Posts Tagged "Physical Activity"
Video of the Month – Middle School Parachute Activities
Shana Green takes us through some parachute activities for middle school students participating in CATCH PE. Parachute activities teach teamwork, cooperation and kids of all ages love...
Read MoreEl Paso County Serves as a Model for Obesity Prevention
Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found that obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the most effective in Texas in decreasing the prevalence of childhood obesity. Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, examined regional changes of child obesity from 2000-2002 to 2004-2005, after the implementation of several statewide policies and programs in Texas. The study found a 13 percent decrease in the prevalence of obesity among El Paso 4th graders. “Data from the El Paso region...
Read MoreCATCH 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 MoreInterview with Michele Batz, Ph.D.
P.E. Teacher, Kenneth Murphy Elementary, Beach Park, IL What prompted you to be an advocate for children’s health? Both my parents were physical education teachers, so growing up I saw firsthand how to take care of yourself by eating right and being physically active. As my career led me to teach children, (I realized) it goes hand in hand to educate them early so they live long and happy lives. When did you adopt the CATCH Program and what prompted you to do so? We adopted the program last fall, 2010. We, as a district, were looking for research-based curriculum that we could implement without changing our current curriculum in the district. CATCH is a great...
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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