Annually, the district allocates Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid (DPIA) and Student Wellness and Success Funds (SWSF) provided by the State of Ohio for the betterment of all students.
The District receives just over $75,000 in DPIA funding annually, and these funds are used to provide tutoring for students before, during, and after the school day both individually and small group.
Additionally, the District receives just over $245,000 in SWSF funding, which is used to support student counselors and psychologists, student support, behavior therapy, and student wellbeing initiatives for all buildings at WLSD.
8510 - WELLNESS
As required by law, the Board of Education establishes the following wellness policy for the Williamsburg Local School District as a part of a comprehensive wellness initiative.
The Board recognizes that good nutrition and regular physical activity affect the health and well being of the District's students. Furthermore, research suggests that there is a positive correlation between a student's health and well being and his/her ability to learn. Moreover, schools can play an important role in the developmental process by which students establish their health and nutrition habits by providing nutritious meals and snacks through the schools' meal programs, by supporting the development of good eating habits, and by promoting increased physical activity both in and out of school.
Schools alone, however, cannot develop in students healthy behaviors and habits with regard to eating and exercise cannot be accomplished by the schools alone. It will be necessary for not only the staff, but also parents and the public at large to be involved in a community-wide effort to promote, support, and model such healthy behaviors and habits.
The Board sets the following goals in an effort to enable students to establish good health and nutrition habits:
With regard to nutrition education, the District shall:
Nutrition education shall be included in the Health curriculum so that instruction is sequential and standards-based and provides students with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to lead healthy lives.
Nutrition education shall be integrated into other subject areas of the curriculum, when appropriate, to complement, but not replace, the standards and benchmarks for health education.
Nutrition education shall include enjoyable, developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant participatory activities, such as contests, promotions, taste testing, and others.
Nutrition education shall include opportunities for appropriate student projects related to nutrition.
Nutrition education shall extend beyond the classroom by engaging and involving the school's food service staff.
Nutrition education posters, such as the Food Pyramid Guide, will be displayed in the cafeteria.
The school cafeteria shall serve as a learning lab by allowing students to apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills taught in the classroom when making choices at mealtime.
Nutrition education shall reinforce lifelong balance by emphasizing the link between caloric intake (eating) and exercise in ways that are age-appropriate.
Staff responsible for providing instruction in nutrition education shall regularly participate in professional development activities.
The District shall provide information to parents that is designed to encourage them to reinforce at home the knowledge and ideas being taught in the classroom.
With regard to physical activity, the District shall:
Physical Education
A sequential, comprehensive physical education program shall be provided for students in 1-12 in accordance with the physical education academic content . standards and benchmarks adopted by the State.
Physical education classes shall provide students with opportunities to learn, practice, and be assessed on developmentally appropriate motor skills and social skills, as well as knowledge.
The sequential, comprehensive physical education curriculum shall stress the importance of remaining physically active for life.
Planned instruction in physical education shall teach cooperation, fair play, and responsible participation.
Planned instruction in physical education shall meet the needs of all students, including those who are not athletically gifted.
Planned instruction in physical education shall teach cooperation, fair play, and responsible participation.
Planned instruction in physical education shall meet the needs of all students, including those who are not athletically gifted.
Physical Activity
Physical activity and movement shall be integrated, when possible, across the curricula and throughout the school day.
Schools shall encourage families to provide physical activity outside the regular school day, such as outdoor play at home, participation in sports sponsored by community agencies or organizations, and in lifelong physical activities like bowling, swimming, or tennis.
All students in grades K-5 shall be provided with a daily recess. Recess shall not be used as a reward or punishment.
All before/after-school programs shall provide developmentally appropriate physical activity for the students who participate.
With regard to other school-based activities :
Free drinking water shall be available to students during designated meal times and may be available throughout the school day.
The schools shall provide at least twenty (20) minutes daily for students to eat.
Schools shall limit the number of celebrations involving serving food during the school day.
Students, parents, and other community members shall have access to, and be encouraged to use, the school's outdoor physical activity facilities outside the normal school day.
Schools in our system utilize electronic identification and payment systems, therefore, eliminating any stigma or identification of students eligible to receive free and/or reduced meals. (not applicable at Genesis)
With regard to nutrition promotion, any foods and beverages marketed or promoted to students on the school campus, during the school day, will meet or exceed the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards.
Additionally, the District shall encourage students to increase their consumption of healthful foods during the school day.
Furthermore, with the objectives of enhancing student health and well being, and reducing childhood obesity, the following guidelines are established:
In accordance with Policy 8500, entitled Food Service, the food service program shall comply with Federal and State regulations pertaining to the selection, preparation, consumption, and disposal of food and beverages as well as to the fiscal management of the program. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans and guidelines are implemented to prevent food illness.
As set forth in Policy 8531, entitled Free and Reduced Price Meals, the guidelines for reimbursable school meals are not less restrictive than the guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The food service program will strive to be financially self-supporting; however, if it is necessary to subsidize the operation, it will not be through the sale of foods with minimal nutritious value.
All foods offered on the school campus during the school day shall comply with the current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including competitive foods that are available to students a la carte in the dining area, as classroom snacks, from vending machines.
The food service program will provide all students affordable access to the varied and nutritious foods they need to be healthy and to learn well.
All food and beverages that are provided, other than through sale, on the school campus during the school day (which may include for classroom parties and at holiday celebrations) shall comply with the food and beverage standards approved by the Superintendent.
The food service program will provide all students affordable access to the varied and nutritious foods they need to be healthy and to learn well regardless of unpaid meal balances and without stigma.
Nutrition information for competitive foods available during the school day shall be readily available.
All foods available to students in District programs, other than the food service program, shall be served with consideration for promoting student health and well-being.
The food service program shall be administered by a director who is properly qualified, certificated, licensed, or credentialed, according to current professional standards.
All food service personnel shall receive pre-service training and continuing professional development in food service operations.
For the safety and security of the food and facility, access to the food service operations are limited to food service staff and authorized personnel only.
The Board designates the Superintendent as the individual charged with operational responsibility for measuring and evaluating the District's implementation and progress under this policy. The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines necessary to implement this policy.
The Superintendent shall appoint a District-wide Wellness Committee that includes parents, students, representatives of the school food authority, educational staff (including health and physical education teachers), mental health and social services staff, school health professionals, members of the public, and school administrators to oversee development, implementation, evaluation and periodic update of this policy. The Wellness Committee shall be an ad hoc committee with members recruited and appointed annually.
The Wellness Committee shall be responsible for:
- assessment of the current school environment;
- review of the District's Wellness policy;
- presentation of the Wellness policy to the Board for approval;
- measurement of the implementation of the policy; and
- recommendation for the revision of the policy, is necessary.
Before the end of each school year, the Wellness Committee shall recommend to the Superintendent any revisions to the policy it deems necessary and/or appropriate. In its review, the Wellness Committee shall consider evidence-based strategies in determining its recommendations.
The Superintendent shall report annually to the Board on the Wellness Committee's progress and on its evaluation of the policy's implementation and areas for improvement, including status of compliance by individual schools and progress made in attaining the policy's goals.
The Superintendent is also responsible for informing the public, including parents, students and community members, on the content and implementation of this policy. In order to inform the public, the Superintendent shall post the policy on the District's website, including the Wellness Committee's assessment of the policy's implementation.
The District shall assess the Wellness Policy at least once every three (3) years on the extent to which schools in the District are in compliance with the District policy, the extent to which the District policy compares to model wellness policies, and the progress made in attaining the goals of the District Wellness Policy. The assessment shall be made available to the public on the School District's web site.
Revised 10/17/11
Revised 8/7/17
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