Wellness Policy

Educational Resources

Resources are links to outside media. We are not responsible for the information contained within their website content.

Grades 1 – 8

• BAM! Body and Mind, Nutrition and Health Information
  
• Bone Health Campaign
  
• Nourish Interactive
• Nutrition and Physical Activity for Kids: Let's Move!
• Team Nutrition Resource Library

Grades 9 – 12

• Diabetes Information for Teens
  
• Take Charge of Your Health: A Guide for Teenagers
• Teens in Charge: Teen Health
  

Parents

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation
• Harvest of the Month
• Helping Children Reach a Healthy Weight
• Kidnetic Parents
• Mooove to  Low-fat or Fat-free Milk
• Nourish Interactive: Parents Area
• PTA.org Health and Wellness

General

• Ask the Dietitian
• Eat Right.org from the American Dietetic Association
• Fruits and Vegetables: More Matters
• Links to activities and lesson plans
• MyPlate.gov
• New Physical Activity Guidelines (2008)
  
• Nutrition Guidelines for Children
  
• Nutrition.gov
• Nutrition Game
  
• PECentral.org Physical Activity Lesson Plans
• Physical Activity Guidelines
• Portion Distortion
• Shape Up America
• Serving Sizes of Fruits and Vegetables
• WebMD  Healthy Eating

Teachers

• Empowering Youth with Nutrition and Physical Activity Modules
• Curriculum for Educators on Growing/Farming Organically with Agricultural Emphasis
• Harvest of the Month
• Lesson Planet Nutrition Lesson Plans
• Nourish Interactive: Health and Nutrition Educators
• USDA Lesson Plan Links

Local

• Georgia Department of Education

• Georgia Organics 

• Georgia Farm to School

The Sumter County School System Nutrition Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or handicap in any educational programs or activities or employment practices.