Irwin County School District Wellness Plan
The Irwin County School District Wellness Plan outlines the District’s approach to ensuring environments and opportunities for all students to practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors throughout the school day while minimizing commercial distractions.
The District has convened a representative district wellness committee (hereto referred to as the DWC or work within an existing school health committee) that meets at least two times per year to establish goals for and oversee school health and safety policies and programs, including development, implementation, and periodic review and update of this district-level wellness plan (heretofore referred as “wellness plan”).
The DWC membership represents all school levels (elementary and secondary schools) and include (to the extent possible), but not be limited to: parents and caregivers; students; representatives of the school nutrition program (ex., school nutrition director); physical education teachers; health education teachers; school health professionals (ex., health education teachers, school health services staff [i.e., nurses, physicians, dentists, health educators, and other allied health personnel who provide school health services], and mental health and social services staff [i.e., school counselors, psychologists, social workers, or psychiatrists]; school administrators (ex., superintendent, principal, vice principal), school board members; health professionals (ex., dietitians, doctors, nurses, dentists); and the general public. To the extent possible, the DWC will include representatives from each school building and reflect the diversity of the community. If you are interested in participating, please contact Lisa Pettis at lpettis@irwin.k12.ga.us or 229-468-7485.
The Irwin County School District Wellness Plan, Triennial and Yearly Assessments, and Committee Reports are available for review by stakeholders at the Irwin County Board of Education School Nutrition Office and online at Wellness.
We encourage stakeholders to provide feedback on our District Wellness Plan throughout the year. The Wellness Plan Survey is located online at Wellness Plan Survey.