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What's Happening

Steps to a healthier you
What's Happening

A call to action:
* Make a commitment to nutrition and physical activity 
* Everyone has a role to play
* Get informed and get involved 


Wellness committee:
Mounds View Public Schools will work to assure a school environment that promotes and protects students’ health, well-being and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating, physical activity and healthy life-styles. The following resources are available:
Mounds View Public Schools – Ends & Goals Regulation EG-3106 Wellness
Action for Healthy Kids – Healthy Foods for Kids 2006
Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids – Guidelines for Good Nutrition at School
Mounds View Public Schools – Committee Meeting Minutes

Fund Raising:
School fundraising can be healthy and profitable. The following resources are available:
Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids - Fund Raising Efforts Support Healthy Eating
Center for Science in the Public Interest - Sweet Deals
California Department of Health Services – Project LEAN
School Nutrition Association – Create and Promote Healthy Fundraisers

Celebrations and Rewards:
Many human behaviors have been celebrated or discourage by connecting with food. Separating these natural behaviors will take time. Small steps for change can be found below:
Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids – Bringing Foods to School
Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids – Discipline Alternatives
Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids – 25 Ways to Reward and Encourage Children
Michigan State University – Alternatives to Using Food as Rewards

School Activities:
Student volunteer opportunities
Student volunteer form

What’s Happening Hot Links:
1. Web site resources
Actions for Healthy Kids
Nemours Foundation – Kids Health

When students should stay home from school

Providing a healthy environment is a challenge in schools where hundreds of students routinely share confined spaces. Parents and students are frequently concerned about when students are well enough to attend school and when students should stay home. For a guide to general health practices for school-aged children, please click here.

District wellness

Steps to a healthier you
Be part of the solution:
Students, families, teachers, child nutrition staff, superintendents and school board members each play a role in making school a place that supports wellness.

I want to . . . Look up nutritional values for lunch menus. View the District wellness regulation Learn more about when to keep students home from school Get more information on: Nutrition Physical Activity School Health Services What's Happening

Students
* Eat smart and move more to look, feel and do your best
* Set goals for yourself
* Serve as a role model for younger students

Families
* Eat smart and move more – children are watching you
* Advocate for school wellness
* Get informed and involved

Teachers
* Teach and role model good nutrition and physical activity
* Teach life skills
* Use non-food rewards

Child Nutrition Staff
* Provide tasty, appealing and healthy meals
* Market healthy meals
* Provide nutrition information to students and families

Principals
* Support a healthy eating environment and tell others about our commitment
* Provide education opportunities for staff on nutrition and health
* Schedule recess before lunch and adequate time to eat

School Superintendents/School Board
* Support a healthy eating environment and tell others about our commitment
* Provide education opportunities for staff on nutrition and health

Nutrition
Good nutrition is linked to better learning. Studies suggest eating healthfully helps students achieve their full academic potential. [View]

School Health Services
Health is not merely the absence of disease . . . [View]

Physical Activity
Top 10 reasons movement matters to you and your children: [View]