The Tiger Wellness Team, although mourning the passing of our colleague, Anne Kondax, will always remember her love of wellness.  Anne never met an organically grown food she didn't like, and her wealth of knowledge on growing healthy foods will be missed!  We'll also miss her constant advocacy for wellness with both staff and students at MSAD #46, and will do our best to honor her spirit as we move on without her. Thanks, Anne, for all that you did for us!

Welcome to the home page of the Tiger Wellness Team!

The Tiger Wellness Team is dedicated to learning about issues related to health promotion, health education and the maintenance of a healthy learning environment and seeks to promote and model healthier eating, engaging in life-long physical activity, and avoiding the use of tobacco products.

The wellness team intends to facilitate the CSHP Program and through its goals strengthen the health education in all areas for the school and community.

Active projects

During May 20-21, 2009 the Every 15 Minutes Program was presented to the students of Dexter Regional High School. This program was coordinated by the Tiger Wellness Team and Dexter Key Club.

Hi Everyone - it's Move and Improve time!!

Once again the Tiger Wellness Team is sponsoring a team in the Move and Improve program and we'd like you to join us!!

The 12 weeks run from Feb 28 to May 22, 2010.

Registration is a snap - just click here to get started:

https://www.moveandimprove.org/mandi/default.aspx

If you participated in the past few years, you probably already have a user id. If not, click Register and create one in seconds.

The team to join is: MSAD #46 Tiger Wellness Team - 10 Spring St.

Hope to you see you there!

Pics from the Winter Fun Day and Borestone Hike!!

Some of the food we ate!!	Salmon!!!	Pasta and salad!!!	A very tired dog...	Dave getting ready for his run on the taboggin...
Gary at Base Camp Suburban...	And later at Base Camp 2...	My hodge podge of stuff at Base Camp 2.	Don and Gary on the ice...	Our destination!
the "hike after the hike" to Onnowa trestle.	Side view of the trestle	Another view with Don and Gary for scale.	The lake nearby	very cold bridge walkers
Back view of our conquered destination...	ice sculptures	up the trestle	me	Don going up the trail
near the top	view from above	another view from above	very cold looking lake	intrepid hikers...
Resting at Base Camp 2	A very long way down...

 

Seasonal Bulletin Boards

 

At each school you will see a "bulletin board" of wellness tips and activities for the current season.

Here they are:

 

Winter 2008 (Adobe {PDF format)

Fall 2007 (Adobe PDF format)

Spring 2008 (Adobe PDF format)

 

Walk at Work Program

We're introducing the Walk at Work Program again. Click here for more information about

the program, log books, and walking distances within our buildings.

Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference 

The SAD # 46 Tiger Wellness Team attended the Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference XXII in June 2008. Click here for pictures from that week.

Click here for a link to many of the sites we saw at the conference.

Click here for some reasons to eat locally grown foods.

 

Some of the accomplishments of the Tiger Wellness Team this year were:

• Co-sponsored the Every 15 Minutes Program held May 20-21 at Dexter Regional High School.

• Attended the Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference at Sugarloaf in June 2008.

• Created several wellness team web pages for the district web site at www.sad46.org with resources for teachers to use in their curriculum.

• Created Wellness Activity posters for every school promoting seasonal activities in each area of wellness

• Encouraged the serving of healthier food options during staff workshop days.

• Restarted Walk-at-Work program for all staff members.

• Created a Move and Improve Team and had 10% staff participation.
  
  Some expectations for the Tiger Wellness Team for 2008-09 are:
  
  Attend the Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference in June 2008.
  Update the web site health resource page sand meet with health and phys ed teachers to look at integrating wellness themes into those curriculums.
  Focus on promoting lifelong wellness habits for eating and exercise to staff and students
  Continue the wellness activity posters
  Continue the Move and Improve program
  Create a Relay for Life team
  Partner with National Potato Board grant to implement Dance Dance Revolution units to PS/MS curriculum and create and maintain healthy eating bulletin board in cafeteria.
  Participate in Race for the Cure in Bangor in the fall.

    Record your activity and get free stuff from Anthem!

    After logging in click on the 360 degree health tab.

http://www.mayohospital.com/pphc/index.html

http://www.healthymainepartnerships.org/

http://www.healthymainewalks.org/

http://www.maine-nutrition.org/

www.pbs.org/americaswalking

http://www.drinkmainemilk.com/

http://www.mainecshp.com/

http://www.walkinginfo.org/

Here are some other links that might be helpful...

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