focus on nutritional and healthy lifestyles, health assessments, fitness activities and other appropriate nutrition and physical activity-related topics.

Physical Activity Goals

The district will provide physical activity and physical education opportunities that provide students with the knowledge and skills to lead a physically active lifestyle by implementing the following strategies:

 

1.         Making physical education classes and physical activity opportunities available to all students.

 

2.         Offering physical activity opportunities daily before school, during school (recess) or after school.

 

3.         Following recommendations of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) that school leaders of physical activity and physical education guide students through a process that will enable them to achieve and maintain a high level of personal fitness through the following:

 

            ►          Exposing students to a wide variety of physical activities.

 

            ►          Teaching physical skills to help maintain a lifetime of health and fitness.

 

            ►          Encouraging self-monitoring so students can see how active they are and set their own goals.

 

            ►          Individualizing the intensity of activities.

 

            ►          Focusing feedback on the process of doing your best rather than on the product.

 

            ►          Being active role models.

 

4.         Introducing developmentally appropriate components of a health-related assessment to the students at an early age to prepare them for future assessments.

 

5.         Making physical education classes sequential, building from year to year, and including content on movement, personal fitness, and personal and social responsibility. Students should be able to demonstrate competency through application of knowledge, skill and practice.

Evaluation

The wellness committee will assess annually all education curricula and materials pertaining to wellness for accuracy, completeness, balance and consistency with the state and district's educational goals and standards. The committee will report to the Board regarding the content and implementation of the wellness program and make recommendations for modifications to this policy as appropriate. The report will be made available to the public on the district's website or by other appropriate means.

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Note:  The reader is encouraged to check the index located at the beginning of this section for other pertinent policies and to review administrative procedures and/or forms for related information.

 

Adopted:         09/11/2006

 

Revised:          06/11/2012

 

Cross Refs:     DJF, Purchasing

EF, Food Services Management

EFB, Free and Reduced-Cost Food Services

GCL, Professional Staff Development Opportunities

GDL, Support Staff Development Opportunities

IGAEA, Teaching about Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco

IGBC, Parent/Family Involvement in Instructional and Other Programs

IGDF, Student Fundraising

JHCF, Student Allergy Prevention and Response

KI, Public Solicitations/Advertising in District Facilities

 

Legal Refs:     §§ 167.720, 610.010 - .028, RSMo.

The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 - 1769j

Camdenton R-III School District, Camdenton, Missouri