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Health & Wellness

The Health and Wellness Committee’s purpose is to have an active role in enhancing the physical and emotional well-being of our students. This includes ensuring the delivery of high quality nutritious food, promoting a coordinated school health program where parents are active participants, and facilitating a healthy lifestyle.

Health & Wellness Co-Chairs:
Zari Ginsburg and Caryn Sawyer

Health and Wellness Bylaw Addendum Approved, Attached Bylaw Addendum>>
The Health and Wellness Committee Bylaw Addendum was approved at the General Membership meeting held on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. After working very hard to meet their objectives for the past few years, the Health and Wellness Committee has achieved SCA Executive Committee Status. Congratulations to Co-Chairs Zari Ginsburg and Caryn Sawyer and their dedicated committee members. We look forward to wonderful programs and new initiatives from the Health and Wellness Committee over the ensuing years.

2010-2011 Health & Wellness Initiatives

Cafeterias: Monitor the food quality, quantity and service of food by our Cafeteria provider, Whitson’s

Fundraising efforts by school groups: In accordance to our District Wellness Policy, our Committee is looking at food and snacks offered for sale as a means of fundraising and would like to help these committees offer healthy choices to our children.

Lunch and Recess Committee: Collaborate with this committee to ensure optimal delivery of food and promote physical wellness during recess.

Survey: Simple questionnaire for student’s feedback and preferences on school lunch program (to be distributed in all schools).

Fitness Week: May 16-19, 2011. District-wide events to be held during Physical Education class to promote physical activity and overall wellness. Our committee will work with Carolyn Pagnano, Physical Education teachers and our School Representatives in order to secure volunteers and plan appropriate activities for these events at each school. Traditionally a poster contest is also held in elementary schools and a Q&A held in Secondary School where students can win prizes.

Health and Wellness Speakers/Presentations:
The Great Body Shop
For the 2010-2011 year, the first speakers will be our elementary school Principals, Jean Kendall (Munsey Park) and Robert Geczik (Shelter Rock), who will speak at a Joint MP/SR SCA Meeting on January 26 at 7:30 pm. They will discuss the District's Heath Curriculum, “The Great Body Shop”. (Update: This event was postponed due to inclement weather and will be rescheduled).

Race to Nowhere
The SCA will present a special viewing of "Race to Nowhere", Tuesday, February 8, at 7:30 pm in the Secondary School Auditorium. This thought-provoking documentary focuses on the stress endured by American school children as they confront the pressures of school work, after school activities and the expectations of our achievement focused culture. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. View the trailer and see more information at Race to Nowhere.

The SCA Health and Wellness Committee is currently reviewing questionnaires distributed at the screening of Race to Nowhere and will post a summary of findings on our website as soon as possible. Also, the Committee plans to have follow up meetings related to issues raised by the film in the near future. You will be notified of these meeting by SCA highlights email blast.

If you would like more information and resources related to Race to Nowhere please visit www.racetonowhere.com. Moreover, you can visit Race To Nowhere's community website at www.endtheracetonowhere.com where you can form groups and continue dialogues with others that share your concerns. The following books may also prove useful to issues raised by Race to Nowhere (their authors were in the film):

Aid in the implementation of the District’s Health Curriculum, “THE GREAT BODY SHOP". Future Health and Wellness Activities will enrich this school based program.