Health & Wellness

Timeline

• 2016-2017 school year: the D51 Director of Nutrition Services wrote a planning grant through the Colorado Health Foundation to update the D51 Wellness Policy (ADF and ADF-R). After being awarded the grant funding, a Wellness Coordinator/Health & Physical Education Content Facilitator was hired to lead wellness efforts. Learn more about the CDC's Local School Wellness Policy requirements here. 
• 2017-2018 school year: the District Wellness Advisory Committee (DWAC) was formed and began meeting to learn about The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model (WSCC). 
• 2018-2019: the DWAC updated D51 Wellness Policy to support schools to become healthier communities for their students.
• 2019-present: Several schools have designated a School Wellness Champion to support wellness efforts in their schools. Wellness Champions focus on Staff and Student Wellness, Nutrition Education & Promotion, and Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs.
• The Wellness Policy was most recently updated and approved by the School Board in July 2023.

To learn more,visit the D51 Healthy Schools website!

The District Wellness Advisory Committee's Mission Statement:

Empowering the D51 Community through wellness policies and practices to ensure every child thrives.

The Wellness policy addresses Staff Wellness, Nutrition Service and Promotion, and Comprehensive Physical Activity Programs (CSPAP).  D51 also includes Mental Health in the DWAC.

The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, or WSCC model, is CDC’s framework for addressing health in schools. The WSCC model is student-centered and emphasizes the role of the community in supporting the school, the connections between health and academic achievement, and the importance of evidence-based school policies and practices. The WSCC model has 10 components:

1. Physical education and physical activity
2. Nutrition environment and services
3. Health education
4. Social and emotional climate
5. Physical environment
6. Health services
7. Counseling, psychological and social services
8. Employee wellness
9. Community involvement
10. Family engagement

Learn more about each of the 10 components.

Our schools use several surveys to measure the health and well-being of our students and employees.

Employee Wellness Surveys:

• Panorama Staff Survey
  • administered yearly in November-December
• Teaching & Learning Conditions Colorado (TLCC)
  • administered by the State of Colorado in the even-numbered school years.
• Smart Source Survey (This page is currently being updated by CO Department of Public Health and Environment)
  • inventory of best practices that occur in schools. This survey is is completed in the fall of odd-numbered school years. Results for this survey will be available the summer of 2024.

Student Wellness Surveys

• Panorama Wellness Survey
• Panorama  Culture and Climate Perception Survey
• Healthy Kids CO Survey
  • This survey is completed in the fall of odd-numbered years by secondary students. This survey is voluntary and both parents and students may opt out of the survey.
  • Results will be available the summer of 2024.
  • You can view data, when released, and previous years data on the Healthy Kids CO Survey Dashboard.
• Smart Source Survey (This page is currently being updated by CO Department of Public Health and Environment)
  • Smart Source is administered to K-12 schools in the fall of odd-numbered year and is completed by a small group of key adults in each building to report best-practices. Adults that complete the survey include: Administration, Registered Nurse, Physical Education Teacher, Culinary Manager, Counselor, Psychologist, Health Teacher, etc...)
  • Students do NOT take this survey, but the results directly impact them by improving the health and wellness practices in their schools.