Lively Up! =
Lifetime Planning Committee Wellness=20 Newsletter
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Issue: #3
April/2008

IN THIS ISSUE =

What is=20 Physical Education?

Wellness=20 News

This=20 Month's Survey

Child=20 Nutrition Update

Welcome=20 to "Lively Up!"
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This=20 newsletter is provided by the Lifetime Planning = Committee in=20 conjunction with the PUSD Strategic Plan. We will keep = you=20 informed about the committee's continuing development = of the=20 District's Wellness Policy as it reinforces the = Coordinated=20 School Health Program model and provide highlights = about=20 nutrition, health education, physical activity, and = wellness=20 news and ideas as they occur throughout the = Distict.
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This month we continue to describe the = different=20 components of the Coordinated School Health Model with = an=20 article by Terri Drain, a physical education = specialist at=20 Vintage Hills Elementary School, regarding Physical=20 Education.

Lively = Up!,
PUSD Lifetime Planning=20 Committee

FEATURED ARTICLE =

Physical Education and the = Coordinated School=20 Health Model

The = Coordinated=20 School Health Model (CSHM) is based on the belief that = schools=20 should work together with families, health care = workers, and=20 community organizations to maintain the well-being of = young=20 people. The goal of this article is = to=20 describe the role that physical education plays within = this=20 model.

According to the=20 CSHM physical education should consist of a planned,=20 sequential K-12 curriculum that provides a variety of = learning=20 experiences in areas such as movement skills; physical = fitness; rhythms and dance; games; = team,=20 dual, and individual sports; tumbling and gymnastics; = and=20 aquatics. Physical education should = promote=20 a student's optimum physical, emotional, and social=20 development, and should promote activities that all = students=20 enjoy and can pursue throughout their = lives. =20

PUSD = is working=20 hard to ensure that students receive the quality = physical=20 education that the CSHM calls for. = Last=20 spring the District took an important first step by = adopting=20 the California Physical Education Content=20 Standards. These standards = represent the=20 essential skills and attitudes that all students need = to=20 maintain a physically active lifestyle. =20 With the standards as a guide students will = learn how=20 their bodies work and how to perform a variety of = physical=20 activities. Students will also = learn the=20 health-related benefits of regular physical activity = and=20 develop the skills necessary to adopt a healthy = lifestyle.=20

Standards-based=20 instruction requires a new way of thinking about = physical=20 education and will take time to achieve. =20 With this in mind, = PUSD has=20 formed a Physical Education Committee to oversee = standards=20 implementation and program development. =20 This committee has met several times and has = made=20 tremendous progress to date. A = mission=20 statement has been written, goals and timelines have = been set,=20 and trainers have been brought in to work with = District=20 teachers. Although there is still = much work=20 to be done PUSD physical educators are excited about = the=20 progress that has been made and believe that our = physical=20 education program will soon be well positioned to = fulfill its=20 role in improving the overall health and well being of = students.

Click here to view the California = Physical=20 Education Content = Standards

Wellness=20 News

Small=20 Steps to Wellness
Curves in the Road=20

=20 So by now, commitments made for the New Year = have=20 either taken hold or gone by the wayside. If you were = able to=20 make the changes you were hoping for and your life is = running=20 smoothly, give yourself a pat on the back - you've = done a good=20 thing. But if you are beginning to feel the changes = you wanted=20 to take place have somehow lost their luster and are a = distant=20 memory - give yourself a pat on the back=20 anyway.

= That = bit of=20 encouragement and understanding might be just what you = need to=20 remember our paths are never straight. There will = always be=20 obstacles, detours and forks in the road to making = change.=20

= If we can remain flexible and allowing of = things that=20 at first glance seem to "get in the way", we may find = that=20 those are exactly the things we need to bring us back = to our=20 original intent or idea. And more = than=20 likely, it will make the road much more interesting = than the=20 straight and narrow.

=20 Small=20 Step Idea: Take some time to get out in=20 nature. Notice the perfection in all = that is=20 organic. Allow the changes in your life to take on an = organic=20 feel and see if they flow a little = easier.

Written by Stacey = Ristow

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This=20 Month's Survey -
Are you suffering = from=20 "Wellness Burnout"?Yes??? No???=20 Find out what folks are saying...

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Nutrition News -=20 =20 From the Front=20 Lines -

The Walnut Grove Wellness = Committee=20 served almost 400 students a spinach salad = sample in=20 support of the Harvest of the Month program. = Lisa=20 Jeffries headed up the effort bringing new, = healthy=20 tastes to the children. A delicious combo of = spinach,=20 mandarin oranges, dried cranberries and = poppyseed=20 dressing was offered up and promply devoured by = the=20 masses. The cafeteria followed up all week by = serving=20 Spinach Salad on the salad bar to the delight of = the=20 Walnut Grove kids and staff. "It was all gone, = they=20 loved it!" exclaimed cafeteria manager, Lory = Herman.=20

The Valley View = Wellness=20 Committee did 20 classroom presentations of = fresh=20 pineapple for their Harvest of the Month = project. Tasty=20 samples, fun facts and recipes were exchanged = with the=20 eager students.Did you know that Christopher = Columbus=20 brought the first pineapples to Europe in 1493?=20

If you are interested in supporting the = Harvest=20 of the Month program or starting a Wellness = Committee at=20 your school please contact Frank Castro, CNS = Director @=20 426-4417

Bar code scanners are now = speeding up=20 lunch service to Grades 1-3 at Mohr, Alisal, and = Lydiksen. Soon to follow are Fairlands and = Hearst.=20

Organic milk will be available at all = sites=20 beginning Monday, March 31st. The price will be = $1 ala=20 carte or 50 cents when purchased with a=20 meal

Gluten free = menu items=20 are being developed to accomodate those students = with=20 sensitivities to products containing wheat, = oats, barley=20 and rye. Look for a delicious Red Bean Chili and = Rice=20 entree on April's elementary school menu! Our = next new=20 item will be a Black Bean and Corn salad = available on=20 district salad=20 = bars.

K-5 = gets more menu=20 choices

The number of lunch menus = entrees have=20 increased from 2 to 4 to give students = more =20 opportunities to enjoy their favorite lunch = meals. =20 A slight rise in lunch counts is already being=20 experienced perhaps reflecting that parents and = students=20 are embracing the idea.

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