St. Johnsbury School District
Once a month, the students at St. Johnsbury school are released at 12:30 and the staff then has a ½ day of in-service. Of those 10 In-Service Days, 3 are devoted completely to Wellness! That is what we call a ROCKSTAR SCHOOL!
According to Superintendent Karen Conroy, making wellness a part of the culture in the St. Johnsbury school district is proven to help overall health and productivity. “PATH has doubled over the last 5 years,” she said, “and we just look at the data. People have struggled since Covid, so we asked how we get those numbers down.” Conroy said that wellness activities and modeling keeps improving those numbers.
On this crisp January Friday, Wellness Day started in the cafeteria with a stellar Build-your-own salad bar. From there, the approximately 200 school employees chose 2 activities to try from a list of 22, including, but not limited to skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, bowling, walking swimming, yoga, Reiki, Barre, Herbs and Nutrition, Qi Gong, somatic breathing, meditation, crafts, a tea party and even a fireside chat in front of the school!
Of course, everyone also received PATH hats and socks-because they are all ROCKSTARS-head to toe!
Is your school a ROCKSTAR school??? Let us know what events your planning and send us an invitation (we’ll bring the swag!!)
Take a look at our day in St. Johnsbury: