Wellness Policy

ADOPTED:   June 28, 2006

 

Student wellness, including good nutrition and physical activity, shall be promoted in the District’s education program, school activities, and meal programs.  This policy shall be interpreted consistently with Section 204 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.

 

Goals for Nutrition Education and Physical Activity

 

The goals for addressing nutrition education include the following:

 

• Schools will support and promote an active lifestyle for students.
• Physical education will be taught in all grades and shall include a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of movement skills, enhances health related fitness, increases student’s knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how to work cooperatively in a group setting and encourages healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle.
• As budgetary realities permit, the district will strive to provide all students the opportunity to engage, daily, in a physical education course.
• The district will strive to provide elementary grade students a daily supervised recess period.
• As budgetary realities permit, the district will strive to provide opportunities for physical activity through a range of programs occurring outside the usual school day, such as intramurals, interscholastic athletics and physical activity clubs.
• The nutrition curriculum will be consistent with and incorporate relevant Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and Health as established by the Illinois State Board of Education.

 

Nutrition Guidelines for Foods Available in Schools during the School Day.

 

Students will be offered and schools will promote nutritious food and beverage choices consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Food Guidance System published jointly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture.  In addition, in order to promote student health and reduce childhood obesity, the Superintendent or designee shall establish such administrative procedures to control food sales that compete with the District’s non-profit food service in compliance with the Child Nutrition Act.  Food service rules shall restrict the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the food service areas during the meal periods.

 

Guidelines for Reimbursable School Meals

 

Reimbursable school meals served shall meet, at a minimum, the nutrition requirements and regulations for the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program.

 

Monitoring

The Superintendent or designee shall provide implementation data and/or reports to the Board concerning this policy’s implementation sufficient to allow the Board to monitor and adjust the policy.

 

Community Input

 

The Superintendent or designee will invite suggestions and comments concerning the development, implementation and improvement of the school wellness policy from community members, including parents, students and representatives of the school food authority, school administrators, and the public.

Troy Community School District 30-C
Wellness Policy Procedures

 

In compliance with the federal Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act and Illinois State Guidelines, Troy Community School District 30-C has adopted specific policy procedures to promote student, staff and community wellness. School functions such as birthday and holiday celebrations should include nutritious foods and beverages that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.  A list of suggested healthy snacks for all school celebrations are listed below.

 

·         Raw vegetables sticks/slices with low-fat dressing	·         Fresh fruit wedges such as oranges, apples, pears…
·         Grapes	·         Frozen bananas on a stick
·         Fruit salad	·         Fruit juice popsicles
·         Meat and cheese kabobs	·         Dried fruits such as raisins, cranberries, apples or apricots
·         Single servings of applesauce	·         Canned fruits in natural juices
·         Party mix (variety of cereals)	·         Pretzels
·         Crackers	·         Low-fat muffins
·         Granola bars	·         Graham crackers
·         Animal crackers	·         Popcorn
·         100% fruit juicy such as Juicy Juice	·         Bottled water

 

Due to the prevalence of food allergies in our student population, please provide healthy snacks that do not contain nuts.  These include any items containing peanut butter.

 

We encourage you to choose non-food alternatives when celebrating birthdays.  We suggest:  donating a book to your child’s classroom or school library; providing a pencil, bookmark, or pencil eraser for each of your child’s classmates.

 

Students will be limited to celebrating their birthdays in their own classrooms and the office.  This will allow us to maintain the instructional integrity of our day as much as possible.

 

We recognize birthday celebrations are a part of our culture.  However, birthday celebrations at school remain a family decision.

 

Thank you for your cooperation and support of this new initiative within our school district.