Healthy SPS 2020
A plan to promote health goals
Promoting health and ending preventable death, illness, injury and disability
Nutrition - Following USDA guidelines for all food served.
Fundraising- specific guidelines for food driven fundraising, school stores, and vending.
Nutrition education - USDA driven education at all grade levels.
Physical education - appropriate levels of Physical activities for all students.
Community and family involvement - providing educational information
Eliminating health disparities
The SPS primary wellness goal is to promote student health, reduce student overweight/obesity, facilitate student learning of lifelong healthy habits and increase student achievement.
Making wellness a way of life
- Nutrition education
- Increased physical education
- Staff training and development
- tobacco and alcohol and other drug education
Promote Healthy Places and Environments
"The wellness program shall make effective use of district and community resources and equitably serve the needs and interests of all students and staff, taking into consideration differences of gender, cultural norms, physical and cognitive abilities and fitness level." (SPS wellness policy)