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Beliefs Queen of Heaven School Community

Beliefs Queen of Heaven School Community, in promoting health and wellness for their students believe that:

1. As nationwide statistics show that approximately 30% of children and teens are overweight and numbers appear to be rising, our entire school community should be educated about good nutrition and physical activity and should participate in wellness policy initiatives.

2. Healthy children make better learners.

3. Every child wants to be healthy.

4. A relationship must be established between nutrition education and food choices offered in school.

5. Children need assistance in making healthy food choices.

Current Practices

We further believe that our school community already evidences support for good health and Wellness:

1. Our schools’ health curriculum includes important, consistent and accurate information about nutrition.

2. Our physical education curriculum emphasizes individual skill development and fitness, as well as team sports.

3. Our teachers promote healthy snacks in the classroom.

4. Opportunities to participate in physical activity are available through physical education classes, intramural activities, and interscholastic sports.  Opportunities for physical activity are also available through family fitness events, continuing education offerings, and West Seneca Town Recreation Department Programs.

5. Students go outdoors for physical activity after Lunch on a regular basis. (exceptions: inclement weather or unsafe temperatures.)

6. Adult athletic coaches, whether school employees, family members or community volunteers, encourage healthy life styles.

7. We allow no sale of candy or soda during lunches or the school day.

Goals and Objectives

Goal # 1: To Improve nutrition education/choices

1. Inform parents about food Service Requirements (i.e.) GOVERNMENT MANDATED REQUIREMENTS, FOOD CHOICES, HOW CHOICES ARE CATEGORIZED, AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

2. Promote Family meal hours at home, where homemade food is served.

3. Use programs in physical education classes to reinforce students to healthy choices in nutrition and physical activity.

4. Ensure that nutrition education in the health curriculum is current and accurate.

5. Purchase more nutritious food for the cafeteria as venders make it available.

Goal # 2: To increase physical activity

1. Enlist parents help to ensure that children engage in 60 minutes per day of physical activity.  Include safety education when promoting physical activity; (i.e. wearing helmets and proper footwear, avoiding hot sun).

2. Inform teachers that physical activity cannot be used as punishment (i.e. prohibiting misbehaving children from recess activities, or forcing physical activity on students as punishment.)

3. Use physical activities and healthy eating challenges for character building at our school.

4. Incorporate a “Fitness Friday” activity once a month to promote school-wide physical activity.

Cafeteria

Goals
To promote student wellness, the cafeteria will follow nutritional guidelines for all food and drinks available during school lunches with the objective of promoting student health and reducing child obesity.  We provide assurances that the school meals shall not be less restrictive than the guidelines issued by laws governing school lunch programs.

Healthy choices are available.  Students are encouraged to choose these foods sensibly.  Snacks are available that have no trans fats and are low in calories. Fresh fruits and vegetables are available. Whole grains are served.

Wellness Policy Committee

Mary Damico – Principal

Lisa Salvini– Food Service Director

Joe Morgan – Physical Education

Patty Frascogna – Nurse

Handwashing really is our best defense against many kinds of bacteria and viruses that cause infection. It’s particularly important in schools, where lots of things are shared – desks, books, pencils, food, and even germs. Without proper hand cleaning, a single infection can quickly spread among students, teachers, family, and friends.

Here are a few videos that teach handwashing, age appropriate, for you to share with your children.

 

PK – 2nd Grade
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V7LUOFKEShU&noredirect=1

 

Grades 3-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5i3l99mac

 

Grades 6-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmYLwDdPuE

If your child is ill, it is often most appropriate to keep him/her home from school. A child who is sick will not be able to perform well in school and is likely to spread the illness to other children and staff. Please make arrangements for childcare ahead of time so you will have a place for your child to stay if he/she is ill.

Our school protocol states that you should not send your child to school if he/she had:
• Fever in the past 24 hours
• Vomiting in the past 24 hours
• Diarrhea in the past 24 hours
• Chills
• Sore throat
• Rash
• Strep Throat – must take an antibiotic for at least 24 hours before returning to school
• Bad cold (upper respiratory infection) with a very runny nose or bad cough especially if it has kept the child awake at night.
• Head lice – must be treated according to the nurse or doctor’s instruction and are completely nit (egg) free, before returning to school
• Eye infection – must take an antibiotic for at least 24 hours before returning to school

If your child becomes ill at school and the school nurse feels the child is too sick to benefit from school or is contagious to other children, you will be called to come and take him/her home from school. It is essential that the health office have a phone number where you can be contacted during the day and an emergency number in the event you cannot be reached. Please be sure that arrangements can be made to transport your child home from school and that childcare is available in case of illness. Thank you for your cooperation.