Healthy Eating in Elk Island Public Schools

Healthy eating is an integral part of growth and development, and good nutrition is conducive to student learning. Therefore, the Division is committed to creating supportive school environments for good nutrition and lifelong well-being by encouraging healthy eating for all students and staff. The Division respects and supports parents in their role as providers and decision makers in the home for the kinds of food they serve to their children and what they send to school for individual consumption by their children. In school environments, the Division encourages and supports schools to promote healthier foods and limit the sale and serving of unhealthy foods.

EIPS Nutrition Administrative Procedure supports schools in creating a healthy eating environment.

Classroom education, foods served or sold, special events, classroom rewards or celebrations and fundraising are all considered within the Division Nutrition AP. It takes the whole school community to be successful in making healthy changes in schools. Parents play an important role in supporting healthy initiatives in their child’s school.

Administrative Procedure 164, Nutrition

Frequently Asked Questions

download the EIPS Guide to Eating Well

Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth (ANGCY)

Learn more about eating healthy and food selection choices in the following categories:

• Choose Most Often
• Choose Sometimes
• Choose Least Often

School Nutrition Program

Since 2017-18, Alberta Education has provided targeted funding for a school nutrition program. Students at Lamont Elementary and Bruderheim School are offered a daily nutritious meal that adheres to the Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth (ANGCY). The meal is offered to all students who wish to participate, at no cost to parents. This program aims to help people access Alberta’s food resources and learn more about choice and preparation of healthy foods. Meals are prepared at Lamont Elementary and transported to Bruderheim.

Resources

• Marketing Healthy Foods Choices
  This handout provides information to assist schools with marketing healthy food choices by explaining product availability, promotion, pricing, and placement.
• Snack Shack Tool Kit
  This manual provides information for schools to create a healthy snack canteen/store that meets the ANGCY. It includes recipes and information on marketing, promotions, and costing.
  
• Healthy Vending Tool Kit
  The toolkit guides you through a step-by-step process to take action on healthy vending in your school.
  
• Healthy Food Checker
  This tool allows individuals to check the nutritional information on single serving packaged food against the ANGCY. By entering the information from the nutrition label, the food will be categorized into CMO, CS or CLO foods.