Earn 25 PATHpoints: Visit your Doctor or Dentist

It is very easy to earn PATHpoints. 
Do you visit the dentist at least once a year? Do you visit your primary care for a routine check up? Either of these office visits can earn you 25 points EACH. If you do both, you will earn 50 PATHpoints!

Know Your Numbers 

Visit your health care provider to have a routine checkup and learn what your current health status means. Complete the Know Your Numbers form, have it signed by your provider and give it to your building's wellness leader by June 1st. 

Show Your Smile 

Visit your dental provider to have a routine checkup. Complete the Show Your Smile form, have it signed by your dental provider and give it to your building's wellness leader by June 1st. 

A list of building Wellness Leaders can be found on this blog post.

Other ways you can earn PATHpoints is found on the VEHI flyer.

Apple Picking!

New school year! Start your PATH to Wellness now

The start of a new school year is a good time to refocus (or start focusing) on your health and wellbeing. VEHI offers a Planned Action Towards Health (PATH) program that can help you find activities and services to fit your wellness goals to enhance or maintain a healthy lifestyle. AND...you can earn points toward a $100 gift card to LL Bean!

Each school has a wellness leader who can help you learn about and navigate these programs and help you earn points. Building Wellness Leaders for the 2019-20 are

• JFK - Nan Johnson
• WHS - Becky Savage
• Central office - Angela Moulton
• WMS - Laura Graves

What programs are available?
(Click here for the VEHI flyer) 

These programs are available right now to begin setting goals, or addressing your health needs

• Peer Coaching Course
• Progress Health Coaching
• Safety Puzzlers
• Self-Paced Adventures
• Invest EAP
• Keeping Fit
• Blue Health Solutions (VEHI subscribers only)

Programs coming soon

• Healthy Life Survey - opens October 1st
• Annual Adventure Registration - opens November 1st

What to see your building leader about

• Know Your Numbers
• Show Your Smile
• Building Leader Events

To access the VEHI PATH program, go to https://secure.tomypath.com/vehi/

1. If you have a log in ID and can not remember your password, click on "Forgot my Password" to the right of the page.
2. If you can not remember your ID, contact Jaycie Puttlitz to see if you have an account with Winooski.
3. If you are transferring from another school, contact info@ToMyPath.com and let them know your ID and which school you are transferring FROM and which school you are transferring TO.
4. If you don't have an account,  scroll down to "New to Program?", select the Winooski SD organization, and begin your registration.

Instant Pot Recipes

During Wellness Day, staff learned about cooking with the Instant Pot (pressure cooker) and shared recipes.

If you have any Instant Pot recipes to share, or want to try some ideas, use this Google Folder.

Yoga classes in Jan-Feb

Yoga with Steph is moving to MONDAYS for January and February.

Add your name to the sign up sheet if you are interested in the 6-week vinyasa yoga session on MONDAYS this Winter.

Vinyasa Yoga w/ Stephanie Steeves

Mondays

3:20pm - 4:20pm in the iLab

Jan. 7, 14 & 28; Feb. 4, 11 & 18. (SIX weeks)

($50 for the 6-wk session to be paid on first day of session. $10 drop in fee)

Sign up here

Colchester Jazzercise offers for 2018-19

Colchester Jazzercise

Located at 69 Creek Farm Road Suite 2, Colchester, VT 05446

(802)951-1133

FREE CLASSES TO EVERYONE THE REST OF 2018 
Here is the schedule link
Includes 16-21 year olds FREE through 1/15/19 ( must be in high school/college)

Jazzercise also has an ongoing offer for School personnel

$44 per month unlimited classes

CURRENT SPECIAL THRU 12/31/18 $229 for 6 months.

Purchase by 12/31/18 and starts 1/1/19.

SoulShine Yoga Discount

Here is a discount from SoulShine Power Yoga.
Be sure to bring your ID with you to receive discount.

SoulShine Yoga Website

The Edge Membership Deals for School Employees

Winooski School District Employee Discounts Available! 

SAVE  20% off The Edge Monthly Rates -OR- SAVE 35% off The Edge 12 Months Prepaid! 

 - Children 18 & under included for FREE with year prepaid
 - Children 13 & under included for FREE with monthly rate

Pricing varies on membership type and level (click on details picture below). 

Contact Mike Markee, Membership Director, for details.

The Edge in Essex

(802)879-7734 ext 1135

michaelm@edgevt.com 

Invest EAP

INVEST EAP provides in-person, confidential, short-term counseling, legal and financial advice, assessments, and resource and referral information about a broad range of life and workplace related issues.  This benefit is available to all employees and their household members.

 Visit the Invest EAP website  or call:  1-800-287-2173

Use the word "vsbit" as the organization password, when creating an account.

VEHI members may earn 50 PATHpoints for a qualifying use of their EAP benefit.  A qualifying use typically means meeting in person with an EAP counselor for approximately five sessions to work on a goal or map out a problem. 

Once you have made use of your EAP benefit you can request a voucher by email.  Send your request to:  

EAPPATHPOINTS@investeap.org

Upon receipt of a voucher number log into your PATH account and redeem it for points.

PATH Adventure is OPEN!

PATH Adventure registration is Open!

One of the programs (you can earn up to 50 points) is the 10-week PATH Adventure. This year's adventure theme is "Get a Clue." To register, sign in (or sign up!) to PATH Programs here https://tomypath.com/ Register by December 7th.
The Adventure begins January 28, 2019.