Jeffco Public Schools believes in educating the whole child for students to be career, college, and life ready. Jeffco Healthy Schools supports school and district departments in implementing District Wellness Policy, and wellness initiatives including wellness committees, comprehensive physical activity plans, healthy eating, health education, positive school culture and climate, school gardens and more.
Participating Schools
- 44% of Jeffco schools have Healthy Schools Teams
- 65% of schools have health and wellness goals
- 80% have wellness coordinators for students, staff, or both
Be a Healthy School
A Healthy School:
- Has a wellness team/committee,
- Develops and implements wellness goals,
- Works to have a culture of health, and
- Thinks in terms of the whole school, the whole child, and the whole community.
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District Policy
In June 2017, the Jeffco Board of Education adopted a new federally-required Local Wellness Policy.
This policy impacts health and wellness for over 86,000 students in Jeffco Public Schools, with specific improvements to nutrition standards related to marketing, and foods offered (not sold) to students.
See Wellness Policy Guidelines for details and implementation guidance.