Welcome!

Welcome to Moose Lake School's Wellness Committee Blog. The Committee has recently completed the School Health Assessment, and from it has created an action plan. The Committee is currently focused on the 'nutrition' aspect of wellness in correlation with the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) Grant. Carlton County received this grant from the Minnesota Department of Health and has selected ten communities in NE MN to carry out the interventions.

Moose Lake School is a site for the SHIP Grant activities. If you are interested in becoming involved or would like more information, please contact the SHIP Grant Coordinator, Meghann Condit, at 218-878-2846, or at meghann.condit@co.carlton.mn.us.

The goals of the action plan are as follows:
1) The Moose Lake School Wellness Committee will work to maintian an active coalition of committee participants (School Administration, Teachers, Staff, Parents, Students, Community Members, etc.).
2) The Moose Lake Wellness Committee will work to improve the school lunch.
3) The Moose Lake School Wellness Committee will foster an increase in collaboration between the Cooking Staff and other Teachers and Staff.
4) The Moose Lake School Wellness Committee will explore the option of a school garden.
5) The Moose Lake Wellness Committee will work with teachers and parents to improve classroom snacks.

Update on Activities:
     - The action plan was presented to the School Board in March and will be approved at the next meeting in April.
     - The committee is applying for a mini-grant from SHIP on April 15th.
     - Some of the priorities include, but are not limited to: a Nutrition Analysis Program, a Healthy Snack Policy, a School Garden, and working on kitchen--classroom collaboration.

Be watching for some of the great initiatives the Wellness Committee is working on to improve your children's health, and ultimately reduce the occurance of childhood obesity in Moose Lake!