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| Tri
Valley Youth Planning Board |
Tri-Valley Youth Planning Board started their work in
October of 2005 and began a journey with a program known
as the Tri Valley Adolescent Health Initiative. Through
this collaborative project between Alameda County Supervisor
Scott Haggerty, the cities of Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton
and the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, the
Youth Planning Board has been able to influence the adult
leaders in our community to take notice of the health needs
of our teens.
The youth worked hard on creating a health survey for middle
and high school students, surveying over 4,200 students,
held focus groups with youth and parents, hosted a regional
youth summit, analyzed data, created a resource guide, “That
One Place”. In January 2007, the youth made a presentation
to over 100 Tri Valley stakeholders that included City Council
and School Boards from all 3 cities. The youth asked the
adult leaders for their support to address the issues presented
by the youth.
Please
see the link for their 13 recommendations (requires
Acrobat
Reader).
See the Video "Trivalley
Youth Voices" (video requires Windows Media Player)
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Controlling Asthma at School
As of January 2005, California students with asthma are
allowed to carry and self-administer their prescribed medication.
Click
here for an overview of the California Schools Asthma Medication
Law.
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New Effort to Require Physical Education
A bill to fight childhood obesity by making physical education
mandatory
again in Tennessee schools is gaining momentum in the General
Assembly.
Until 1992, PE was mandatory, reports Lucas Johnson: 30
minutes a day for
kindergarten through fourth grade, two hours a week in grades
5-8, and one
high school credit. Now, elementary and middle schools require
only some
physical activity, and high schools have so-called "lifetime
wellness"
classes -- a combination of health and physical education.
But there's no
set time or curriculum, said state Sen. Bill Ketron, whose
legislation
would require at least 150 minutes of weekly physical education
from
kindergarten to the eighth grade. Sen. Thelma Harper said
there's
bipartisan support for the idea. "When you look at
obesity among children
and among citizens, it's not a Democrat or Republican issue,
it's a
life-threatening issue," said the Nashville Democrat.
"It's something
that's really important to all of our constituents."
Click
here for more information.
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Model Guidelines for Health and Wellness
The school setting can play a major role in children's
health and
nutrition habits, either through the examples provided by
teachers and
othe r adults, the food available in the school cafeteria
or other areas on
campus, or through exposure to behaviors of teachers and
other students.
This printable pamphlet includes guidelines developed to
assist school
districts as they create policies for their schools that
address the
requirements in the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization
Act. The
guidelines allow school districts flexibility in designing
policies to
meet the unique school characteristics within their own
district,
including school size, multicultural populations, rural
versus urban
schools, language differences, financial issues, and other
community
variants. Click
here for more information.
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Healthy Habits = Healthy Heart
Cardiovascular disease is our nation's number one killer.
Physical inactivity is linked to obesity, which is also
a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The American
Heart Association therefore recommends that children age
two and older should engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate
physical activity every day, and at least 30 minutes of
vigorous physical activity 3-4 days a week. To that end
we offer 15
Ideas for Family Fitness from National PTA's Healthy Lifestyles
at Home and School notebook.
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Pleasanton PTA Council presented two new resolutions, which
were adopted at the 2004 California State PTA Convention.
One resolution addresses the need to have credentialed nurses
in our schools (click
here for school nurses text) and the other focuses on
sun safety (click
here for sun safety text).
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Sun Safety
Click on the links below for the teachers guides which
were provided to 1st - 3rd grade; 4th-5th grade and middle
school health teachers in PUSD.
1st
- 3rd Grade Teachers Guide
4th-6th
Grade Teachers Guide
Resources:
An informational flier on sun safety: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/skin/downloads/parent_flier.pdf
California Department of Health Services Skin Cancer Prevention
Program: www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/skin/default.htm
Sun Safety For Kids: www.sunsafetyforkids.org (This is
the organization that made The Sun Show video shown in Pleasanton
K-6 classrooms - with additional copies available for checking
out from the Pleasanton Library.)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SunWise Program:
www.epa.gov/sunwise
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Skin Cancer
Prevention: www.cdc.gov/cancer/nscpep/index.htm
National Safety Council: www.nsc.org/ehc/sunsafe.htm
Coalition for Skin Cancer Prevention in Maryland: www.sunguardman.org/core.shtml
National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention: www.skincancerprevention.org
National Cancer Institute: www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/types/skin
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Download the Secondary
School Breakfast and Lunch Menu from PUSD Child Nutrition
Services (menu requires Acrobat
Reader)
Pleasanton PTA Council submits resolution to State Convention
2004 on Managing Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis in Schools.
- if anyone has any questions or comments to contact Jamie
Hintzke or Debbie
Look.
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Go Green Initiative - In July 2002, the
Walnut Grove Elementary PTA in Pleasanton developed the
Go Green Initiative, a revolutionary, new environmental
action plan for schools that is sweeping the U.S.
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www.californiaprojectlean.org
www.usda.gov/cnpp
www.nojunkfood.org
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