Wellness

Rationale

Schools have a responsibility to help students learn, establish, and maintain lifelong, healthy eating and activity patterns. The link between nutrition, physical activity, and learning has been well documented.

One of the most integral parts of a healthy school environment is staff wellness. The school staff should be daily role models for healthy behaviors.

Healthy eating and activity patterns are essential for students to achieve their full academic potential, physical, and mental growth, establish lifelong health and well being – thus reducing the risk of many chronic diseases.

Goal

All students in the Lamar County School District shall possess the knowledge and skills necessary to make nutritious food choices and enjoyable physical activity choices for a lifetime. The staff in the Lamar County School District is encouraged to model healthful eating and physical activity as a valuable part of daily life.

To meet this goal, the Lamar County School District adopts this school wellness policy to be implemented in a safe and drug free school environment with the following commitments to: nutrition, physical activity, comprehensive health education (with emphasis on mental and social well being), marketing, and implementation. This policy is designed to effectively utilize school/community resources and to equitably serve the needs/interests of all students and staff while taking into consideration differences in culture.