Sylvania City School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

8510 - WELLNESS

Rationale:

The link between nutrition, physical activity, and learning is well-documented. Healthy eating and activity patterns are essential for students to achieve their full academic potential, physical and mental growth, and lifelong health and well-being. Healthy eating and physical activity, essential for a healthy weight, are also linked to reduced risk for many chronic diseases, like Type 2 diabetes. Schools have a responsibility to help students learn, establish, and maintain lifelong healthy eating and activity patterns. Well-planned and effectively implemented school nutrition and fitness program have been shown to enhance students' overall health, as well as behavior and academic achievement in school. Staff wellness is also an integral piece of a healthy school environment, since school staff may serve as daily role models for healthy behaviors.

Goal:

All students in the Sylvania Schools shall possess the knowledge and skills necessary to make nutritious food choices and enjoyable physical activity choices as part of their daily and lifetime goals. All staff in the Sylvania Schools are encouraged to model health eating, nutritional and physical activity choices as a valuable part of their daily lives.

To meet this goal, the District is committed to providing school environments that promote and protect children's health, well-being, and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity. Therefore, it is the policy of the Sylvania School District that:

 A.The District will engage students, parents, teachers, support personnel, food service, health professionals and other interested community members in developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing District-wide nutrition and physical education policies.
 B.All students in grades K-12 will have opportunities, support and encouragement to be physically active on a regular basis.
 C.Foods and beverages sold or served at school will meet the nutrition recommendations of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Child Nutrition Programs.
 D.Qualified child nutrition professionals will provide the students with access to a variety of affordable, nutritious and appealing foods that meet the health and nutrition needs of students; will accommodate the religious, ethnic and cultural diversity of the student body in meal planning; and will provide clean, safe and pleasant environment and adequate time for students to eat.
 E.To the maximum extent practicable, all schools in the District will participate in available Federal school meal programs.
 F.Schools will provide nutrition education and physical education to foster lifelong habits of health eating and physical activity, and will establish linkages between health education and school meal programs, and with related community services.

Adopted 6/26/06