School Wellness Policy
QUINCY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WELLNESS POLICY
Approved by
Policy
Statement/Definition
The Quincy Public Schools is
committed to providing the school community with education, activities, and
opportunities that enhance the development of lifelong wellness practices.
This policy statement, its
goals, and its guidelines is meant to address the nutritional, emotional,
physical, and social aspects of wellness, and to promote the healthy practices
that lifelong wellness requires.
GOALS
1. Quincy
Public Schools will implement a sequential wellness program at every level
(elementary, middle, high school) of our school system
2. A system level Wellness Team will be
established to:
§
Oversee programs
(elementary/middle/high)
§
Publish a biannual
community wellness newsletter with links to a QPS website.
§
Coordinate and
communicate with school wellness teams and provide them with a framework within
that addresses issues of nutrition education, physical activity, and other
school based activities which promote wellness.
§
Coordinate other
wellness-related teams
§
Members will
include:
§
Community
representatives such as esp food industry.
§
Coordinator of
Health Services
§
Coordinator of
Food Services
§
Director of
Student Support Services
§
Department Head
of Physical Education and Health
§
Assistant
Superintendent
§
Principals/teachers
3.
A Wellness
Team will be established in every
include
the principal (or designee), nurse, teacher/s, guidance counselor and food
service
manager. It will guide its school's progress toward
all aspects of wellness through communication with parents, staff, and students.
The
team will also assist in the implementation of the system-level sequential
wellness
program
cited in goal #1.
4. The QPS Professional Development Team will collaborate
annually with the system-level
Wellness
Team to publish a booklet that confirms and promotes at least 10 hours of
professional development opportunities that
award professional development points
and increase our staff’s knowledge of current
aspects of wellness.
5. The QPS will offer programs to our staff that
encourage/promote their own wellness. A
description of these programs will be included
in the booklet referred to in #4.
6. All state and federal laws that apply to food services
on school campuses will be obeyed
and
enforced in all
7. During the school day, all foods available on-campus
to students will comply with
current USDA regulations prohibiting
foods of minimum nutritional value. Candy,
gum and soda can not be sold
under any circumstances during the school day.
Individual wellness teams may set
stricter nutrition-related guidelines for their
respective schools.