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KEYS TO SUCCESS AT A GLANCE

District leadership support.
Staff volunteer time. Rock Island County
School Districts
Thoughtful management of resources. 11 including 54 schools

Dedicated School Wellness Coordinator. worked to improve access to
healthy
Individual school wellness champions. food and
beverages.
Face to face communication.

student achievement. With this virtually every day in every school
knowledge, the School Wellness classroom and teacher’s lounge.
Coordinator engaged each district
Superintendent to solicit their One most notable surprise came in
support and commitment. As the form of an opportunity to align 10
needed, the School Wellness local funding with the PICH grant.
Coordinator helped form school The Community Foundation of the
wellness committees, attended/ Great River Bend provided a K-4 School Districts
Nutrition Curriculum Resources
directed meetings, researched
formally approved
SCHOOL best practices, and assisted the Grant to purchase over $37,000 enhanced nutrition
of nutrition curriculum resource
committee in the development of
materials for the classrooms of
policy guidelines.
a comprehensive school wellness
policy that could be presented
school kids. The School Wellness
to administration for review and over 8,900 Rock Island County
WELLNESS 10 school districts passed enhanced of selecting and ordering nutrition
Coordinator facilitated the process
school board adoption. Ultimately,
curriculum materials.
school wellness policies during the
grant period.
“The PICH Grant has 82%
During this work, there were several
unanticipated successes as well. provided our staff,
Schools understand that student Over three years, a School Wellness options for more than 28,000 A few school gardens popped up. students, and parents of the school districts
wellness is directly correlated to Coordinator based at the Rock students and staff in 54 school School wellness days and evenings participating in the
student academic success and so Island County Regional Office of buildings. were held. A walking track was an increased awareness grant showed
school leaders are determined to Education assisted the 11 Rock built. Skip and Scout (Be Healthy about healthy lifestyle
offer all students the opportunity Island County public school districts The School Wellness Coordinator QC educational ambassadors) school
to learn about, choose and try in their efforts to move forward with researched the effects of unhealthy images showed up in every school, choices... The PICH wellness
healthy foods as part of their their school wellness initiatives by foods and beverages on school on TV, and on billboards along Grant has provided a
everyday school experience. developing policies and procedures age children not only in terms of highways. New menu boards were positive impact on our improvement
to increase access to environments obesity, diabetes, and pediatric purchased for elementary and in their first year of
with healthy food and beverage hypertension, but also on overall middle school cafeterias. Best of school community!” grant participation.
all, healthy eating and healthy living
became a topic of conversation - Jennifer Caldwell, Counselor and Special
SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORKING TO ENHANCE SCHOOL Education Coordinator at Silvis
WELLNESS POLICIES School District Over

• Black Hawk Area Special Education District #865 28,000
• Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District #36 TAKE ACTION
• East Moline Elementary School District #37
• Hampton School District #29 1. Get involved with your school’s wellness students and staff now
• Moline-Coal Valley School District #40 committee / activities. have improved access to
• Riverdale C.U.S.D. #100 healthy
• Rock Island-Milan School District #41 2. Bring alternative healthy treats for school events.
• Rockridge C.U.S.D. #300 food and
• Sherrard C.U.S.D. #200 3. Promote healthy options at concession stands. beverages.
• Silvis School District #34 4. Embrace healthy eating at home.
• United Township High School District #30

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