Healthy Food and Garden Initiatives
​Indicators
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Small-scale food garden projects: container veggie gardens, herb gardens, single-unit tower garden, window-box gardens, etc.
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Large-scale food garden projects: raised-bed gardens, extensive use of container gardens, in- ground gardens with multiple features, multi-unit hydroponic/tower gardens, aquaponic garden system, etc.
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Students actively participate in researching, planting, tending, and/or harvesting food gardens
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Teaching units and activities focused on how plants grow, where our food comes from, nutrition
& healthy eating
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School offers programs or extracurricular activities that promote education about healthy, local,
sustainable foods (ex. culinary arts program, “healthy cooking club,” etc.)
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Administration provides healthy snack options in school vending machines (as permitted)
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School involves families in garden and/or shares school produce with families and community
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Other healthy food and garden initiative(s)
Physical Fitness and Well-being
​Indictors
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Physical and health education requirements that EXCEED established district, state, or federal requirements
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Extracurricular sports, fitness, and/or outdoor activity clubs involving students and staff
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School-wide activities and fundraisers that promote health and well-being: walk-a-thons, dance
marathons, 5K races, etc.
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Programs and initiatives to promote social & emotional well-being and improved psychological
health of students and staff
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Best practices to improve indoor air quality such as removing excess storage, reducing dust,
eliminating aerosols/air fresheners, changing cardboard boxes for plastic, etc.)
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Other physical fitness and/or well-being initiative(s)