Employee Wellness
Welcome to the St. Paul Public School's Wellness Department! Our new Wellness Coordinator, Dusti Handlos-Swanson is seeking your input on SPPS wellness initiatives! Please click on this link: Staff survey to complete a staff survey to get your ideas heard!
FREE Zumba, Meditation, & Yoga for all SPPS Employees!
To get the $50 enrollment fee waived and to receive $15 off your membership when you go 6 or more times each month, show your employee badge and ask for the "corporate wellness discount".
OMADA- Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention Program
Self-paced, virtual, burnout-prevention videos available for free for SPPS employees. Earn clock hours, gain tools and overall enhance your wellbeing. You are already registered, just scan code located here.
University of Arizona Global Campus is offering SPPS employees discounted tuition for all of their online college programs! Click here to get started!
Supportive Healing and Recovery
Click on this link to find support and addiction recovery services in your area: https://www.rehab.com/minnesota/saint-paul
For PEIP coverage:
High and Value or "The Value Plan": Outpatient mental health/chemical dependency visits are covered at 100% with no deductible or copay (cost levels 1 & 2). The deductible and copay will apply to cost levels 3 & 4.
The HSA compatible: Outpatient mental health and chemical dependency visits are subject to the annual deductible, then no copay (cost levels 1 & 2). The deductible and copay will apply to cost levels 3 & 4.
CONTACT EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
Are you worried about your eyesight?
Take the self-assessment, find an eye doctor in your network, or learn about caring for your eyes here!
When a cold, UTI, rash, or other illness stirkes, Virtuwell is there! Get online and trusted medical care, from diagnosis, treatment plan, prescription meds and follow-up care, you can start feeling better after a few clicks. Visit Online clinic for urgent care needs to get started!
Sand Creek EAP offers up to 4 one-on-one counseling sessions (per presenting issue). Professional counselors are experienced in helping people identify and find solutions to personal issues such as: Relationships, Financial Concerns, Parent/Child Issues, Depression, Substance Abuse, Job Stress, Gambling, Childcare or Eldercare, Loss and Grief, Other Life Concerns
- Be sure to check out: 4 Tips for Self-Care & Stress Relief!
Using Sand Creek EAP is completely confidential, provided at no cost to you, and available to both you and your household family members. Use code: stpschools for this amazing benefit.
Sand Creek Benefits in Spanish
Mental Health Resources
PEIP Highlights for 2025
PEIPWellnessHighlights2025.pdf
PEIPHighlights2025Page2.pdf
Be A Wellness Advocate at SPPS!
- Naloxone Administration (Narcan) Training
- Wellness Champion at Your Site
- Grief Support Group
- Fitness Challenges
- Retirement Seminar- What Should I Be Doing Now?