Richelieu
Valley Regionalized CLC
This past school year 140 Students from Cedar Street Elementary School
in Beloeil, Quebec, and 185 students from Mountainview School in Otterburn Park
had the opportunity to participate in numerous nutrition activities during the
months of April and May. These are two of five elementary schools that are
being incorporated into a new regionalized CLC model for enhanced
sustainability being explored by the RVCLC at Riverside School Board.
Activities were decided upon by a 5 member
committee that consisted of two Principals, 2 Health and Social Services Staff
and the RVCLC Coordinator.
Activities were delivered with the help of 2 Principals, RVCLC
Coordinator, 2 Health and Social Services workers, Teachers and parental
volunteers. The goal was to
influence students to understand the impacts of their food choices and the
importance of eating healthier. This was also linked to broader goals of
community engagement and service.
Students first
attended workshops to learn about healthy food groups, how to read a nutrition
label and healthy snack eating. Students at the workshops had a chance to
create and eat their healthy snack ideas selecting from items such as honey
melon, alfalfa sprouts, tomatoes, mandarins, cucumbers, strawberries, lettuce
and blueberries. The alfalfa sprouts that the students ate in their
fruit/veggie salads were germinated and grown by them over the course of 8
days.
Grade 5/6
students from Mountainview organized a community thank-you lunch! They prepared
and served meals to senior citizens from local community organizations that had
partnered with the school on other activities over the year, i.e. the senior
reading buddies.
The program ran a number of weeks and was a great success
thanks to amazing partners who collaborated to help every step of the way. A
Nurse and Social Worker from the CSSS Richelieu-Yamaska helped teachers and
administrators throughout the process along with the RVCLC Coordinator and parent volunteers and a helpful student
volunteer from Dawson College.
