Dear Parent/ Guardian, In September 2007, the Labrador School Board adopted a Nutrition
Policy aimed at promoting healthy eating and lifestyles for all of our
stakeholders. The entire policy can be
found at http://www.lsb.ca/main/POLICY.htm under the heading Nutrition Policy. The most pertinent part of that policy
right now pertains to energy drinks.
It reads: Student access to food: Criteria for Food and Beverages Available in Vending
Machines, Canteens, School Lunch, Breakfast Programs, and Snack
Programs;
Similarly, there is a very
informative article on our School site entitled Energy Drinks –
Handout for Parents which details exactly what these drinks are and the
negative effects associated with them. Additional information is also
available at; http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=68eb3578-0aae-4409-ba83-c964aef1daf6 Based on this information, we are asking you NOT to send energy
drinks to school with your child. In
the very near future, we will be asking teachers to confiscate these drinks
from students if they have them in our school. Should your child have an unopened energy
drink taken from them, it will be available for you to retrieve from the main
office. Opened drinks that have been
confiscated will be discarded. We are taking these measures to be compliant with our School Board
Policy as well as to provide a safer environment for the education of our
students. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact
us at the school. Lester B. Simmons,
Principal
Fraser Drover, Vice-Principal |