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"Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire."

-Samuel Johnson

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Welcome to the home page of the Tiger Wellness Team!

The Tiger Wellness Team is dedicated to learning about issues related to health promotion, health education and the maintenance of a healthy learning environment and seeks to promote and model healthier eating, engaging in life-long physical activity, and avoiding the use of tobacco products.

The wellness team intends to facilitate the CSHP Program and through its goals strengthen the health education in all areas for the school and community.

Active projects

This year 24 people in our district participated in the Move and Improve program this year! Thanks for all of the hard work and perseverance!!!

Seasonal Bulletin Boards

At each school you will see a "bulletin board" of wellness tips and activities for the current season.

Here they are:

Winter 2008 (Adobe {PDF format)

Fall 2007 (Adobe PDF format)

Spring 2008 (Adobe PDF format)

Walk at Work Program

We're introducing the Walk at Work Program again. Click here for more information about

the program, log books, and walking distances within our buildings.

Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference

The Tiger Wellness Team attended the 2008 Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference, which is a unique professional development experience that provides a forum for representatives of all segments of a school or school administrative unit to discuss and respond to issues related to health promotion, health education and the maintenance of a healthy learning environment as part of coordinated school health programs. We attended workshops that provide information for enhancing school climate, improving student health and contributing to personal well-being. Our trip to the conference this year is once again made possible by a grant from the Piscataquis Public Health Council (PPHC).

Click here for pictures from that week.

Click here for a link to many of the sites we saw at the conference.

Click here for some reasons to eat locally grown foods.

Some of the accomplishments of the Tiger Wellness Team this year were:

Attended the Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference at Sugarloaf in June 2007.
Created several wellness team web pages for the district web site at www.sad46.org with resources for teachers to use in their curriculum.
Created Wellness Activity posters for every school promoting seasonal activities in each area of wellness
Promoted the Great American Smoke Out on Thursday, November15.
Worked on integrating a body-image unit into the district health curriculum at the Middle School and High School levels.
Encouraged the serving of healthier food options during staff workshop days.
Restarted Walk-at-Work program for all staff members.
Created a Move and Improve Team and had 10% staff participation.

Some expectations for the Tiger Wellness Team for 2008-09 are:

Attend the Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference in June 2008.
Update the web site health resource page sand meet with health and phys ed teachers to look at integrating wellness themes into those curriculums.
Focus on promoting lifelong wellness habits for eating and exercise to staff and students
Continue the wellness activity posters
Continue the Move and Improve program
Create a Relay for Life team
Partner with National Potato Board grant to implement Dance Dance Revolution units to PS/MS curriculum and create and maintain healthy eating bulletin board in cafeteria.
Participate in Race for the Cure in Bangor in the fall.

Great links to check out

Record your activity and get free stuff from Anthem!

http://www.mayohospital.com/pphc/index.html

http://www.healthymainepartnerships.org/

http://www.healthymainewalks.org/

http://www.maine-nutrition.org/

www.pbs.org/americaswalking

http://www.drinkmainemilk.com/

http://www.mainecshp.com/

http://www.walkinginfo.org/

Although SAD #46 provides links to other web sites, these sites are provided as a convenience only and SAD #46 does not endorse these sites or have any responsibility for the content of these sites; neither does the lack of a link (or links) imply discrimination by not being included.

This page was last updated on: 06/29/2008 04:24 PM