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School Grants for Healthy Kids
Through partners such as Kellogg’s and the Walmart Foundation, Action for Healthy Kids is pleased to release its School Grants for Healthy Kids opportunities for the 2012-2013 school year. Over 500 schools will be awarded funds that will range from $1,000 to $5,000 (average $2,000) with significant in-kind contributions from Action for Healthy Kids in the form of people, programs, and school nutrition expertise. We’ll also provide schools with management expertise and support to develop strong nutrition programs around school breakfast, competitive foods, summer meals, access to healthy food and nutrition education. Read the Entire Article...
Read MoreNew P.E. Program Coming to (California) City Schools Funded by Federal Grant
by Tracy Garcia, Staff Writer Posted: 03/02/2011 WHITTIER(, CA) – An expanded physical education program, complete with new equipment for each school and teacher training, is coming to the Whittier City School District next fall, thanks to a nearly $400,000 federal grant. The 6,600-student district was among 13 organizations in California to be awarded a Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant, which is designed to help schools expand or improve P.E. programs for K-12 students by including lessons in healthy eating habits, good nutrition and daily exercise. “We are all required, as public schools, to provide 200 minutes of instruction in...
Read MoreNew P.E. Program Coming to (California) City Schools, Funded by Federal Grant
New P.E. Program Coming to (California) City Schools, Funded by Federal Grant by Tracy Garcia, Staff Writer Posted: 03/02/2011 WHITTIER(, CA) – An expanded physical education program, complete with new equipment for each school and teacher training, is coming to the Whittier City School District next fall, thanks to a nearly $400,000 federal grant. The 6,600-student district was among 13 organizations in California to be awarded a Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant, which is designed to help schools expand or improve P.E. programs for K-12 students by including lessons in healthy eating habits, good nutrition and daily exercise. “We are all...
Read MoreCATCH Can Help Pave the Road to a Healthy Future for Children in California
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ – Sept. 6, 2007. This Spring, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell, announced that California schools will receive $500 million in Arts, Music and Physical Education grants for professional development, equipment and supplies to improve instruction in physical education and the visual and performing arts. O’Connell remarked, “High-quality arts education and improved physical fitness can support academic achievement in all areas of a student’s education. These grants will help provide our schools with resources to implement standards-based instruction in physical education and visual and performing arts.“ This...
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