Wellness

Students who have nutritious food and appropriate physical activity are better prepared to learn. While student health and well-being is a shared responsibility between schools and families, the school environment must be conducive to and promote learning.

Through input from students, parents,  and staff, The Lake Washington School District has established a Nutrition, Health and Physical Fitness (Wellness) Policy that includes goals for nutrition education, physical activity and other school based activities.  Also included are nutrition guidelines for all foods sold and available on campus during the school day with the objective of promoting student health and wellness.

The district completes a triennial assessment of our Wellness Policy to determine if our policy meets all the requirements set forth by the USDA as well as measure how we are doing in practice when it comes to meeting our wellness goals. This triennial assessment summary can be found at LWSD Wellness Policy Assessment.

We review the policy regularly and welcome feedback from all stakeholders. Questions, comments or input regarding the LWSD’s Wellness Policy can be emailed to: NutritionServ@lwsd.org

How can families help their children and teens eat healthy at school?

• Try new foods at home. Kids need many opportunities to taste a new food to "get used to it."
• Eat lunch at school with your child. Learn more about what’s offered and meet school nutrition staff.
• Encourage your child or teen to join in taste-testing events or surveys about school lunch, when available.
• Talk with your child about what's on the menu. Make sure they know about all the foods that are available with their school lunch.

Kids need at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

Make family time active time!

• Take a family walk after dinner.
• Go on a bike ride.
• Play together — toss a ball, shoot some hoops, jump rope, play tag.
• Weed the garden, rake leaves, shovel snow.
• Walk to school with your kids.
• Play on a playground or hike at a local park. 

Fun ways to get moving indoors...

• Play some music and have a family dance party.
• Blow up balloons and play indoor volleyball.
• Go bowling or indoor skating.
• Have a treasure hunt. See how fast everyone can find clues scattered around your home.
• Walk in the mall.

Sip Smarter

• Drink water instead of sugary drinks. Kids can fill up on sweetened drinks and not have an appetite for foods they need for growth and health.
• A cold glass of low-fat (1%) milk is also a tasty way to quench your kids’ thirst after play or school.