Wellness Policy

Roseville City School District
Overview

Wellness Policy

Balance is essential for any Wellness Policy. Key areas include:

  • Nutrition Education
  • Physical activity
  • Other school-based activities that are designed to promote student wellness

Board Policy (BP) 5030 Students

Student Wellness

The Board of Education recognizes the link between student health and learning and desires to provide a comprehensive program promoting healthy eating and physical activity for district students. The Superintendent or designee shall coordinate and align district efforts to support student wellness through health education, physical education and activity, health services, nutrition services, psychological and counseling services, and a safe and healthy school environment. In addition, the Superintendent or designee shall develop strategies for promoting staff wellness and for involving parents/guardians and the community in reinforcing students’ understanding and appreciation of the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

School Wellness Council

The Superintendent or designee shall encourage parents/guardians, students, food service employees, physical education teachers, school health professionals, Board members, school administrators, and members of the public to participate in the development, implementation, and periodic review and update of the district’s student wellness policy. (42 USC 1758b; 7 CFR 210.30) To fulfill this requirement, the Superintendent or designee may appoint a school wellness council or other district committee and a wellness council coordinator. The council may include representatives of the groups listed above, as well as health educators, curriculum directors, counselors, before- and after-school program staff, health practitioners, and/or others interested in school health issues.

Goals for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Other Wellness Activities

The Board shall adopt specific goals for nutrition promotion and education, physical activity, and other school-based activities that promote student wellness. In developing such goals, the Board shall review and consider evidence-based strategies and techniques. (42 USC 1758b; 7 CFR 210.30)

The district’s nutrition education and physical education programs shall be based on research, shall be consistent with the expectations established in the state’s curriculum frameworks and content standards, and shall be designed to build the skills and knowledge that all students need to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The nutrition education program shall include, but is not limited to, information about the benefits of healthy eating for learning, disease prevention, weight management, and oral health. Nutrition education shall be provided as part of the health education program and, as appropriate, shall be integrated into other academic subjects in the regular educational program, before- and after-school programs, summer learning programs, and school garden programs.

All students shall be provided opportunities to be physically active on a regular basis. Opportunities for moderate to vigorous physical activity shall be provided through physical education and recess and may also be provided through school athletic programs, extracurricular programs, before- and after-school programs, summer learning programs, programs encouraging students to walk or bicycle to and from school, in-class physical activity breaks, and other structured and unstructured activities.

The Superintendent or designee shall encourage staff to serve as positive role models.

He/she shall promote and may provide opportunities for regular physical activity among employees.

Professional development may be regularly offered to the nutrition program director, managers, and staff, as well as health education teachers, physical education teachers, coaches, activity supervisors, and other staff as appropriate to enhance their knowledge and skills related to student health and wellness.

Nutrition Guidelines for All Foods Available at School

For all foods and beverages available on each campus during the school day, the district shall adopt nutrition guidelines which are consistent with 42 USC 1758, 1766, 1773, and 1779 and federal regulations and which support the objectives of promoting student health and reducing childhood obesity. (42 USC 1758b)

In order to maximize the district’s ability to provide nutritious meals and snacks, all district schools shall participate in available federal school nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and after-school snack programs, to the extent possible. When approved by the California Department of Education, the district may sponsor a summer meal program.

The Superintendent or designee shall provide access to free, potable water in the food service area during meal times in accordance with Education Code 38086 and 42 USC 1758, and shall encourage students’ consumption of water by educating them about the health benefits of water and by serving water in an appealing manner.

The Board believes that all foods and beverages sold to students at district schools, including those available outside the district’s reimbursable food services program, should support the health curriculum and promote optimal health. Nutrition standards adopted by the district for foods and beverages provided through student stores, vending machines, or other venues shall meet or exceed state and federal nutrition standards.

The Superintendent or designee shall encourage school organizations to use healthy food items or non-food items for fundraising purposes.

He/she also shall encourage school staff to avoid the use of non-nutritious foods as a reward for students’ academic performance, accomplishments, or classroom behavior.

School staff shall encourage parents/guardians or other volunteers to support the district’s nutrition education program by considering nutritional quality when selecting any snacks which they may donate for occasional class parties. Class parties or celebrations shall be held after the lunch period when possible.

To reinforce the district’s nutrition education program, the Board prohibits the marketing and advertising of foods and beverages that do not meet nutrition standards for the sale of foods and beverages on campus during the school day. (7 CFR 210.30)

(cf. 1325 – Advertising and Promotion)

Program Implementation and Evaluation

The Superintendent designates the individual(s) identified below as the individual(s) responsible for ensuring that each school site complies with the district’s wellness policy. (42 USC 1758b; 7 CFR 210.30)

Posting Requirements

Each school shall post the district’s policies and regulations on nutrition and physical activity in public view within all school cafeterias or in other central eating areas. (Education Code 49432)

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Wellness Newsletter

Wellness is a Way of Life

This newsletter is provided as a wellness resource by RCSD’s School Meals Program.

Over the last decade or so, we’ve put in place a number of changes to make our lunches and breakfasts (in schools that serve breakfast) even more nutritious for our customers. We’ll continue to use the Wellness Newsletter to keep you posted on these changes and much more! 

Click the following link if you want a printable copy of the newsletter: Wellness Newsletter (Printable)

Stuck

We’re stuck on added sugar, and it sticks us with all kinds of health problems, like obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, heart disease, and much more. Food and drink companies add sugars that occur naturally (like fructose) and/or sugars that were created in the lab (like high fructose corn syrup). No matter which kinds of sugar are added by food processors, the bad effects are pretty much the same. And make no mistake: added sugar is everywhere - in our soda cans, ketchup bottles, cereal boxes, and on our ice cream sticks, too. The only sure way to avoid added sugar is to choose mostly real, unprocessed “whole” foods and to check any processed foods and drinks for added natural sugars and any other ingredients that end in “ose.” 

The Big Number: 355

The average American consumes 355 added-sugar calories every day, the equivalent of 22 teaspoons of sugar. 

Eat Better

Try lots of different fruits, veggies, and whole grains for a healthy diet. You’re bound to find a few you really like! 

Clementines

Sugar that occurs naturally in whole foods like fruits and veggies are fine to eat. So, for a healthier diet, satisfy your sweet tooth with naturally sweet whole foods like juicy little clementine oranges! 

Learn Easier

A few years back, only total sugar was listed on the Nutrition Facts label. So it was essentially impossible to know exactly how much added sugar was in something. For example, you couldn’t tell how much of the sugar in strawberry yogurt occurred naturally in the berries and how much was added. The new label put in place by the Food and Drug Administration requires that added sugar be listed separately. Use it! 

Live Healthier

There’s zero nutritional benefit that comes from eating added sugar. Indeed, for most of our history on earth, people only ate sugar that occurred naturally in fruits and veggies, raw honey, milk, and very few other sources. An occasional sweet treat is fine, but a diet with as little added sugar as possible is healthiest. 

Play Harder

What’s in your sports bottle? if it’s a “sports drink,” that’s not much different than drinking soda. Endurance athletes- people who do cardio exercise for two hours or more non-stop – need to replenish the sugar burned during exercise. But the rest of us are better off eating a banana and drinking plain water!