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West New York School District - West New York, New Jersey
West New York Public School District is in its third year with the Healthy Schools Program. “Our district has shifted from focusing on cookies to focusing on a culture. We now focus our efforts on whole school reform including school meals, physical activity, health education, staff wellness and beyond. All areas of the school environment play significant roles in making this reform a reality,” said Sal Valenza, food service director.
West New York has been fortunate to have a Board of Education that is extremely supportive of their efforts. When four schools in the district received the National Recognition Award last summer, the excitement in the district helped build additional momentum for programs and the Board has worked to make sure that extra funds were available to help schools continue on the path to success.
This year, each school was able to provide stipends to four school wellness council members, and each school received funds to put towards two health and fitness instructor positions to assist in implementation of their action plans. On December 10 th, a special ceremony was held to honor West New York’s Healthy Schools Program recognized schools and to recognize the district-at-large for their tremendous efforts in creating healthier environments. District staff shared some of their thoughts and insights with us here:
“The thing about the wellness initiative that excites me is the way that it had taken hold in West New York. It started out with a few individuals who wanted to make a change and the word has spread. Each day I get calls and e-mails with people that have ideas for programs and offers to help us with our mission. I think we are only scratching the surface in what we can accomplish.” John Fraraccio, district supervisor of health and physical education
“The Alliance’s encouragement, along with their massive amount of resources, has enabled the district to make significant progress toward our goal of healthy schools. To be included among those schools receiving Bronze and Silver Awards is a proud achievement for our Alliance schools and our district wellness program.” Rosemary Donnelly, assistant superintendent of schools.
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