Student and Staff Wellness

Name

Job Title

Email Address

Kelsi Gruber Kellerhuis

Health Services Coordinator

Kgruber_kellerhuis@isd12.org

Name

Job Title

Email Address

Tara Malinski

Food Service Director

tmalinski@isd12.org

Dan Melde

HR Director

dmelde@isd12.org

Heidi Birkhofer

HR Coordinator

hbirkhofer@isd12.org

Dale Schuster

Health & Safety Specialist

dschuster@isd12.org

Jen Schwartz

Elementary Principal

jschwartz@isd12.org

Pat Chaffey

Business Office Director

pchaffey@isd12.org

Krista Bergert

Director of Public Information & Comm Outreach

kbergert@isd12.org

Comprehensiveness Score

Strength Score

Total Items Assessed

Nutrition Education

100

50

8

Standards for USDA Child Nutrition Programs and School Meals

70

60

10

Nutrition Standards for Competitive and Other Food And Beverages

92

50

13

Physical Education and Physical Activity

31

6

16

Wellness Promotion and Marketing

17

8

12

Implementation, Evaluation & Communication

88

75

8

Total Scores - Average

66

42

Nutrition Promotion and Education Goal(s)

Goal Status: Meeting Goal

Describe progress and next steps

The school district will encourage all students to make healthy selections of foods and beverages, including those sold individually outside the reimbursable school meal programs, such as through a la carte/snack lines, vending machines, fundraising events, concession stands, and student stores.

Continue to improve ways to incorporate nutrition and physical education across the district by staying up to date with the latest curriculum and guidelines. 

Continue to offer only Smart Snack approved meals in a la carte and vending machines.

Health education classes will also support healthy eating as well as other subjects where appropriate.

The district will also encourage and support developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant, and include participatory activities.

Physical Activity Goal(s)

Goal Status: Partially Meeting Goal

Describe progress and next steps

1. Physical activity will be added into other subject lessons, where appropriate; and

2. Classroom teachers will provide short physical activity breaks between lessons or classes, as appropriate.

3. Health and physical education will reinforce the knowledge and self-management skills needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle and reduce sedentary

activities.

1. We will invite/add a physical education teacher to our wellness committee so we have much more insight on what is happening within the classroom about wellness.

2. To have physical activity breakout games for elementary classrooms to break up the day or for indoor recess.

3. Continue to encourage administrators to support the wellness policy by getting all schools involved with physical activity breaks and incorporate ideas into other subject lesson plans when appropriate.

School-based activities to promote student wellness goal(s)

Goal Status: Partially Meeting Goal

Describe progress and next steps

The school district recognizes that parents and guardians have a primary role in promoting their children’s health and well-being.

The school district encourages and has suggestions for  parents to pack healthy lunches and snacks and refrain from including beverages and foods without nutritional value.

The district supports parents' efforts to provide a healthy diet and daily physical activity for their children.

The district provides information about physical education and other school-based physical activity opportunities and supports parents' efforts to provide opportunities to be physically active outside of school.

Centennial Schools offers many resources on our website to communicate  with parents to encourage parents and guardians to promote their child’s healthy eating and physical activity.

Next steps: 

Invite families to join our Wellness group and help with our  Wellness Policies so they can help improve, guide and encourage healthy eating and physical activity for the students.

Nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages for sale on the school campus (i.e. school meals and smart snacks)

Goal Status: Meeting Goal

Describe progress and next steps

School Meals

1. The school district will provide healthy and safe school meal programs that comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

2. Food service personnel will provide students with access to a variety of affordable, nutritious, and appealing foods that meet the health and nutrition needs of students.

3. Food service personnel will try to accommodate the religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the student body in meal planning.

4. Food service personnel will provide clean, safe, and pleasant settings and adequate time for students to eat.

5. Food service personnel will take every measure to ensure that student access to foods and beverages meets or exceeds all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations and that reimbursable school meals meet USDA nutrition standards.

6. Food service personnel shall adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local food safety and security guidelines.

7. The school district will make every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and prevent the overt identification of, students who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals.

8. The school district will provide students access to hand washing or hand sanitizing before they eat meals or snacks.

9. The school district will make every effort to provide students with sufficient time to eat after sitting down for school meals and will schedule meal periods at appropriate times during the school day.

10. The school district will discourage tutoring, club, or organizational meetings or activities during mealtimes unless students may eat during such activities.

Competitive Foods and Beverages

1. All foods and beverages sold on school grounds to students, outside of reimbursable meals, are considered “competitive foods.” Competitive foods include items sold a la carte in the cafeteria, from vending machines, school stores, and for in-school fundraisers.

2. All competitive foods will meet the USDA Smart Snacks in School (Smart Snacks) nutrition standards and any applicable state nutrition standards, at a minimum. Smart Snacks aim to improve student health and well-being, increase consumption of healthful foods during the school day, and create an environment that reinforces the development of healthy eating habits.

The district fully meets or exceeds all goals laid out in the Wellness Policy related to foods available to students during the school day, including Reimbursable School Meals.  Foods and beverages available during the school day and during the extended school day:

●        meet or exceed the USDA’s requirements,

●        exceed the National School Lunch Program requirements for vegetable offerings, and

●        meet Smart Snack regulations for a la carte items. 

Next steps:  

Continue to monitor and follow USDA & MDE updates to stay compliant with federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations.

Continue to offer a variety of appealing and nutritious foods that are affordable per the school district budget. The food service office will continue to attend classes to further their education.

Guidelines for other foods and beverages available on the school campus, but not sold

Goal Status: Partially Meeting Goal

Describe progress and next steps

Other Foods and Beverages Made Available to Students 

Student wellness will be a consideration for all foods offered, but not sold, to students on the school campus, including those foods provided through: Celebrations and parties--the district will provide a list of non-food celebration ideas; classroom snacks brought by parents--the district will provide parents a list of suggested foods and beverages that meet Smart Snacks nutrition standards.

Rewards and incentives. Schools will not use foods or beverages as rewards for academic performance or good behavior (unless this practice is allowed by a student’s individual education plan or behavior intervention program) and will not withhold food or beverages as punishment.

Fundraising. The school district will make available to parents and teachers a list of suggested healthy fundraising ideas.

School groups are still adjusting to the new regulations for food items sold for fundraisers, during the day. We will keep encouraging and suggesting healthy fundraising ideas.

Next steps: 

The food service office can provide a list of healthy smart snack options for administrators to help promote healthy and nutritional options in their school building for fundraisers.

Marketing and advertising of only foods and beverages that meet Smart Snacks

Goal Status: Meeting Goal

Describe progress and next steps

1. School-based marketing will be consistent with nutrition education and health promotion.

2. Schools will restrict food and beverages marketing to the promotion of only those foods and beverages that meet the Smart Snacks nutrition standards.

Centennial Schools Marketing is consistent with nutrition and health promotion guidelines in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.  Also is meeting USDA’s Smart Snack Guidelines.

Next steps:  

Centennial School will continue with our current practice.

Section 1. Federal Requirements

Policy Score

Practice Score

FR1

Does the district have specific goals for nutrition education designed to promote student wellness?

2

2

FR2

Do your National School Lunch Program meals (and, if applicable, School Breakfast Program meals) meet all federal standards for meal patterns, nutrient levels, and calorie requirements for the grade levels served?

2

2

FR3

Does your school take steps to protect the privacy of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals?

2

2

FR4

Is free (i.e., no cost to students) drinking water available to students during meals?

2

2

FR5

Do all school nutrition program directors, managers, and staff meet or exceed the annual continuing education/training hours required by the USDA’s Professional Standards requirements?

2

2

FR6

Do all competitive foods and beverages sold to students during the school day meet or exceed the USDA's nutrition standards, commonly called Smart Snacks?

2

2

FR7

Do all a la carte foods and beverages sold in the cafeteria meet Smart Snacks standards?

2

2

FR8

Do all foods and beverages sold in vending machines meet Smart Snack standards?

2

2

FR9

Do all foods and beverages sold in school stores during the school day meet Smart Snack standards?

2

2

FR10

Are there fundraisers that sell foods or beverages to be consumed during the school day? If yes, do the foods and beverages sold meet Smart Snacks standards?

2

2

FR11

Does your district regulate foods and beverages served at class parties and other school celebrations in elementary schools?

2

2

FR12

Is there food or beverage marketing on the school campus during the school day? If yes, do the marketed items meet Smart Snacks criteria?

2

2

FR13

Which groups are represented on the district-level wellness committee?

2

1

FR14

Is there an official who is responsible for the implementation and compliance with the wellness policy at the building level for each school?

2

2

FR15

How is the wellness policy made available to the public?

2

2

FR16

Is wellness policy implementation evaluated every three years?

2

2

FR17

What is included in the triennial assessment report to the public?

2

2

FR18

Has the wellness policy been revised based on the previous triennial assessment?

2

2

Section 2. Nutrition Environment and Services

Policy Score

Practice Score

NES1

Does the district offer breakfast every day to all students?

2

2

NES2

Does your school take steps to address feeding students with unpaid meal balances without stigmatizing them?

2

2

NES3

Does your school or district provide information to families about eligibility for free or reduced-price meals?

2

2

NES4

Does your school use strategies to maximize participation in the school breakfast program and/ or school lunch program?

2

2

NES5

Are marketing strategies used to promote healthy food and beverage choices in school?

2

2

NES6

Do students have at least 10 minutes to eat breakfast and at least 20 minutes to eat lunch, counting from the time they are seated?

2

2

NES7

 In your district, is it a priority to procure locally produced foods for school meals?

2

2

NES8

Do you know where to access the USDA Smart Snacks nutrition standards to check and see if an item can be sold in school during the school day?

2

2

NES9

Are you familiar with any state laws allowing exemptions for school-sponsored fundraisers during which foods and beverages do not have to meet Smart Snacks?

2

2

NES10

Are foods or beverages containing caffeine sold at the high school level?

2

2

NES11

Do all foods or beverages SERVED (not sold) to students after the school day on school grounds (including aftercare, clubs, and afterschool programming) meet federal nutrition standards (e.g., CACFP or Smart Snacks)?

2

2

NES12

Do all foods or beverages SOLD (not served) to students after the school day on school grounds (including aftercare, clubs, and afterschool programming) meet federal nutrition standards (e.g., CACFP or Smart Snacks)?

2

2

NES13

Do teachers or school staff give students food as a reward?

2

2

NES14

Do students have consistent and easy access to free drinking water throughout the school day?

2

2

Section 3. Nutrition Education

Policy Score

Practice Score

NE1

Are skills-based, behavior-focused, and interactive/ participatory methods used in nutrition education to develop student skills?

2

2

NE2

Do all elementary school students receive sequential and comprehensive nutrition education?

2

2

NE3

Do all middle school students receive sequential and comprehensive nutrition education?

2

2

NE4

Do all high school students receive sequential and comprehensive nutrition education?

2

2

NE5

Is nutrition education integrated into other subjects beyond health education?

2

2

NE6

Do school nutrition services staff members use the following methods to collaborate with teachers to reinforce nutrition education lessons taught in the classroom?

2

2

NE7

 Does nutrition education address agriculture and the food system?

2

2

Section 4. Physical Education and Physical Activity

Policy Score

Practice Score

PEPA1

 Does the district have a written physical education curriculum that is implemented consistently for every grade?

2

2

PEPA2

Does the district have a written physical education curriculum that is aligned with national and/or state standards?

2

2

PEPA3

How does your physical education program promote a physically active lifestyle?

2

2

PEPA4

How many minutes per week of PE does each grade in elementary school receive?

2

1

PEPA5

How many minutes per week of PE does each grade in middle school receive?

2

1

PEPA6

How many minutes per week of PE does each grade in high school receive?

2

1

PEPA7

Are all physical education classes taught by state certified/licensed teachers who are endorsed to teach physical education?

2

2

PEPA8

Is ongoing professional development offered every year for PE teachers that is relevant and specific to physical education?

2

2

PEPA9

What percentage of students do you estimate do not take PE each year due to exemptions?

2

2

PEPA10

What percentage of students do you estimate do not take PE each year due to substitutions?

2

2

PEPA11

 Are there opportunities for families and community members to engage in physical activity at school?

2

1

PEPA12

 Are there opportunities for all students to engage in physical activity before and after school?

2

1

PEPA13

Is there daily recess for all grades in elementary school?

2

2

PEPA14

 Do teachers provide regular physical activity breaks for students in the classroom?

2

1

PEPA15

Does the district have “joint-use” or “shared-use” agreements?

2

1

PEPA16

What proportion of students walk or bike to school?

2

1

PEPA17

 Are teachers encouraged to use physical activity as a reward for students?

2

1

PEPA18

Do teachers ever use physical activity as a punishment?

2

2

PEPA19

Do teachers ever withhold physical activity as a classroom management tool?

2

0

Section 5. Employee Wellness

Policy Score

Practice Score

EW1

 Are there strategies used by the school to support employee wellness?

2

2

EW2

Are school staff encouraged to model healthy eating and physical activity behaviors in front of students?

2

2

Section 6. Integration and Coordination

Policy Score

Practice Score

IC1

Is there an active district-level wellness committee?

2

2

IC2

Is there an active school-level wellness committee?

2

2