Wellness

Wellness Calendar

Riffenburgh Elementary continues to focus on wellness as part of educating every student, every day. We have a wellness plan that will be implemented during the school year.  The staff is excited and committed to helping the students at Riffenburgh integrate wellness into their everyday lives both at school and home. Take a look at our wellness plan to see the exciting ways students at Riffenburgh will focus on wellness.

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2011-2012 Wellness Calendar...in progress

August 2011	January 2012
September 2011	February 2012
October 2011	March 2012
November 2011	April 2012
December 2011	May 2012

Students

Daily

• 10 Minute exercise video
• Healthy classroom snacks (aligns with PSD “pick a better snack”)
• Recess before lunch

Weekly

• 15 minute walk/activity (e.g. basketball) with principal for grade level Gotcha winners
• Healthy kids lessons in Counseling
• Featured fruit or vegetable of the month on each Wednesday during lunch.  Information for classroom
• Teachers supplied by Healthy Kids Club. 
  ~Students can earn a gotcha coin for trying the featured fruit or vegetable of the month. 
  ~There will be a poster with a picture of the featured fruit or vegetable of the month. 

Articles

Staff Wellness Calendar

• Healthy Birthday Celebrations
• Staff Monthly Healthy Focus
• September - Drink 8 glasses of water
• October - Eat 5 fruits and veggies
• November - 30 minutes of exercise
• December - Healthy eating/substitutions
• January - Reduce T.V. & computer time
• February - De-stress
• March - 8 hours of sleep
• April - Floss
• May - Sunscreen every day

**Staff members put their name in a drawing at the end of each month if they participated in the healthy focus.  One name will be drawn to win a gift card to Whole Foods, Sprouts or Sunflower Market.  This will replace the monthly birthday celebration put on by PTO, as well as, the individual $5 gift cards ***

Wellness Team Members

Kim Baker
Merin Bruinsma
Wendy Sawyer
Mary Shore
Susan Richardson
Anne Genson