Munford Wellness
It is always time to focus on healthy diet and fitness! Take a look at some of these great sites to help make you healthy! There are some great ideas for kids lunches, fitness, and sleep.
Healthy Lunchboxes
Check out Pinterest if you’re looking for ideas. Images speak volumes!
A winner article, 27 School Lunch Tips That Will Keep You Sane includes lots of resources and pictures with some great, simple, DIY and affordable ideas. Rubber band your kids apples? Who’d have thought?
Remember to hydrate!
Watch out for added sugar, especially in drinks. The World Health Organization has recently reduced the recommended limit of added sugars to 10% of a person’s daily caloric intake - about 15-20 grams per day for a kid. I, for one, would like that sugar in the form of chocolate - not juice or a sports drink.
Active RVA and Fitness
Discover The Forest has a park locator by activity-type and lots of cool information about our area’s parks and ecosystems.
RVAontheCheap lists the major parks and fun places in the Richmond area.
ActiveRVA lists all the major kids sporting events for the year.
Healthy Sleep for Kids
There is a fun workbook with sleep diary you can work on with your children here.
Additional planning materials for parents and teachers:
Helpful Links
Mary Munford
Mary Munford Elementary School website
Richmond Public Schools
Richmond Public Schools website
Richmond Public Library
Information about all of Richmond Public Library branches
School Board Representative
City Council First District Representative
RPS Learning Portal
*Many of these sites require user names and passwords. Preregistered user names and passwords can be downloaded here.
Extra-Curricular Programs
College Programs
UVA Saturday and Summer Enrichment Programs
William & Mary Enrichment Center for Gifted Education
SPARC
School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community
Museums
VMFA after school, weekend and summer camps
MathScience Innovation Center school year programs and summer camps
Boy Scouts
Troop website link for boys 6th grade
Mary Munford Alumni
Munford graduates and families, we want to keep in touch! We won't bother you very often, but we will let you know about opportunities for your student to get volunteer hours by helping his/her alma mater, and if you choose, we'll keep you informed about a couple other events throughout the year. Even if you'd like to opt out of all communication from Mary Munford, let us know where your student is headed in the fall because we'd love to follow our graduates' successes and connect future Munford graduates to potential fellow classmates.