Wellness Policy

 

Wellness Programs:

 

The 5210 Program focuses on healthy life style choices for students and their families. 

 

The four focus areas are: 

 

A program manual has been provided to each building facilitator which includes related activities and parent education flyers to use.

 

Each Elementary Building has their own 5210 Program Staff Facilitator and there is one Facilitator covering our four secondary buildings.  These staff attend our bi-monthly committee meetings and provide input for student challenges incentives as well as share what activities may be going on in their buildings. They help promote planned committee activities such as our H2October, Unplugged and Exercise challenges in their buildings as well as promoting their own building activities.

 

The elementary buildings have a $500.00 budget and the secondary buildings have a total of $1875.00 to use in programming.  This school year, the elementary buildings are using $.50/student of their budget to help cover the cost of their building Fun and Field Day. This day is an activity day collaboratively put together by our physical education staff and our local Great Miami YMCA branches. These days happen at the end of our school year as a culmination of all our wellness programming. The YMCA has also partnered in providing incentives for our student challenges such as water bottles, monthly YMCA passes and outdoor play toys such as soccer balls, Frisbees, etc.

 

 

 

 

Each student is given a monthly calendar to keep track of their progress.  At the end of the month, they submit these to their facilitator and one student from each grade is picked as a winner of an incentive.  We also pick one overall school winner to receive a one-month YMCA pass for their family.  (Student Calendars are included for review).

 

Intramural sports programs are held in our buildings to promote additional physical activity opportunities for all students. Some of our elementary buildings also have a Girls On the Run program that they are providing for 3-5 grade females.  This program combines physical activity, healthy choices, and self-esteem activities over a 12-week period.

 

From a wellness perspective, we partner with Primary Health Solutions, our school-based clinic to provide our students and their families with affordable and convenient health care.  PHS offers medical, vision, dental and behavioral services year-round.  Our district has a transporter who provides transportation to the clinic for student appointments during the school day.