STUDENT PERSONNEL SERIES 500

Policy Title: Wellness Regulation

Code No. 578R1

 

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 helps students develop lifelong healthy eating behaviors. The goal(s) for addressing nutrition education and nutrition promotion include the following:

 

• 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 meets federal and state guidelines, including the Iowa Healthy Kids Act. The goal(s) for addressing physical activity include the following:

• Promote the benefits of a physically active lifestyle and help students develop skills to engage in lifelong healthy habits;
• Engage students in moderate to vigorous activity during at least 50 percent of physical education class time;
• Afford elementary students with recess according to the following:
• At least 20 minutes per 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:

 

• Provide parents a list of foods and beverages that meet nutrition standards for classroom snacks and celebrations;
• 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;
• Make drinking water available where school meals are served during meal times;

 

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.

 

 

Date of Adoption/Review/Revision:

August 2017

October 2021 

March 2024