Healthy Schools Washtenaw
Healthy School Services
In the News
Resources
Healthy School Services:
Healthy Schools Email List: Join our Healthy Schools Email List. Share success stories and challenges, be alerted about grant opportunities and learn about other new materials and resources. This will be a Washtenaw County Public Health moderated group.
Healthy School Action Tool (HSAT): A
self-assessment and planning guide to improve your school’s physical
activity, healthy eating, tobacco-free lifestyles, and newly added asthma
management and violence and injury prevention. A Coordinated School Health
Team (CSHT) of staff and students will determine strengths, weaknesses and
develop an action plan. A trained facilitator will guide your team in
creating recommendations based on national CDC policies and guidelines,
tailored for your school. Some successful changes have included
staff fitness rooms, healthy vending machines, improved parent
communication, walking clubs, healthier school parties, improved cafeteria
choices, and increased walking and biking to school.
Safe Routes
2 School: Make it safe, convenient and fun for children to bike
and walk to school. When routes are safe, walking or biking to and from
school is an easy way to get the regular physical activity children need for
good health. Safe Routes to School initiatives also help ease traffic jams
and air pollution, unite neighborhoods and contribute to students’ readiness
to learn in school.
Implement your Wellness Policy: Please contact us if you need assistance or want ideas on how to implement your policy. Congratulations to the schools across the county who are making changes in classrooms, cafeterias and around the school building. Keep up the great work.
For more information or to inquire about services contact Amanda Naugle, 734-544-2973.
Reality Check:
Special presentations on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug
prevention, including media literacy, featuring the Reality Check website,
www.myrealitycheck.org.
Contact Lisa Krugman,
734-544-6862, for more information and availablity.
School Crisis Services: Available assistance for schools to help prepare for and respond to crisis situations such as bus accidents, student/teacher deaths, murder, terrorist attacks, etc.
The Yellow Ribbon (YR) Program: This leading program addresses suicide prevention in the aftermath of a suicide. YR has been responding worldwide to requests for prevention and postvision help. In addition the YR program teaches suicide prevention life skills, coalition planning and community rebuilding strategies through education and awareness. Students receive motivational presentations from trained Yellow Ribbon program presenters that will change attitudes and increase students to seek help or refer others to help. Contact Charles Wilson, 734-544-2981, for presentation information.
HIV and STD presentations are available upon request, please contact Stephanie Rosales, 734-544-3063.
Other Helpful Links:
- Healthy School Services pamphlet: Printable PDF.
- Disease Reporting Forms: Download communicable disease weekly reporting forms and chickenpox reporting forms.
- Health Education Fact Sheets: Useful health education information on a variety of topics for school newsletters, parent flyers/letters and handouts.
- Helping a Child Cope with Traumatic Experiences: Common reactions by age groups and the appropriate responses.
- Common Reactions and Intervention Strategies to Secondary Trauma. You don't have to be directly involved in a crisis event to be impacted by them. If the impact is severe children may experience vicarious or secondary traumatization.
In the News:
National: Study: Phys ed may boost girls' academic achievement March 5, 2008. Time spent in physical education does not detract from elementary school students' ability to excel in the classroom and may even help improve girls' academic performance, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Local: West Middle School will be recognized April 23 at the “Eat Healthy + Play Hard = Smart Students” conference. West will be honored as a “2008 School of Distinction” in the Healthy School Environment Recognition Program. West has engaged in a number of activities to encourage students to make better lifestyle choices through diet and exercise.
Local: Michigan announces "Safe Routes to School" recipients January 28, 2008. The Granholm administration today announced that nine Michigan elementary and middle schools will receive more than $1.6 million in federal "Safe Routes to School" funding for safety improvements and education programs that will encourage students to travel safely between home and school.
Resources:
Tools: Alliance for a Healthier Generation Helpful Tools: Find information on implementing the Healthy Schools Program, integrating physical activity into the classroom, funding, tip sheets, webinar workshops, beverage guidelines, staff wellness and much more.
Tools: Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools (CCCS): a statewide grassroots, nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington. Check out the website for Tools for assessing commercialism in your school and other information.
Tools: Healthy School Toolkit Resources: This resources list from the Michigan Action for Healthy Kids Healthy School Toolkit provides links to resources on healthy school environments, healthy eating, health education, physical activity, physical education, awards, organizations, safety in schools and worksite wellness.
Tools: Healthy Youth!: This page of the CDC website provides links to all of the their tools, data and information on healthy youth and school health. Check out this page for links to their School Health Education Resources, the new report on measuring body mass index in schools, and much more.
Asthma: Managing Asthma in Schools—What Have We Learned?: The CDC and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute have developed a cutting-edge publication that provides updated information on developing, implementing, and evaluating school-based asthma programs.
Fundraising: Sweet Deals: School Fundraising Can Be Healthy and Profitable. Report released February 2007 from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Check out Appendix A for a list of fundraising companies.
Fundraising: The Royal Oak Farm Orchard Fund-Raising Program and Beyond Chocolate...Fun Fundraising Ideas from NY Farms! provide fundraising options from farms.
Healthy Eating: Dollars and Sense: The Financial Impact of Selling Healthier School Foods, a new report from the Center for Weight & Health at University of California, Berkeley, relays findings from pilot studies in 15 middle schools and 5 high schools in California. Each study assessed the financial impact of replacing high calorie, nutrient poor foods with healthier options, and found that total revenue increased at a majority of the schools.
Healthy Eating: Who is Feeding Our Children?, this presentation takes a look at obesity, food marketing to children and some of the effects. Presentation compiled by Debby Busick, Washtenaw County Public Health.
Healthy Eating: Making it Happen: School Nutrition Success Stories: (CDC) Stories and strategies that have been successful in improving school nutrition. Includes examples to increase access, strategies for marketing and promoting to create revenue, ideas to influence contracts, etc.
Physical Activity: School Walk for Diabetes (SWFD) is a K-12 educational fund-raising program that teaches students the benefits of healthy living, community service and school spirit while raising money for the American Diabetes Association. For more information check out the flyer or the SWFD website.
Reports: Action For Healthy Kids: Exclusive Reports: Several informative reports to assist schools in creating healthier environments and policies.
Reviewed: 3/17/08
