Posts Tagged "Coordinated School Health"
CATCH and Coordinated School Health
Coordinated School Health is a process which brings a school and community together to teach children to be healthy for a lifetime. Effective coordinated school programs reinforce positive healthy behaviors throughout the day and makes clear that good health and learning go hand in hand. What makes CATCH a coordinated school health program? CATCH builds an alliance of children, parents, teachers, and school staff to teach skills and behaviors associated with maintaining healthy lifestyles. CATCH coordinates four component areas, including classroom curricula, food service modifications, physical education changes, and family enforcement, targeting both...
Read MoreCATCH Pro Addresses National School Board Association (NSBA)
New Jersey Education Leader Shares the Secrets of Her Success in Coordinated School Health Programming Judy LoBianco – Supervisor of Health, Physical Education and Nursing Services at South Orange-Maplewood School District in New Jersey – spoke at the 71st Annual NSBA Conference, April 9-11, in San Francisco, California. Her speech – For the Health of It! Building a Successful Coordinated School Health Program – covered what makes coordinated school health programming work. According to Judy, a former CATCH Champion: The CATCH program at Jefferson and Seth Boyden Elementary Schools is an amazing story. We’ve adopted not just the CATCH...
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