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Target
Area: Nutrition |
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Goal:
The students will make healthly eating and physical activity
choices by building their nutrtition knowledge and skills through the
integration of healthly living into the subject areas, beyond health class
and physical education classes, such as math and reading. |
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Steps
(Strategies or Interventions) |
Timeline |
Person's
Responsible |
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Nutrition
Education: |
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1.)
District health education curriculum standards and guidelines include both
nutrition and physical education. |
ongoing |
grade
and all health ed. Staff |
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2.)
Students in grades 1-8 receive nutrition education that is
interactive and teaches the skills they need to adopt healthy eating
behaviors. |
ongoing |
grade
2 and all health ed. Staff |
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3.)
Nutrition is integrated into the health education or core curricula
(e.g) math, science, language arts. |
ongoing |
grade
3 and all health |
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4.)
Staff who provide nutrition education have appropriate training. |
ongoing |
Administration |
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Physical
Activity: |
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1.)
Students are given opportunities for physical activity during the
school day through physical education classes, daily recess periods for
elementary school students, and the integration of physical activity into
the academic curriculum. |
ongoing |
Phys.
Ed & Staff |
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2.)
Students are given opportunities for physical activity through
interscholastic athletics. |
ongoing |
Phys.
Ed & Coaching Staff Administration & Staff |
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3.)
The school encourages teachers to use the gymnasium for indoor recesses
during inclement weather. |
ongoing |
Administration
& Staff |
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Setting
Nutrition Guidelines for all Foods and Beverages Available on School
Campuses During the School Day: |
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1.)
The school district suggests and encourages parents to pack lunches that
follow the food guide pyramid. |
ongoing |
Administration
& Staff |
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2.)
There is restricted access to beverage vending machines during the school
day. |
ongoing |
Grade
5 & Staff |
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3.)
The school makes drinking fountains available to all students for
water at meals and throughout the day. |
ongoing |
Staff |
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4.)
Encourage all students to drink milk, who do not have a milk allergy, in
place of sweetened drinks (such as Squeeze-Its). |
ongoing |
Staff |
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5.)
The school makes milk available to all students during lunch. |
ongoing |
Administration
& Staff |
| Other School-Based Activities
That Promote Student Wellness: |
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1.)
The school will schedule lunch time as near the middle of the school day
as possible. |
ongoing |
Administration |
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2.)
The school will make efforts to keep school or district-owned
physical activity facilities open for use by students outside school
hours. |
ongoing |
Administration |
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Resources
Text
Books: Totally Awesome Health
by
Macmillan/McGraw Hill
Copywright
2003
Text
Books: Health-Focus on You
Merrill
Publishing Co.
Meeks-Heit
Supplementary
Books/Materials/Activities
Educational
and Health Magazines
Websites
Displays |
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Means of Assessing the
Goal
Recorded minutes for recess and
physical activity throughout the day
Recorded number of participants
at the age levels in sports, record percentage of participation
Record milk count.
The objectivews are reviewed
and assessed yearly. |
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Documentation of
Assessment
Did the number of minutes
change for students participating in physical activity during the day?
Did the percentage of students
participating in sports increase (team rosters)?
Did the percent of persons
drinking milk increase |
| Team Members:
Cindy Selhorst, Grade 2; Dot Karl, Grade 1; Darlene Etzkorn, Grade
3; Connie Bonnell, Grade 5; Marilyn Birkemeier, Phys. Ed. and Parent; Lois
Karhoff, Principal; Lori Giesige, School Advisory Council and Parent; Deb
Dulle, Technology Coordinator. |
| Date 5/3/2006 |