Health & community Concerns

       
 

The Governor's Challenge Competition

This is a contest among California's K-12 schools to motiviate students, parents and teachers to get active, healthy and fit.  The Competition runs throught June 30, 2009 and ANY SCHOOL can participate!  Click here for more details:  GOVERNOR'S CHALLENGE FLYER  


Safe Routes To School
     
        Safe Routes National Organization


       Safe Routes to School Resolution
      Presented to the California State PTA at the 2008 Convention by
        the Fifteenth   District PTA.  Resolution was adopted May 2008 
        and is the only resolution from the 2008 Convention to be 
        forwarded to the National PTA for Adoption.
  



School Wellness Policy

NEWS FLASH - Did YOU Know???

YOUR school district had a Federal Mandate to create a School Wellness Policy by June 30th, 2006. The purpose of the Policy is to outline NEW directions for each school district regarding the creation of healthier school environments.

There are three required areas that districts must address in the Policy; these include goals for nutrition education, physical activity, and other school-based activities that promote student wellness. Recommendations in each of these areas were written in the district’s policy format and presented to the school board for approval by June 30th, 2006.

Please ask YOUR school principal for a copy of YOUR school district’s recently passed wellness policy.

We CAN HELP YOU begin to implement the Policy at YOUR SCHOOL SITE.

Call Susan Klucker (805) 346-8456 PTA V.P. of Health.
     
 
Check to see if a food item qualifies under the new California legislation
as healthy qualifying food to sell at

http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/calculator/

The web site does the math for you when you fill in the blanks on the Nutrition Facts label.
     
 

Nutrition Education Resources for Teachers
SBSD Secondary Schools

From the Superintendent’s School Nutrition Advisory Council (SNAC), 8-22-06
Wellness Policy Implementation

Contacts: Debi Badger 963-4338x386, foodservice@sbsdk12.org or
Sue Dachenhaus 967-4581x360, sdachenhaus@sbsdk12.org

Nutrition Ed Curriculum

  • Health Education courses in grades 7 and 9 have text books with excellent nutrition sections.
  • www.CaliforniaHealthyKids.org - Resource Library by CDE and Dept. of Health Services: borrow, download, and search for material: nutrition curricula, including on portion size, to borrow. Audiovisual media, books, displays available.
  • www.dairycouncilofca.org/index.asp - Free Nutrition Ed curriculums for each grade, K-12. Lessons, teacher guide, poster, etc. Local contact for training and materials is Heather Troska 1-800-827-0853, x213 or htroska@dairycouncilofca.org.

Nutrition Ed Resources

  • www.foodfun4kids.com - Nutrition playing cards with 8 games to promote eating fruits and veggies, balanced meals, less junk food and more activity. Developed to reinforce nutrition standards for K-12. Middle and High School students have enjoyed these games. Cards, curriculum binder, posters, use as fundraiser available by contacting Sharon@foodfun4kids.com.
  • www.harvestofthemonth.com - Free. Activities in all subjects around the harvest fruit or veggie of each month. Download at website and posters can be ordered. Offers four-page Educator newsletter, one-page Family newsletter in English and Spanish. Links to California Content Standards.
  • Food Labels - http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html. Food labels illustrated and how to read them. Order Read It Before You Eat It, a poster of a huge food label from Team Nutrition site.
  • Team Nutrition from USDA (US Dept of Agriculture): www.fns.usda.gov/tn - Nutrition Education, Resource Library, Power of Choice. Download materials, order posters, etc.
  • Be Wise on Portion Size - Manual includes curriculum ideas and handouts for each age group. www.doh.state.fl.us/family/obesity/documents/BeWise.html. Meal planning on a plate model, portion size, etc.
  • Power Point Presentation on Portion Distortion at this website: http:/hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/ - Slides provide good images of favorite foods comparing average portion sizes today and 20 years ago.
  • www.supersizemestore.com - Purchase the educational version of the movie Super Size Me . Includes curriculum lessons and interactive games for grades 6-12. Video available free from California Healthy Kids Resource Center above.
  • www.PBS.org - Select PBS (public TV) Teacher Sources, search by Health and Fitness, select grade level. Download Lesson plans and order VHS or DVD of programs. Diet Wars (Frontline, full program) may be viewed online. Most selections are under Nutrition with a few under Fitness topic.
  • School Garden Network at www.csgn.org. Request free packet of garden startup info for CA schools from Deborah Tamannaie at dtamanna@cde.ca.gov.
  • www.CaliforniaProjectLEAN.org for health, science ed professionals. Lesson plans for teen local advocacy in nutrition and P.A., fact sheets, tips, snack calculator.
  • Digital Stories: 9 local teens, age 13-17, made 3-minute videos (on DVD or VHS) of their personal stories on issues of food or physical exercise. Available to buy (at cost, $10) or borrow. Contact Jessica Henn at Project LEAN in SB, Jessica.henn@sbcphd.org or 805-681-4072.
  • For help in choosing materials, contact Terri Soares, R.D., tsoares@fcoe.K12.ca.us or 559-443-4830.

Physical Activity

  • Fun SPARK Physical Activities: www.sparkpe.org - SPARK (Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids) has curricula, training and equipment to order (low-cost) for active play and games for 6-8 PE, and after school. These activities are tested at UCSD and are fun for all, not just a few students.
  • www.canfit.org - See Resources. Youth section has student websites. CANFit’s mission is improving nutrition and fitness for CA low-income Latino youth and communities of color, age 10-14, mostly in middle school, afterschool, and youth programs. CANFit offers trainings, consultation, and ed materials to teachers and orgs in nutrition and physical activity, education materials, ed on advocacy in community, grants to fund innovative community-based projects.

Student Websites

  • Snack Food Calculator at http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/calculator/ This site lets you enter fat and sugar content from a food label and responds whether it fits into the healthy snack guidelines or not, and why.
  • www.mypyramid.gov - nutrition advice individualized by age, gender, activity level.
  • Center for Science in the Public Interest: Fun teen site with factoids, brief videos, cartoon graphics to illustrate nutrition content.

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