Forms: 
Child Nutrition Wellness Procedures
Wellness Policy Procedural checklist

1. PURPOSE AND PHILOSOPHY
   The Weber School District is committed to providing a school environment which includes good nutrition and regular physical activity as part of the total learning environment. The District supports overall student wellness by promoting nutrition and providing education, physical activity, and other school-based activities that promote overall student wellness. The District supports compliance with federal nutrition standards for food and beverages provided and/or sold at school.
   
   
2. NUTRITION PROMOTION AND EDUCATION, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
   The Weber School District supports quality nutrition education and promotion, physical activity and other school-based activities that promote student wellness. Nutrition education and promotion shall be integrated within the sequential, comprehensive health education program taught at every grade level. The nutrition education and promotion program shall focus on students’ eating behaviors, be based on theories and methods proven effective by published research, and be consistent with the State Core Health Education Curriculum.
   
   A quality physical education program and other school-based activities are essential for students to understand the benefits of physical activity as part of overall student wellness. A sequential, developmentally appropriate curriculum shall be utilized to help students develop the knowledge, motor skills, self-management skills, attitudes and confidence needed to adopt and maintain physical activity throughout their lives, consistent with the State Core Physical Education Curriculum. Physical activity includes regular instructional physical education, as well as, extracurricular activities in the secondary schools and recess in the elementary schools.
   
   Specific goals for nutrition education and promotion, physical activity and other school-based activities that promote student wellness can be found in the Child Nutrition School Wellness Procedures, located at the Child Nutrition Website.
   
   
3. NUTRITION STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR ALL BEVERAGES AND FOODS ON CAMPUS
   Food served through the school lunch program shall meet or exceed the federal regulations and guidance for reimbursable school meals. Schools selling food items or beverages on school grounds and at school-sponsored activities during the instructional day may only market foods meeting smart snack requirements and are encouraged to sell foods and beverages that promote student health and reduce childhood obesity. Schools that sell food items and beverages at school during the school day are also required to comply with the standards and nutrition guidelines consistent with the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program, Smart Snacks.
   
   Specific standards and nutrition guidelines for food and beverages provided and sold to students during the school day can be found in the Child Nutrition School Wellness Procedures, located at the Child Nutrition Website.
   
   
4. MONITORING AND POLICY REVIEW
   The Child Nutrition Supervisor is responsible for the implementation and oversight of this policy and will ensure Weber District schools are in compliance with this policy and with the associated procedures by working with each school’s principal or designee.
   
   The District values the input of all stakeholders in student wellness. A description of how parents, students, representatives of the school food authority, physical education teachers, school health professionals, the school board, school administrators, and the general public can participate in the development, implementation, and periodic review and update of this policy and the associated procedures can be found in the Child Nutrition School Wellness Procedures, located at the Child Nutrition Website.
   
   The District will measure implementation of this policy and report implementation issues to the public in accordance with Child Nutrition School Wellness Procedures.
    

Approved by the Board 06/13/2018