Drummond School Districts 11 and 2
School Wellness Plan
Because of the obesity epidemic. Section 204 of the Public Law 108-265, and the Child Nutrition and W1C Reauthorization Act of 2004 established the Local Wellness Policy-requirement. It requires each Local Education Agency (LEA) or school district participating in the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program to develop a local wellness policy that promotes the health of the students and addresses the growing problem of childhood obesity.
The Drummond School Districts 11 and 2 are 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 Drummond School Districts 11 and 2 that:
The local wellness policy, at a minimum, includes:
1.Community involvement, including input from parents, students, school food service, the school board, school administrators, educators, and the public in the development of the school wellness policy. Researching of this team of people on the components of a healthy school nutrition environment is recommended.
2.Goals for nutrition education, physical activity and other school-based activities that are designed to promote student wellness in a manner that the local education agency determines as appropriate.
3.Nutrition guidelines for all foods available on each school campus under the local education agency during the school day with the objectives of promoting student health and nutrient-rich meals and snacks. This includes food and beverages sold in vending machines, and student stores; and food and beverages used for classroom rewards and fundraising efforts.
4.Guidelines for reimbursable school meals to ensure that the District offers school meal programs with menus meeting the meal patterns and nutrition standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
5.A plan for measuring implementation of local education agency or at each school, as appropriate, charged with operational responsibility for ensuring that each school fulfills the District's local wellness policy.
Community Involvement
To achieve the goal of community involvement, the Drummond School Districts of 11 and 2 have formed the School Health Council, consisting of students, teachers, administrator, school food service staff and parental representatives.
As the School Health Council, they will create, implement, monitor, review and as necessary, revise school nutrition and physical activity policies. The Chair,chosen from the council members, will lead and direct the council's meetings and activities.
Nutrition Education, Health Enhancement and Physical Activity
Nutrition Education- The Drummond School Districts of 11 and 2 aim to teach, encourage, and support healthy eating by students. The school will provide nutrition education and engage nutrition promotion that:
•Is offered at each grade level, K - 12, as part of a sequential, comprehensive, standards-based program designed to provide students will the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health; and is aligned with the Montana's Health Enhancement and National Association of Sport and Physical Activity/American Alliance of Health, and Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Physical Education Content Standards and Benchmarks;
•Is integrated into the health enhancement classes, but also classroom instruction in subjects such as science, math, language arts, social sciences, and elective subjects;
•Links with school meal programs, other school foods, and nutrition-related community services (such as farm visits, school garden projects and 4-H);
•Promotes fruits, vegetables, whole grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, lean protein foods, healthy food preparation and dining out, label reading, eating breakfast, healthful snacks, and health enhancing nutrition practices through articles posted in the school, published in the school newsletter and various classes;
•Emphasizes caloric balance between food intake and energy expenditure (physical activity/exercise) and teaches media literacy with an emphasis on food marketing in various classes based on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans:
Staff who provide education shall have the appropriate training, such as in health enhancement or family and consumer sciences;
•Supports parents' efforts to help educate their children on healthy eating habits
through articles in the school newsletter and providing information concerning the
breakfast and lunch programs.
Health Enhancement and Physical Activities - The Federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that children and teenagers be physically active for an accumulation of at least 60 minutes daily (USDHHS and USDA 2000, 12). Since children spend the majority of their time at school during weekdays, it is logical that the school be a mechanism for providing them with physical opportunities for better health. The Health Enhancement Program is one of the primary means of educating students with regard to physical skills and the value of participating in physical activity throughout their lives.
The Drummond School Districts 11 and 2 shall offer health enhancement opportunities that include the components of a quality health enhancement program taught by K-12 certified health enhancement specialists. Health enhancement shall equip students with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for lifelong physical activity. Health enhancement instruction shall be aligned with the Montana's Health Enhancement and National Association of Sport and Physical Activity/American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and Dance Physical Education Content Standards and Benchmarks.
Nutrition Education (Continued)
Drummond School District will work to offer extracurricular physical activities and lend support to community based physical activities to offer a range of activities that meet the needs, interests, and abilities of all students, including boys, girls, students with disabilities and students with special health-care needs. At present the Drummond School District offers the following extracurricular physical activities:
•Track and basketball for 5th through 12th grades;
•Football and volleyball for 5th through 12th grades:
•Wrestling for 9th through 12th grades;
•Cross country running for 9th through 12th grades;
•Softball for 9th through 12th grades;
Open gym on Wednesday nights for students, staff and community members.
Nutrition Guidelines
The Drummond School District strongly encourages the sale and distribution of nutrient dense foods for all school functions and activities (i.e. vending machines, etc.). Nutrient dense foods are those foods that provide students with calories rich in the nutrient content needed to be healthy. They include foods from the USDA Pyramid's five major food groups being fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy. In an effort to support the consumption of nutrient dense foods in the school setting, the District has adopted the following nutrition standards governing the sale of food, beverage and candy on school grounds.
Concessions- Provide a balance of healthy and non-healthy foods and snacks during concessions. Presently, items sold at concessions are: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, polish dogs, chili dogs, nachos w/cheese, super nachos, pizza, popcorn, pretzel w/cheese, plain M & M's, Snickers, Mike & Ike's, Hot Tamales, gummy bears, Air Heads, licorice, peanuts, coffee and hot chocolate, PowerAde, water and soda pop (some variance occurs).
Parents and community members will be encouraged to consider the inclusion of additional nutrient dense foods to be included for sale such as low fat dairy products, fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean protein entrees/foods.
Beverage and Food Vending Machines- The Drummond Public Schools have a written contract with Harrington Pepsi Bottling Co in Butte; which states that Drummond High School can sell only their product. (The "Product" meaning only beverages of the bottler, excluding any product not purchased by the bottler). Current USDA policy prohibits the sale or serving of carbonated beverages during a meal service period in the area where reimbursable meals are served and/or eaten. A school's failure to comply with this policy can result in its receiving no reimbursement for any meals for the day or period in which there was noncompliance (USDA 2001b).
The Superintendent and the School Health Council shall continually evaluate vending policies and contracts. Vending contracts that do not meet the intent and purpose of this policy shall be modified accordingly or not renewed.
Future plans of the School Health Council consist of adding a "healthy foods" school store; which would focus on healthier choices of food and beverage and be run by the school council with teacher and staff involvement.
Nutrition Guidelines (Continued)
School Parties. Student Rewards, Classroom Snacks and Celebrations - Teachers should encourage parents to provide healthy snacks for classroom parties. In addition, the School Health Council will provide teachers with a list of suggested items for school parties and student rewards. There will be no classroom parties before the lunch period and teachers are encouraged not to use food as a reward system in the classroom. Parents will be encouraged also to send healthful snacks and lunches with their children. Birthday treats sent to school will be at the discretion of the parent.
Guidelines For Reimbursable School Meals
The Drummond School Districts 11 and 2 shall ensure that reimbursable school meals (breakfast and lunch programs) meet the program requirements and nutrition standards established by local, state and federal regulations. The District shall consider nutrient density and portion size before permitting food and beverages to be sold or served to students. The District shall encourage students to make nutritious food choices through accessibility and marketing efforts of healthful foods. The Drummond School District will offer meals through the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs which include:
•Service in a clean and pleasant setting;
•Offering of a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and plan menus based upon USDA's My Pyramid;
•Serving 1% chocolate and 2% white milk (two milks with different fat contents required);
•Sharing nutritional content of meals and the availability of the breakfast program with parents and students through the school newsletter;
•Arranging bus schedules to accommodate breakfast serving time, which is 7:30 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. and scheduling meal periods at appropriate times, lunch is scheduled between 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.;
•Making every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and preventing the overt of identification of, students who are eligible free and reduced priced meals;
•Providing students with at least 10 minutes to eat after sitting for breakfast and 20 minutes after sitting for lunch;
•Discouraging students form sharing their foods or beverages with one another during meal times, giving concerns about allergies and other restrictions on some children's diets;
•Assuring that qualified nutrition professionals will administer the school meal programs. The school district's responsibility to operate a food sendee program will include the supporting continued professional development for all nutrition professionals in the school. Staff development programs should include appropriate certification and/or training programs for child nutrition workers, according to their levels of responsibility, as recommended by the School Nutrition Association.
Plan for Measuring Implementation
The Superintendent shall develop and implement administrative rules consistent with this plan. Input from teachers, parents/guardians, students, school food service program, the school board, school administrators, and the public has been developed through the forming of the School Health Council and shall be considered before implementing such rules. A sustained effort is necessary to implement and enforce this policy. The Superintendent and the School Health Council shall measure how well this plan is being implemented, managed and enforced once a year. The Superintendent and the School Health Council will report to the Board, as requested, (at least an annual report, oral or written), on the District's programs and efforts to meet the purpose and intent of this policy.
All certified and classified staff will receive a copy of the school's "Wellness Policy on Nutrition and Physical Activity". It is their responsibility to monitor their classrooms, classroom parties, and if involved with concessions they will encourage a good balance of healthy and non-healthy food items. School food service staff, at the school, will ensure compliance with nutrition policies within school food service areas. The food service is reviewed from a state agency once every three years.
Additionally, the school highly values the health and well-being of every staff member and will offer educational activities that support personal efforts by staff to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The staff will be encouraged to model healthful eating and physical activity habits to demonstrate support of healthy lifestyle habits to the students.
School Health Council of 2016-2017
Due to the obesity epidemic, the following School Health Council has been established to develop the School Wellness Policy and address ways to provide healthy lifestyle choices for the students of the Drummond School Districts of 11 and 2. To achieve the goal of community involvement the following individuals make up the School Health Council for the year of 2016-2017:
•Kristen Piippo - Student Council President
•Morgan Radtke- Student and student council member
•Toby Wetsch - District Business Manager and parent
•Bryan Kott - Superintendent Drummond Public Schools/Chairperson
•Ann Schindler - Teacher and parent
•Gail Leeper – Community Member
•Tina Wetsch – FCS Teacher and parent
• Maretta McGowan – Head School Cook
As the School Health Council, they will create, implement, monitor, review and as necessary, revise school nutrition and physical activity policies. The Chair of the School Health Council will lead and direct the council's meetings and activities.
If you have any questions and/or comments, please feel free to contact any council member. We hope to make a positive difference for all our students. Thank you for your support in this matter.
The School Health Council