King County Schools Health and Wellness
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Welcome to the first King County Schools Health and Wellness: News You Can Use newsletter. Each month, we will be bringing you updates, news and announcements to support the health and wellness of your schools. If you have something to submit, please email it to me, Carolyn Kramer, by the last day of the month and I will get it into the next month's newsletter. THANKS!
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| Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards Workshop Follow Up | | Thirty nutrition and physical activity experts came together on November 18th at the Tukwila Community Center for a workshop on Understanding and Applying National Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education. The workshop focused on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Nutrition Standards, NASBE Physical Education Standards and the Healthier US School Challenge, a voluntary initiative established in 2004 to recognize those schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical activity.
- All workshop handouts are now posted at the King County Public Health Website under school nutrition or physical activity.
- Physical Education National Guidelines can be found here.
- Our last activity of the workshop was to addressing common barriers to improving school meals and physical education. The results of this activity are included HERE. Stay tuned for a follow-up conference call on this activity in the new year (for ALL districts can participate). We have also posted the material at our new King County Schools Yammer site for discussion. To join this discussion please email Carolyn for an invitation.
- Our next workshop, in late January, will be focused on Engaging Stakeholders in your Healthy Schools Work (with an emphasis on engaging youth). We are scheduled for January 26th from 9-12, however we may be merged into the CPPW Coalition meeting on January 25. Updates will be coming in the new year.
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| House Passes Child Nutrition Reauthorization (as released by the School Nutrition Association, SNA) | | On December 2, 2010, the US House of Representatives passed S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act by a vote of 264 to 157. The School Nutrition Association (SNA) endorsed the child nutrition reauthorization legislation, which will will increase reimbursement and result in schools serving more fresh produce, whole grains and low-fat dairy products in school meal programs nationwide. read more
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| Learning Lab Coming to Seattle- March 30-April 1 | | 
You are all invited to attend the Community Schools Learning Lab held in Seattle this Spring. This hands-on experience is designed for both practitioners and policy-makers, making it a rich experience for all. We are particularly excited about the workshops and site visits. Each site we are visiting has stated a challenge, and at the Learning Lab, we will collectively explore and share challenges and possible solutions. Learn more and register HERE. |
| What is happening in King County Schools? | |
Whenever I talk with school folks, they always ask me what other schools are doing to address recess before lunch or PE Waivers or <enter your favorite issue>. As a part of our Communities Putting Prevention to Work in the schools, we want to help you (school folks) connect with others doing similar work. As a start, we have created a simple one page document highlighting the topics CPPW Schools are focusing on. Check it out and feel free to email me to add to or edit it (especially non-CPPW Schools, whom I would love to add to this document). In the coming months, we hope to come up with more tools to help all of you to connect with each other.
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| YAMMER Up | | What is this yammer thing?
Simply put, Yammer is a way to communicate by bringing together groups inside a private and secure social network. It combines the best parts of a listserve and a messaging board. Inside Yammer, you can communicate easily with all subscribers (without tons of emails), post documents, ask for advice and share resources. Curious? Email Carolyn to sign up.
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| Tools from Wisconsin | |
Active Schools Toolkit - developed in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to support the "Active School" initiative that is part of our CPPW statewide grant to increase physical activity in the school setting.
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| Treeswing's focus is to bring healthy habits back into children's lives. Treeswing does this by forming innovative partnerships with respected organizations throughout the community to provide schools with much-needed resources and support focused on keeping children active, healthy, and happy.
Treeswing and UW Center for Public Health Nutrition are partnering through the Communities Putting Prevention to Work Grant to provide technical support to school districts in King County to improve specific nutrition and physical education policies, resulting in increased access to healthier foods and physical activity.
This e-newsletter is made possible by funding from the Department of Health and Human Services and Public Health - Seattle & King County.
See you next month!
Carolyn Kramer, Treeswing |
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