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District "Champion for Fitness" |
The Redwood City School District created fun and interactive ways for students to increase their physical activity and healthy eating choices throughout the ‘08-‘09 school year through the efforts of their Wellness Coordinator, principals, dedicated teachers, parents, Redwood City School District’s Wellness Council and their community.
The District has built “Make Time for Fitness” running/walking tracks at each school. Some teachers use the course for 10 minutes after recess ...
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Central Coast
District "Champion for Fitness" |
Pajaro Valley Unified School District ran a Fitness 4 Life program in 2008-2009. Fitness 4 Life (F4L) is dedicated to developing skills in youth for a healthier future. F4L serves 22 after school sites, allowing 2000 kindergarten-8th graders to take part in various alternative high energy triathlon training activities and employs 25 high school students. Activities include; swimming, biking, folkloric and hip-hop dance, sports, soccer, exercise and fitness, and karate. ...
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Central Valley
District "Champion for Fitness" |
Delano Union's community environment offers limited resources for children to be active and eat right. The district provides most activity and nutrition opportunities for young people. DUSD:
• Allows only SB965 compliant drinks in vending machines and SB12 approved snack items.
• Offers “Second Chance Breakfast” program free of charge.
• Developed school menus under the Shaping Health as Partners in Education program.
• Launched a link on district ...
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Desert Sierra
District "Champion for Fitness" |
Fitness:
As part of our wellness program, all 16 schools in the district are required to complete at least two of following activities:
Family fitness program: (9 schools) had family fitness evenings when parents and students participated in fitness activities together.
Fitness program for students outside of regular P.E. time for at least six weeks: (12 schools) of those 12, 8 had walking programs where students and ...
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Gold Coast
District "Champion for Fitness" |
The Oak Park Unified School District promotes wellness, good nutrition and regular physical activity as vital components of the total learning environment for its 3625 students. By incorporating innovative and fun programs, all students in grades K-12 are provided with opportunities to foster healthy habits. For example, in the district’s school cafeterias, ‘heat and serve’ food is being replaced by food freshly prepared in its kitchens. District personnel collaborate with ...
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Gold Country
District "Champion for Fitness" |
It is with great pride that Sen. Lois Wolk’s office nominates Manteca Unified School District to be honored as Champion for Fitness. Over the past few months we have been able to learn about the amazing strides MUSD has made in nutrition and fitness.
On the nutrition side, MUSD has:
- Increased the amount of whole grain servings in their meals by
o Working with local vendors to create ...
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Los Angeles
District "Champion for Fitness" |
Monrovia Unified School District utilizes various strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle among staff, students, parents, and the community. Our district has won three state-level awards for our comprehensive nutrition education program, our chef-in-the-classroom program and the Nutrition Olympics portion of Monrovia Elementary Olympics. MUSD's Network for a Healthy California's supports the districts efforts to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. This is done through monthly nutrition education ...
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Orange County
District "Champion for Fitness" |
During the 2008-09 school year, Buena Park School District(BPSD) launched a truly transformative, district wide student health and fitness improvement project called Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH). BPSD principals now have the tools needed to train, equip, and support classroom teachers so they can provide 100 minutes of active PE every week and increase fitness scores. Using the Standards-aligned CATCH physical education curriculum, teachers provide lessons that maximize student ...
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San Diego & Imperial
District "Champion for Fitness" |
Chula Vista Elementary School District is the largest K-6 district in California with 44 schools serving over 27,000 students. CVESD’s Wellness Policy summarizes their strong commitment to students and community:
“Chula Vista Elementary School District recognizes the link between student health and learning and is committed to providing a school environment that promotes student wellness, proper nutrition, nutrition education, and regular physical activity for all District students.”
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Sierra Cascade
District "Champion for Fitness" |
School district has demonstrated our on-going commitment to healthy schools and students by our multi-faceted approach to our Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP). The identified data points [Healthy Fitness Zones (HFZ) for 5th, 7th, and 9th grade by site and district, Academic Performance Index (API), Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Graduation Rate] showed an improvement in all areas.
Used a grant for:
-a color brochure to be developed about LSWP. ...
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