The 2021-22 Healthy Living Guide has been published.
Key features this issue:
It's a new year! And if your resolution was to "join a gym" here's some good news....
The Edge Sports & Fitness has a discount for teachers & staff!
The Edge offers three levels of membership: Fitness, Active and Ultimate (click here to see what is offered at each level).
Register HERE for a free peck of apples. See details below.
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While we can not offer this for PATH points this is a great way to establish a walking routine. Remember you record only walks that you do outside that are planned. Not all steps or common walks like to your car.
You can list Angela Moulton as leader. Thanks and happy walking.
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!
Welcome and Welcome Back!
My name is Angela Moulton. I am one of the wellness leaders for the district. I am writing to let you know about PATH! It is a free wellness program through VEHI. HERE is information about VEHI and PATH for those of you who are not familiar with these programs.
We have a wonderful wellness team here to support you! We have a teacher in each part of the school as well as having a Wellness Coordinator.
Wellness Coordinator / District Champion: Jaycie Puttlitz (jputtlitz@wsdvt.org)
JFK Leader: Nan Johnson (njohnson@wsdvt.org)
Middle School Leader: Laura Graves (lgraves@wsdvt.org)
High School Leader: Rebecca Savage (rsavage@wsdvt.org)
Central office and other staff: Angela Moulton (amoulton@wsdvt.org)
One of the wonderful perks of joining PATH is a $100 L.L. Bean to all participants who meet their yearly points goal. You can earn points through taking quizzes, logging in exercise and participating in free wellness courses such as rethinking sugar, non-violent communications and others.
Wellness leaders also offer events that can earn you points! In June, many staff members started the 100 days, 100 miles challenge. If you were not hired for the start of that event or didn't sign up for the start date, I am inviting you to join in for the last 30 days to earn 10 points. Your challenge would start the first student day and go through September 25th. HERE is more about the current challenge the staff is doing. If you complete your 30 days, you will be eligible to receive 10 points.
Please let me know if you would like to join this initiative or have any questions. If you are already part of PATH at another school I can arrange for you to be transferred over to WSD. I am also happy to help you sign up for PATH if you need support.
If you would like to learn even more about walking for health read this article from Harvard School of Public Health.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/walking/
Cheers!
Angela Moulton and the Wellness team
It's time to start the 30 Miles, 30 Days Challenge! We hope you are as excited as we are! With participants from 42 states and Canada numbering 2,400 participants, this is our biggest challenge ever!
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| Logbooks were mailed. |
Logbooks were mailed out on Monday 4/19 and some of you may still be waiting for yours. We have an editable PDF of our logbook here for you to download and fill out online. You may use this however you'd like: as a backup, or as your main way of tracking miles. Do whatever works best for you!
If you already got a logbook, hooray! You may have noticed that our logbook has a little quirk in it. Despite our best proofreading efforts, we didn’t spot Day 21 occurring twice. If you look at your logbook, you’ll see Day 21 listed as both 5/13 and 5/14. The good news is that you get an extra walking day! We will still end the challenge on May 23rd.
For teams: as we average out miles per person and we don’t factor length of time into our equation. Just submit your total miles walked through May 23rd to your team leader.
Welcome to week two! I hope you are enjoying the week off. When we have these wonderful weeks I never can decide if I should sleep in and turn off the alarm or keep the routine so I don't lose it. Regardless of what I choose my two dogs seem to do the opposite. I try to sleep in, they are wide awake and barking at 4:30!
Did you know what you eat and drink before bed can affect your sleep? The connection between food and sleep is complex. You know that what you eat affects your sleep, but did you know that the reverse is also true? Studies now show that people who are sleep deprived tend to eat more fat-rich foods, simple carbohydrates, and fewer vegetables, possibly because sleep loss alters chemical signals connected to metabolism and hunger. In fact, some researchers believe sleep deprivation to be a factor in the rising rates of obesity. Eating and sleeping well are two vital components of health that are tied in surprising ways.
Week two sleep video HERE.
If you have any questions please reach out. I hope you enjoy the rest of the week!
(Angela Moulton)
