“The health of people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.”
-Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (July 23, 1877)
Nutrition Education in the Cafeteria
The
district has implemented a "point-of-sale" nutriiton promotion program
in all school cafeterias. Students are prompted to apply health
education principles of healthy eating as they make choices in the
cafeteria. In elementary schools, colorful samples of "My Plate" are
displayed throughout the caferia and foods are labeled by food group to
help students develop the skills to build a balanced play. At secondary
schools, digital screens display menu choices, calorie counts, and
healthy lifestyle messages. Samples of the materials are located under
related documents at right.
Comprehensive School Health Education
Comprehensive
School Health Education (CSHE) includes curriculum, instruction, and
assessment that is sequential from kindergarten through high school and
that meets the health education standards outlined in the Maine
Parameters of Essential Instruction (aka – Maine Learning Results).
CSHE addresses physical, mental, emotional, and social aspects of
health, and provides knowledge and skills that promote and enhance
lifelong health behaviors. CSHE motivates and enables students to
maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce
health-related risk behaviors.
CSHE has ten mandated content areas:
- community health
- consumer health
- environmental health
- family life education
- growth and development
- personal health, including mental and emotional health
- nutritional health
- prevention and control of disease and disorders
- safe and accident prevention
- substance use and abuse prevention