• Neshaminy School District

    Student Wellness Policy

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    Neshaminy School District recognizes that student wellness and proper nutrition are related to students' physical well-being, growth, development and readiness to learn. The Board is committed to providing a school environment that promotes student wellness, proper nutrition, nutrition education and promotion, and regular physical activity as part of the total learning experience. In a healthy school environment, students will learn about and participate in positive dietary and lifestyle practices that can improve student achievement and overall health status.

    The following link outlines Neshaminy's Student Wellness policy and the Wellness Policy Assessment Tool:

    LINK: Neshaminy School Wellness Policy 246

    Our District Wellness Committee has identified the following goals/focus areas for the next three years (2024-2025 through 2026-2027 school years):

    • Take steps to implement Farm to School activities and form partnerships and relationships with community organizations to provide students with projects related to nutrition. This could include an increased use of our high school greenhouse in future courses and/or student clubs.
    • Train all staff on Policy 246 as well as provide a list of nonfood ideas to staff and families. A potential nonfood idea to consider is creating a district “activity bulletin board” to share, advertise and market various wellness program related activities, businesses, etc.. Some examples are activities/events at community/regional townships, libraries, places of worship, athletic clubs, pools, parks, orchards, farms, nature centers, exercise clubs/groups, etc.
    • Take steps to create/schedule additional physical activity during the day/week for students so that they are moving/physically active more each week.
    • Take steps to share more nutrition education information with families via building/district newsletters, e-mails, PTO communications, etc. Aramark provides a variety of resources to support this.

    Any parents, students and teachers/staff who are interested in participating in upcoming District Wellness Committee / Advisory Board meetings are encouraged to express their interest to David Geanette, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, at dgeanette@neshaminy.org  and/or 215 809-6515.

    Wellness Policy Assessment Tool and Report

    Federal regulations require local education agencies (LEAs) participating in the National School Lunch Program to complete an assessment of their local school wellness policy at least once every three years and make the results available to the public. This triennial assessment must measure the implementation of the local school wellness policy and include:

        • The extent to which schools under the jurisdiction of the LEA are in compliance with the local school wellness policy.
        • The extent to which the LEA’s local school wellness policy compares to model local school wellness policies.
        • A description of the progress made in attaining the goals of the local school wellness policy.

    A copy of Neshaminy School District's  2023-2024 report can be viewed here.