Newport News Public Schools Proposed Wellness Policy

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Newport News Public Schools Proposed Wellness
Policy
May 3, 2006
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Kids have to be healthy to learn, and they have
to learn how to be healthy
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Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of
2004

Public Law 108-265 enacted June 30, 2004 Section
204 Local Wellness Policies Local School
Divisions must establish a local school wellness
policy for the 2006-2007 School Year
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Why the Focus on Local Wellness Policies?

• The percentage of overweight children aged 611
  has more than doubled in the past 20 years
• Overweight children and adolescents are more
  likely to remain overweight or become obese
  adults and develop chronic disease
• One in three American children born in 2000 will
  develop diabetes in their lifetime
• Overweight children are less likely to achieve
  academic success

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Wellness Policy

• National Effort
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 2004
• State Effort
• Governor's Score Card
• General Assembly Consideration

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What Needs To Be Addressed In The Policy?

• Nutrition standards
• Physical activity
• Other school-based activities that are designed
  to promote wellness
• Nutrition education

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Authoritative Supporters

• National Association of State Boards of Education
• Action for Healthy Kids
• School Nutrition Association
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
  Recreation Dance
• National Association of School Nurses
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Center for Disease Control (CDC)
• American Heart Association
• American Cancer Society

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Policy Development

• School Health Advisory Board
• Parents
• Community
• Schools
• Principals
• Mayors Youth Commission
• PTA Council
• Health Department
• Policy committee and Senior Staff

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Nutrition Guidelines

• School meals
• Meet minimum local, state federal guidelines
• Provide dining areas with enough seating for all
• A la carte sales and vending machines
• Snacks less that 35 calories from fat, no more
  35 weight from sugar, 300 calories or less
• Beverages 100 fruit juice, flavored 0 calorie
  water, low-fat milk
• Student stores
• Sell foods that meet nutritional guidelines

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Nutrition Guidelines

• Rewards
• Not use foods for academic performance and not
  withhold as punishment
• Celebrations
• May allow one food that does not meet nutrition
  standards
• Fundraising
• Use foods that meet established nutrition
  standards

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Physical Activity

• Physical Education classes
• Daily recess elementary
• Physical activity and punishment
• Before and after school
• opportunities

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Other School Based Activities

• Integrating physical activity into daily
  instruction (i.e. Brain Gym)
• Enrichment activities (i.e. jump rope teams)
• Communication with parents
• Food marketing and schools
• Staff wellness

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Proposed Policy

• Newport News Public School is committed to
  providing school environments that promote and
  protect childrens health, well-being, and
  ability to learn by supporting proper nutrition,
  nutrition education and regular physical activity
  as part of the total learning experiences for all
  students.

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Proposed Policy

• Students, staff, parents and the community will
  be engaged in all aspects of the wellness policy
• All students in grades PreK-12 will have
  opportunities, support, and encouragement to be
  physically active on a regular basis.

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Proposed Policy

• Foods and beverages sold or served at school will
  meet or exceed the nutrition recommendations of
  the U. S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
• Students will be provided with affordable and
  nutritious foods with adequate time to eat
  accommodating religious, ethnic and cultural
  diversity

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Proposed Policy

• To the maximum extent practicable, all schools in
  our district will participate in available
  federal school meal programs.
• Schools will provide nutrition education and
  physical education to foster lifelong habits of
  healthy eating and physical activity
• The superintendent may designate a committee to
  develop procedures to implement the policy over
  an appropriate timeline

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Proposed Policy

• Monitoring
• Schools - principals and child nutrition managers
• District wide - Superintendent and SHAB
• Evaluation
• Child Nutrition Services Director
• Health Services Supervisor
• Health and P.E. Supervisor
• Policy review
• School baseline assessment
• School Board