1. Student Wellness Policy Committee (SWC)
Weld County School District 6| Nutrition Services

2. Overview
In this document, you will find a summary of our student wellness policy goals, the history of our Action Teams, and what each Action Team is currently prioritizing this school year.
You can find our full student wellness policy implementation plan on our webpage.

3. Student Wellness Policy Goals
Below you will find the three main goals our district prioritizes. Our policy includes objectives that address mental health, however, the district has a separate policy that addresses mental health, bullying, and safety. For more information on the programs and policies the district offers regarding mental health, please visit our webpage.
The district will encourage a comprehensive learning environment for developing and practicing lifelong wellness behaviors.
The district will support and promote proper dietary habits contributing to students’ health status and academic performance.
The district will provide opportunities for students to engage in physical activity.

4. Action Teams
In the school year, the SWC developed subgroups or “Action Teams” that work on specific goals within the student wellness policy.
These Action Teams include:
Summer Programming
Physical Activity
Nutrition Education
Mental Health and Professional Development
Cafeteria and Recess Before Lunch
Mini-grant (temporary group that reviews grants submitted by schools)
On the next slide, you can explore what each Action Team has prioritized for the school year.

5. Summer Programming Physical activity during summer
During the summer, provide unstructured (free play) and structured (coaching/games) at sites that are offering D6 lunches
Partnership with UNC to evaluate results of summer programming
UNC plans to connect with UNC interns and athletes who need volunteer hours
UNC plans to define parameters, schedule monitoring days, and evaluate results

6. Physical Activity
Initiate a joint-use physical activity agreement with the City of Greeley
Hope to gain fair access to joint-use agreement between D6 and the City of Greeley. A joint-use agreement is a formal agreement between two entities that states conditions for public use of facilities.
Increase physical activity opportunities for students before, during, and after school
UNC plans to conduct a study with D6 to measure the amount of physical activity opportunities students have in D6 schools
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7. Nutrition Education
Sharing nutrition education information with families and the broader community to positively impact students and the health of the community, while encouraging families to teach their children about health and nutrition.
Developing a quarterly booklet to be sent to parents ( ). Will promote recipes and non-food rewards
Providing age-appropriate and culturally sensitive instruction to students that teaches them lifelong healthy eating habits.
Promote resources in quarterly s, including tips on how to incorporate nutrition, promotion of the Walking Classroom, messaging about National meal weeks, Earth Day, etc.
Encouraging the use of school gardens as learning environments for education about nutrition, food, and sustainability
Promotion of Growing Grounds, school gardens using AmeriCorps. VISTAs, and BUGS learning modules

8. Mental Health and Professional Development
Increase number of staff trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Worked with D6 FASST (Family and Student Support Team) to increase staff trained in YMHFA
Developed mini-grant that provided funding for trainings at Greeley Central and Greeley West High School
Submitted CDE grant to support wellness centers in schools and provide socioemotional learning curriculum to schools
Other
Collaborating with community partners at the “Healthy Mind and Spirit” subgroup through Thriving Weld
The Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) is collecting data on what students find are the most important health topics. The top topics include: Mental Health, Bullying and Safety, Stress/Peer Pressure, Drugs and Alcohol, and Sexual Education/Healthy Relationships

9. Cafeteria and Recess Before Lunch
Increase the number of elementary schools who have Recess Before Lunch (RBL) and nutrition education posted in the cafeteria. Reward schools that implement RBL school-wide: Mural in their cafeteria (include student and Principal input).
Streamline the message of current RBL research and share
Increase access to more generalized information about all lunches providing x nutrients and never exceeding x nutrients, along with nutrition education.
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10. Mini-grants Water Bottle Fillers
D6 Wellness provided grants to support schools in implementing wellness initiatives. There were two rounds of funding: One provided support for wellness programming related to mental health, physical activity, or nutrition, and the second provided support to install a water bottle filler in the school. Winners and a description of what schools used their funds for are provided below.
Mini-grants
Water Bottle Fillers
Chappelow – Running Club and support for 5K entries
Early Childhood Center – Classroom movement and support for Food Friends
Fred Tjardes – Scooters to support active transportation
Maplewood – Gardening supplies
Monfort – Equipment for Playworks
Scott – Support for 5K
Shawsheen – Support for flexible seating and movement tools
Fred Tjardes
Jefferson High School
Madison Elementary