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 | Summer break is upon us and plans for fall are percolating. Summer is great time to review and revise your school, district, and community health and wellness plans and policies. This issue of Link to Learning will highlight resources you can use to help you create and/or sustain a healthy school environment. |
In This Issue
In February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! campaign to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation. The Task Force on Childhood Obesity has created a report which details a coordinated strategy, identifies key benchmarks, and outlines an action plan to end the problem of childhood obesity within a generation.
CSBA and California Project LEAN have developed new resources to support school governance teams and their districts/county offices of education in establishing a comprehensive physical activity program for students, including components such as safe routes to school, joint use of facilities, and physical activity before, during and after school.
Golden Bell Award Applications are due Friday, June 18. Apply now to share your outstanding program!
Children who miss a month or more of school perform worse academically and are at risk of dropping out of school entirely. Are your schools tracking and assessing individual student absenteeism? To learn why attendance matters and what you can do, check out the Attendance Counts website to learn, share and discuss ideas about monitoring, understanding and addressing chronic absenteeism in your school district!
This new guidebook, developed jointly by CSBA and the Dental Health Foundation, provides support to school board members and administrators to incorporate effective school-based oral health programs and practices into their districts and county offices of education.
This new resource is designed to help afterschool programs strengthen their nutrition, physical activity and food security practices.
Find out how to assess your school nutrition environment, including food service and nutrition education materials.