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Upcoming Events & Announcements
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Please join us at the Opening Reception for the Tobacco-Free Schools Poster Contest, Wednesday, February 15th, from 4-6pm at the Harriet Tubman House (566 Columbus Ave.)
The State of School Food in Boston
A panel discussion hosted by the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness' School Food Subcommittee in partnership with FNS. Monday, March 19th from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Tobin Community Center. Please attend this great opportunity to learn about BPS school menus & initiatives, ask questions and have your voice heard. Download PDF Flyer |
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Healthy Connections Website & e-Newsletter |
Healthy Connections is the district's strategic plan for strengthening coordination and capacity in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) to advance student health and wellness. The BPS Healthy Connections e-newsletter and website (www.bpshealthyconnections.org) seek to promote and raise awareness of the district's coordinated and comprehensive efforts to improve student health and wellness; and will provide updates on the district's progress toward achieving the Healthy Connections overarching goal: To actively promote the health and wellness of all students to support both their healthy development and readiness to learn.
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Healthy Connections recognizes that its goals are most effectively and efficiently achieved when all the goals are addressed simultaneously through a coordinated approach that purposefully integrates the district's efforts and resources. To achieve its health and wellness-related goals, BPS is currently implementing the Coordinated School Health model recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The newsletter and website will capture the district's multi-departmental implementation efforts in the eight components of the Coordinated School Health model.
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Boston Public Schools Leads the City in Health Policy Initiatives for Boston Youth
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Students attending Boston Public Schools will have better access to physical activity, healthful food, clean air, and a drug-free environment. A presentation to the Boston School Committee by Jill Carter, Executive Director of the Boston Public Schools Health and Wellness Department, on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, highlighted wellness initiatives currently underway in Boston.
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4th Annual Bridging The Gap Conference
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On Thursday, March 15, 2012, the BPS Department of Extended Learning Time, Afterschool and Services (DELTAS) will host the 4th Annual Bridging the Gap Conference at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
The conference will focus on Creating Conditions that Support Successful Learners - in school and out-of-school time. Plenary, workshop, and dialogue sessions will allow participants to:
- Explore how to focus Boston's resources to enable every child and youth to thrive;
- Examine strategies for aligning in-school and out-of-school programming to support student success; and
- Engage in discussions centered on best practices for school-community partnerships
To receive the full conference brochure and registration information please email Gema Gray or call the DELTAS office at (617) 635-1578. |
| Boston Public Schools Listen to Student Voice at the 3rd Annual Youth Wellness Summit |
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On January 28th, BPS High School students involved in health promotion programs at their schools and in their communities participated in a day of workshops and trainings on making policy and sustainable changes to promote healthy environments and healthy decisions. This was the 3rd Youth Wellness Summit, and involved many student groups from various school-based and community organizations. Read more on the84.org >> |
| Health and Wellness Included in BPS FY2013 Proposed Budget Highlights |
Health and Wellness is one of five components of the BPS Improvements to School Quality and Equity Efforts included in Superintendent Johnson's preliminary budget for the 2013 fiscal year. The $856.5 million balanced budget recommendation was presented to the Boston School Committee on February 1st. The FY13 BPS budget has a 3.1% increase from the FY12 appropriation in order to carry out an Acceleration Agenda for the Boston Public Schools, which is designed to close access and achievement gaps and raise academic performance in every classroom of every school. The budget sets aside funds for Health of Wellness in the following areas: - The hiring of five new school nurses to add to our existing team of 107 positions.
- BPS proposes to increase the funding weight for students with emotional impairments. This change will result in an additional $3.5 million, sent directly to schools, to improve clinical social-emotional support for thousands of students.
- Through a combination of general revenue and external grants, Food and Nutrition Services will offer breakfast to 4,500 more students in FY13, a 20% increase. During the 2012-2013 school year, 29,366 students will receive daily breakfast. We will expand Grab-and-Go breakfast options and make it available at every school. Currently, breakfast is only available at 58 schools.
Read the full press release >> |
| Full-Service Schools Roundtable Releases Report on BPS Community Partnerships | |
On February 2, 2012, The Full-service Schools Roundtable and Boston Public Schools jointly released Schools at the Hub: Community Partnerships in the Boston Public Schools, the first report of its kind, which presents the results of a survey administered to all schools at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. With 93% of schools responding, the report provides extensive baseline data about the types and extent of partnerships providing supports to students and families.
Visit the Full-Service Schools website to read more >> |
| U.S. Secretary of Education visits Boston's John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Jamaica Plain | |
 Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Carol R. Johnson hosted U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Jamaica Plain. Secretary Duncan visited the school to learn more about the district's Parent University program, which is seen as a model worth replicating in other school districts across the nation.
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