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Healthy School Teams (HST) Healthy School Teams (HST)

Beginning in FY16, Florida Statues required that ALL schools have a Healthy School Team. While there are HST Newsletter
some federal and state requirements that were mandatory, each Healthy School Team has a tremendous
amount of autonomy.

Our schools were encouraged to develop a diverse team to create a “Wellness Culture” on campus that
aligned with the principal’s vision and best served the needs of their students. Our recommendation was to
invite the following members to participate on the team to ensure all health and wellness perspectives were
incorporated:

Administrators, Wellness Champion (Staff Wellness), Physical Education Teacher,
School Food Service Manager, School Counselor, School Nurse, Teachers, After-school Director, Parents,
Community Members

Wellness Clubs – Student Led (FY19) The Healthy School Team Newsletter also continued during the 2018-2019 school year, which shared

information and provided coaching to schools as they continued to create their teams and developed their
Recognizing that our students are creative and have their own perspectives to consider, this year we received wellness culture.
approval from the State of Florida to offer another variation of the Healthy School Team for schools to choose
– a Student Led Wellness Club! The intention behind this option was to have a faculty member in a supportive Healthy School Team Annual Assessment (FY19)
role as the Healthy School Team Leader who was responsible for helping students determine what types of
wellness initiatives they wanted to have on their school campus. Students consulted with the Healthy School
Team Leader for guidance and support as they developed and promoted wellness events on their school In FY19, to align our effort and to remain in compliance with federal regulations, the annual assessment
was sent out to all schools. This year the assessment was pared down to reflect only information relating to
campus.
student wellness and school fundraising initiatives. Principals, Assistant Principals and Healthy School Teams
received a hard copy version prior to its official on-line release.
We are incredibly excited that the schools below chose to engage their
students this year by choosing the Wellness Club option:
Based on the HST Assessment questions that were asked to all schools, below are some data collected.

Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Ben Gamla Charter, Destination Wellness
Don Estridge High Tech Middle, Culture & Environment • 99.5% completion rate.
Create Your Own Mark!
Everglades Preparatory Academy (9-12), Independence Middle, Nutrition Mindfulness Fitness • 94.5% of respondents indicated that the School Food Service Department provided enough
Plumosa School of the Arts communication regarding the Smart Snacks in School guidelines.
South Grade Elementary, South Tech High
• 91.5% indicated that they had a clear understanding of the Smart Snacks in School guidelines and
were able to make informed choices on the types of foods/beverages that can be sold to students
Healthy School Teams are encouraged to infuse the three “Pillars of Wellness” inside the school -- Nutrition,
Mindfulness, and Fitness. To help support our schools, we continued to develop and enhance our Healthy during the school day through vending machines and school stores.
School Team Resource Center. • 56.7% of schools reported that they do not sell any food to students outside of what is sold by the
School Food Service Department.
Resources provided were:

o The 3rd edition of the Healthy School Team Playbook
o Annual Assessment Questions
o Food Fundraising Guidelines

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