Coordinated School Health

Health Education is a planned, sequential, pre k-12 curriculum and program that addresses the physical, mental, and emotional and social dimensions of health. WCS integrates programs and activities into students’ daily lives that assist the student to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors.

Health Services are provided and supervised by the school health nurses to appraise, protect, and promote the health of students. The WCS school nurses connect health care and education to provide holistic care for our students.

Food Services assures access to a variety of nutritious, affordable, and appealing meals in school that accommodate the health and nutrition needs of all students. In addition, WCS schools have nutritional programs and health education that help students develop skills and habits in selecting nutritionally appropriate foods, and services as a resource and link with nutrition-related community services and educational programs.

Physical Education is a planned, sequential prek-12 curriculum program that follows national standards in providing developmentally appropriate, cognitive content, and learning experiences in a variety of physical activity areas, such as basic movement skills; physical fitness; rhythm and dance; cooperative games; team, dual and individual sports. WCS has incorporated an activity bus that contains activities and games to promote physical activity within the student and staff population.

The Healthy School Environment component relates to the quality of the physical and aesthetic surrounding; the psychosocial climate, safety, and culture of the school; the school safety and emergency plans: and the periodic review and testing of the factors and conditions that influence the environment. WCS continually assesses and updates the school environment to provide a safe learning environment.

Counseling, mental health, and social services are provided to assess and improve the mental, emotional, and social health of every student. All WCS students have access to these services, including developmental classroom guidance activities, and preventive educational programs, in order to enhance and promote academic, personal, and social growth.

Involvement of students, parents, community representatives, health specialists, and volunteers in schools provides an integrated approach for enhancing the health and well-being of students at school and in the community.

Teacher and other school employees are charged with educating and caring for one of our most precious assets – our students. Therefore, it is imperative that student employees are supported in their efforts to stay healthy and active so they can do their job most effectively. WCS offers our employees a positive work environment to provide our students with the best education possible.

Teachers meet once a month in the Grassland Middle School library for yoga taught by GMS Art Teacher Alli Taylor.