Please join us January 2012 for the first district-wide 30 Day Wellness Challenge!
For specific information about STAFF offerings or STUDENT offerings, please hover over the 30 Day Wellness Challenge link at the top of this page.
All students, staff, administrators, parents and community members are encouraged to join us in setting SMART Wellness Goals!
Please read below for more general information about the 30 Day Wellness Challenge.
Purpose of the 30 Day Wellness Challenge
The 30 Day Wellness Challenge is a district wide wellness-awareness campaign, that includes students and staff, setting and monitoring wellness goals.
The 30 Day Wellness Challenge is a great community building activity with endless opportunities to share resources, model healthy behavior, discuss challenges and problem-solve together.
Wellness goals can focus on any aspect of health: physical, spiritual, mental, social or emotional health.
Please follow the the below link for a movie clip about the 30 Day Wellness Challenge organized by our neighbors in Milton, VT:
http://www.vehi.org/ >select Member> select Videos> scroll to the bottom and watch the videos.
Sample Wellness Goals:
Eat more colors
Stretch daily
Walk longer/farther
Run longer/farther
Bike longer/farther
Add a new physical activity
Cut out all sugar
Cut out caffiene
Switch to whole grain
Add a salad once a day
Eat more dairy
Cut out ½ hour of TV
Watch ½ hour news
Read for ½ hour
Listen to new music
Journal 15 minutes
Walk with a friend
Send a “thank you”/”thinking of you note”
Compliment once a day
Tell someone you love them once a day
Say “good morning” to at least three people
Drink 32 oz of water
Eat three servings of fruit every day
Please click on the links and documents below for more information!
| 30_day_wellness_challenge_overview.pub |
| wellness_challenge_contracts1.docx |
| worksite_wellness_tool_kit_and_30_day_challenge.pdf |
Setting SMART Goals
Specific: A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished. Consider the six “W” questions (Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which)
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, “Get in shape.” But a specific goal would say, “Join a health club and workout 3
days a week.”
Measurable - Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set.
Attainable – When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.
Realistic- To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress.
Timely – A goal should be grounded within a time frame.
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, “Get in shape.” But a specific goal would say, “Join a health club and workout 3
days a week.”
Measurable - Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set.
Attainable – When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.
Realistic- To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress.
Timely – A goal should be grounded within a time frame.
