By Joie Tyrrell
joie.tyrrell@newsday.com @JoieTyrrell
Updated September 29, 2019
District officials are touting a newly created wellness room at Ward Melville High School as a lesson in serenity, where the surroundings help teachers and staff de-stress over the course of a hectic workday.
The "WellVille" classroom, part of the wellness program in the Three Village school district, has been transformed into an "experience," with soft lighting, relaxing music and lounge chairs, school officials said. The room, believed to be unique among Long Island schools, opened this month.
"I have always believed that if you have happy, healthy teachers, that trickles down to happy, healthy children — and guess who that trickles down to? Happy, healthy parents," said Debbi Rakowsky, the district's wellness social worker who wrote the proposal for the program and designed the space.
WellVille is not open to students, but is available for all levels of staff, from teachers to security to clerical workers. There are several lunch-and-learn workshops scheduled, on topics such as nutrition, and an expert on meditation is scheduled to visit later in the year.
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