Wellness Policy Reminders

Hello Centennial,

The Working on Wellness (WOW) Committee wants to remind us all of the Wellness Policy we have adopted to help support healthy eating and active living for staff and students across our district. 

There is one thing we all know: Healthy Students (and Staff) Learn Better!!

Wellness Policy Cheat Sheet for a quick overview
Wellness Policy
Wellness Policy AR (more specifics on how we will implement the policy)

We often hear questions around the SMART Snacks rules for any foods served outside the cafeteria meals time. Here are some resources to help you better understand the rule as well as ideas that are either healthy snacks or non-food ideas.

SMART Snacks rule
Ideas for healthy snacks
Healthy Celebration Ideas

WOW February Wellness Challenge Wrap-Up!

The Working On Wellness (WOW) Employee Wellness Committee completed the February Wellness Challenge with 38% of our of staff participating turning in 695 cards over the month!!

Congratulations to ITC! They had 100% participation and win the Wellest Award trophy! Meadows came in second with 74% participation!!!  To reward our winner they will be getting a chair massage day provided by Balanced Health and Injury Clinic. 

The winners of the district-wide drawing are Emily Trosino, a 5^th grade teacher at Parklane, won a massage gift certificate to Balance Health Clinic and June Sawtelle, a Parklane Assistant, won a Fitbit!!

Watch the video of the drawing happen!!

Thank you to everyone that participated!  Continue to take care of yourself as we head into summer. We all get stressed and tired some days so let’s support each other everyday!

Annual 2018-19 Wellness Policy Assessment

Presented on March 13th, 2019 to the School Board

The Wellness Committee (WC) assesses how we are implementing the Wellness Policy annually and reports back to the school board our successes and ideas for better implementation. We create both a handout and a presentation to share with the school board. 

Annual Wellness Policy Report handout

Annual Report Presentation

The Wellness Committee and the WOW (Working on Wellness COmmittee) will be merging to better focus on a holistic wellness model created by ASCD and CDC called Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community (WSCC).  We will be using the CDC's School Health Index tool to better assess how well our schools support wellness in all areas.  We will begin by assess Healthy Eating, Physical Education & Activity, and Health Services. 

Our first meeting will be on May 29th at 4pm in the District Office Board room.