The Greenwood Wellness program deals with physical, mental, emotional, family, social, spiritual and professional/vocational Wellness. It also includes a concern for environment and community wellness. Greenwood's commitment to total wellness is demonstrated through the organization of the Wellness classes.
Wellness is the integration of the formerly taught physical education, health, and family-living classes. An effort is made to help each student establish the concept of wellness as a daily, active and lifelong process. In each wellness class there is a constant and deliberate effort for the students to explore how to stay healthy. The wellness education class is aimed at helping students recognize components of lifestyles that are detrimental to their health and implementing positive programs to change inappropriate behaviors so as to improve health, quality of life and total well being.
For the 7th-9th graders, about half of the week is spent in the gym, and the other half in the classroom (Incorporating both P.E. with a health class). This provides knowledge for students to learn about health as well as hands-on experience. Both the wellness class and physical education aspect is mandatory for all students from 7th-9th grade, whereas just the physical education aspect is mandatory from 1st-6th grade.
The Greenwood Wellness department includes: Doris Grevillius, Kent Hedgpeth and Darren Taylor.