8510 - WELLNESS

Beal City Public Schools

Bylaws & Policies

8510 - WELLNESS

Beal City Schools has developed a wellness policy. This policy is to help assist us as a school and community to a healthier lifestyle. The following policies are in place to assist us with this goal:

	A.	We encourage students and families to make good health choices for life long benefits.
	B.	We promote safe learning environments by ensuring that appropriate behaviors are modeled by staff and practiced by students.
	C.	We encourage the use of healthy food if used as a reward.
	D.	We prohibit withholding food from any student as a punishment.
	E.	We encourage offering predominantly healthy foods/beverages for classroom celebrations/parties.
	F.	We encourage not selling foods with low nutrient value in school fundraising or fundraising promoted to the students through the school.
	G.	We encourage predominantly healthy foods and beverages be offered at school events. (open houses, conferences and meetings)
	H.	We stipulate that predominantly healthy food and beverages are offered as ala carte options.
	I.	We regulate hours that our vending machines containing food and beverages with low nutrient value are accessible to students.
	J.	We audit annually to make sure our sidewalks, cross country track, lighting and/or other key elements are safe.
	K.	We prohibit staff from withholding physical education class, with the exception of the Physical Education Teachers in their class, as a punishment or to make up missed instructional time, class work or test in other subjects.
	L.	We prohibit use of physical activity as punishment.

42 U.S.C. 1751, Sec. 204
42 U.S.C. 1771

Adopted 8/21/06
Revised 6/23/08