APPENDIX H: DGF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WELLNESS POLICY
Adopted: May 9, 2012 Revised: June 19, 2008 School District #2164 Revised: July 23, 2012
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Policy 533
533 WELLNESS I.
PURPOSE The purpose of this policy is to assure a school environment that enhances student attendance and academic performance by supporting healthy eating and physical activity. This policy promotes and encourages students to adopt lifelong healthy behaviors that can promote and protect students’ health and wellbeing as well as reduce the risk of chronic disease.
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GUIDELINES A.
Nutrition Education and Wellness Promotion is: 1.
Recognized as an essential component of the education process and formation of lifelong healthy behaviors.
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Provided as part of a standards-based, comprehensive program designed to provide students and families with knowledge and skills that facilitate healthy behaviors, and encouragement to promote and protect their health and ability to learn.
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The Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School District will encourage and support healthy eating by students and engage in nutrition promotion that is: part of health education classes as well as classroom instruction, as appropriate
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Supported by teachers, staff, and food service personnel through voluntary participation in worksite wellness opportunities, and will encourage role modeling of healthy behaviors.
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Communicated and promoted with consistent messaging throughout the district, as well as to parents and the community via posters, website, newsletters, and other means.
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