sioux trail’s coordinated health education program · sioux trail elementary school 2801 river...

Strengths: • Full Time Nurse on Staff • Physical Activity Everyday • Easy to locate the health

components on the Sioux Trail’s homepage

• Access to Lunch Menu’s at the click of a button

• Zero-Tolerance Policy on drugs, alcohol, and weapons.

Weaknesses/ Improvements: • There is no health

promotion for staff on any web page or in the student handbook.

• Health Education Standards are not listed on the website

• Health Education is only taught for two hours a week and would be more effective if taught on a daily basis.

Sioux Trail’s Demographics

• White, not Hispanic: 60%

• Black, not Hispanic: 23%

• Asian/ Pacific Islander: 10%

• Hispanic: 6%

• American Indian/ Alaska Native: <1%

• Students eligible for the free or reduced lunch program: 32%

• Students per full time education teacher: 17

• Schools in District: 15

Contact Information:

Principal: Taber Atkins

Phone: (952)707-3300

District Website: www.isd191.org

Sioux Trail Elementary School

2801 River Hills Dr.

Burnsville, MN 55337

Coordinated Health Education

Program

Sioux Trail Elementary

School ISD 191

Strengths and Weaknesses of Sioux

Trail’s Program

Editor: David Taylor

8 Components of the Health Program

1. Comprehensive School Health Education:

-Classroom teacher responsible to teach all health education.

-Must teach a heath lesson twice a week.

2. School Health Services:

-1 fulltime nurse on school grounds throughout the entire school year.

Responsible for:

-Screening of vision, hearing, height, weight, and BMI every 2 years.

-Individual Heath Plans

-Medication Distribution

-Immunization Records

-Minor Injuries

Curabitur porttitor.

3. Physical Education:

-Children participate in 4 straight days of physical education and then are given 8 days off where recess replaces Physical Education.

-Follows 6 standards to promote physical activity and health education.

-1 Physical Education Teacher

4. Healthful and Safe School: Environment:

-Follows a Zero-Tolerance policy when it comes to drugs, alcohol, and weapons.

-Safety Patrols at all crossings (6th Graders)

5. Nutrition Services:

-Lunch- $2.30, Breakfast- $1.40

-Free and reduced breakfast and lunch offered.

-Menus available online and in the newspaper.

-Trying to adopt more fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms, but has

not been adopted yet because of costs.

6. Counseling, Psychological, and Social Services:

-School Psychologist on staff 2 ½ days a week.

- Responsible for: Counseling about family change, behavior difficulties, ADHD and many other subjects. Also, responsible for referrals to outside agencies.

7. Health Promotion for Staff:

-Neither the District or school website have any information about promoting the health of their faculty.

-The district does provide health insurance for all teachers

8. Family and Community Involvement:

- All teachers have their own web page to convey messages to students and parents.

-The district policy allows for plenty of family involvement & volunteering.