Health and Wellness
Health & Wellness News
Join the Student Emergency Response Team!
Middle School students: You are eligible to apply for the Villa Student Emergency Response Team (S.E.R.T.). Team members are trained to help support faculty and staff in responding to emergency situations, help maintain emergency supplies, and help promote health and safety awareness throughout the school. We will meet the first Tuesday of every month after school [...]
Bike to School Month
As announced during Earth Week…Villa Academy’s Green Team and SERT, together with the Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation invite you to join our team for Bike to School Month, May 2012 May is Bike to School Month, designed to encourage bicycle commuting, mentor new riders and foster a love of bicycling. When you bike to [...]
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Villa Academy embraces the Cabrinian tradition of educating the whole child in all dimensions of growth. This tradition views human life as sacred; every person is precious. Villa Academy seeks to enhance the life and dignity of the human person through its policies and practices. The health and wellness of our community, as well as the protection of the earth, has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored.
The Board of Trustees recognizes that there is a link between nutrition education, the food service in our school, physical activity, and environmental education, and that wellness is affected by all of these. The Wellness Committee was formed in the spring of 2007 to draft this policy and discuss implementing items pertinent to this policy. The Villa Academy Board of Trustees adopted this policy as Resolution 2008-1, in February 2008. Details can be found in our Wellness Policy document.
Nutrition Education
Villa Academy recognizes the important connection between a healthy diet and a student’s ability to learn effectively and achieve high standards in school. Lunch Program and Calendar
Physical Education
Villa Academy’s Physical Education program encourages lifelong fitness by introducing a plentitude of physical activity and teaching self-discipline, sportsmanship, and a love of movement in a fun and supportive environment.
Social & Emotional Wellness
Villa Academy encourages contributing to our human environment to the common welfare of our community. We emphasize interdependence with others and being comfortable with and liking oneself as a person. Social wellness includes the pursuit of harmony in one’s relationships with others. Emotional wellness involves an awareness and acceptance of personal feelings, while being sensitive and responsive to the emotional states of others.
Health & Safety Education
Villa Academy educates and encourages health-enhancing behaviors.
Environmental Stewardship
Villa Academy honors the rich history of our campus by respecting and caring for the facility and grounds, and giving students opportunities in and out of school to learn environmental stewardship through a variety of activities including Green Team.
Resources:
Archdiocese Asbestos Compliance Letter
Authorization for Administration of Oral Medication
Flu Tips for Parents and Caregivers
Sports and H1N1 (swine) Flu Information
CDC Recommendations for Influenza-Like Illness (external link)
