What does the Wellness Committee do?

• We meet 4-5 times a year discussing wellness events and initiatives to provide for students, employees, and community members.  
• Information is provided through principals' weekly communication bulletins, on Twitter @d61twitter, and on our d61 website.
• Wellness tables are set up at parent-teacher conferences to provide handouts and freebies for families.
• Organizes "Wellness Week" (First week of May)
• Facilitates Project ACES - (First Wednesday in May)
• Planning a Family Fitness Night for the spring
• Provides staff and employees weekly appreciation emails

How do schools already promote wellness for students?

• Physical Education

• Health Education

• Active Recess (Delay & Lace)

• Movement breaks in the classroom

• Offering a balanced lunch and breakfast

• Healthy snack time (Delay & Lace)

• Providing social emotional learning

• Jump Rope for Heart

• Yearly "Erin’s Law" Lessons

• Intramurals/ Sports/ Clubs

• Project Aces

• Red Ribbon Week

• Nurses, Psychologists, and Social Workers in each building  

• Offers Condor Health - Sex Ed. (Jr. High Level)

• Athletic Program - (Jr. High Level)