*DISTRICT & COMMUNITY UPDATES*
Edition XIX - September 9, 2020
Dear Friend of Wellness:

The days are long, but the years are short!

We certainly can attest to this as we started this COVID-19 pandemic journey in mid-March 2020 and we are now embracing September 2020. We have already started Distance Learning and soon moving into a Brick and Mortar status. This treacherous journey has been incredibly unexpected as we navigate the importance of the field of Education for how it impacts the future of our students, families, staff, and our community.

As we all are getting prepared to move mountains and bring our students and staff into our campuses and buildings - I encourage each of you to take 5 minutes to view this on-point motivational video called 'FIND PURPOSE' - by our dear hero Chadwick Boseman.

Let's keep pressing on and...
Never Give UP!

Continue being a beacon of LIGHT for all the children
and each other...
let's grow STRONGER together!

Be healthy and safe ~ Paula
The District is requesting parents/guardians to choose whether they plan to send their students back to campus for in-person instruction
or remain in distance learning.
Click on the videos below to see how to make your choice.
SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE NEWS...
Click Banner Below for Resources
Feeding our students is our mission and we want to help our families as much as possible!
IN OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS...
Mindful Parenting in Challenging Times
Join Prime Time Palm Beach County for their next Facebook Live with Knellee Bisram, Social and Emotional Learning Specialist and Paula Triana, Wellness Promotion Manager this Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. to help you balance work with virtual school in the midst of a pandemic and social unrest. Click on button below:
Legal Aid Society of PBC's Children's Healthcare Advocacy Project...
[English]
[Haitian Creole]
[Spanish]
CENSUS 2020...
Only 21 Days left to get a complete census count...
Every day counts!
Every human counts!
Activity Break...have FUN and stretch!
Social-Emotional Learning
Begins with You!
Pure Edge continues to host daily, live webinars to help educators by giving them easy access content to support well-being. Pure Edge believes when educators and learners share a foundational practice, rather than simply a single activity or special day, week, or month, they begin to build a culture of care, together!
Our former Superintendent, Dr. Robert Avossa, shared with Scoir's Content Marketing Manager, Ms. Erin Barnes, discussions regarding the Social and Emotional Impacts of COVID-19 as it relates to education.

Click on the two images below to hear these valuable points of discussions:

  • The essential function of schools and teachers aside from education
  • How educators can connect with their students outside of the classroom
  • Suggestions for parents to help their children cope during this time of change
  • Tips for teachers and alternatives to fully-remote education
WPTF PURPOSE:
The District's Wellness Promotion Task Force (WPTF) purpose is to create an educational forum that allows students, staff, parents, community partners, and members of the public to successfully collaborate in the promotion of healthier lives.

With the District's ultimate goal of improving student performance, the direction of the Wellness Promotion Task Force is to encourage a proactive approach to holistically address the health, wellness, and safety of all school children and staff.

Click on the WSCC logo above to access the 
Wellness Promotion Policy (2.035).
COVID-19 UPDATES...
Dr. David L. Katz's COVID - Reality Check: Why Herd Immunity is Heresy
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reaffirms that the infection fatality rate for COVID-19 is a fraction of a percent; that recovery leads reliably to immunity; and that immunity persists for months. This is all good news, and lends support to naturally achieved herd immunity and an end to the pandemic, yet talk of herd immunity is taboo, and routinely derided as sociopathic heresy.

What accounts for that? Find out HERE.
Paula Triana, RDN, LDN
Manager ~ Wellness Promotion
District's Wellness Promotion Task Force
School Food Service Department
3661 North Interstate Park Road, Suite #100
Riviera Beach, Florida 33404
Office: (561) 383-2026
Cell Phone: (561) 253-5583

Frances Rosier
Analyst ~ Wellness Promotion
District's Wellness Promotion Task Force
School Food Service Department
3661 North Interstate Park Road, Suite #100
Riviera Beach, Florida 33404
Office: (561) 882-1931
Cell Phone: (561) 598-3353

Hilary Greever, RDN, LDN
Nutrition Specialist - Nutrition Services
District's Wellness Promotion Task Force
The School District of Palm Beach County
School Food Service Department
3661 North Interstate Park Road, Suite #100
Riviera Beach, Florida 33404
Office: (561) 383-2041