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Los Angeles & Rialto Schools Feeding Kids During COVID Pandemic
Children are heading back to school, and as we continue to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, far too many kids are still living in hunger. As the nation looks ahead toward rebuilding, it's important to remember that feeding kids is a critical part of the pandemic's recovery. Rebuilding starts with feeding every child, in every community.
Check out the No Kid Hungry mini documentary series highlighting the work of Rialto Unified School District in fighting hunger and feeding kids during COVID. This video parallels the story of many food service departments as they stepped up to feed the students with so much compassion, and fun.
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Los Angeles Schools: Feeding Kids During COVID
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Supporting and Promoting Student Mental Health
The National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment recently released a new brief, Supporting and Promoting Mental Health in Out-of-School Time, that explores some of the current mental health needs of youth, families, and the OST workforce.
The brief specifies the importance in improving mental health in all environments and how afterschool programs have provided one outlet.
Afterschool programs encourage positive mental health through:
- Minimization of toxic social and biological conditions
- Reinforcement of diverse pro-social behaviors
- Limiting opportunities and influences for problem behavior
- Promoting psychological flexibility in the pursuit of one’s values and goals.
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Health Education Council's Sacramento School Wellness Summit
Join the 2nd Annual Sacramento School Wellness Virtual Summit, held September 28th to October 1st. This year's theme "Bridging the Gap to Student Health" focuses on advancing a culture of health and wellbeing in K-12 schools through sharing best practices to support wellness for the whole student.
9/29/2021 Session: Best Practices for Connecting Wellness Policies and Program to Education Frameworks and your Community
When: Thursday, September 30th from 3:30-5:00 p.m. / Register: https://bit.ly/hec-school
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- Learn about the new CA Health Education Framework and resources to support comprehensive health-based programming
- Best practices from local school districts on models of health program integration that elevate nutrition & physical activity
Presented by: Dairy Council of California, Elk Grove Unified School District, Orange County Office of Education, Redwood City School District
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Food Service Workshops: Free Leadership Wellness Series
Check out a new online series of Leadership and Wellness Workshops designed specifically for School Nutrition Professionals! These free 30-minute virtual workshops will give you a chance to connect with others around your state and the region and learn some tips and tricks on how to engage with your work teams this year. Professional development hours provided to those who attend two or more sessions.
September 29, 2:00 p.m. PT: Generation Alpha: Find out what makes this next generation of doers different - and how to engage them in your work!
October 5, 2:00 p.m. PT: Experience Matters: Discover how experiential learning helps build skills and confidence in both youth and adults.
October 19, 2:00 p.m. PT: Share Your Story: Connect with your peers to share your reflections, challenges, and takeaways - and have a little fun, too.
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Member Spotlight: Kate McDevitt, San Diego Unified School District
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“Moving your policy from a document just sitting on a shelf into meaningful implementation requires strong support from leadership, and broad involvement. Fortunately, our superintendent and our school board decided to make an investment in wellness.”
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Kate McDevitt works for San Diego Unified School District as the District's first Wellness Supervisor, and in 2016 launched their now award-winning wellness initiative to support the health and well-being of more than 100,000 students and 10,000 employees. This effort includes a 45-person District Wellness Council with 8 sub-committees representing each area of their wellness policy, and165 school site wellness committees, which provide safe and supportive spaces to connect students and families to integrated social services.
Through their Healthy Schools Program, San Diego Unified’s school site wellness coordinators receive monthly training on wellness tools and resources to assess, plan and improve wellness offerings for students, staff and families.
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Keep up with the Collaborative!
We recently released a Triennial Assessment Template for Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), a free resource designed for LEAs and technical assistance providers to successfully complete the assessment. Read our announcement for more information, review the CA LSWP Triennial Assessment Webpage, and don't forget to sign up for the October 19th webinar to learn more!
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Share with us what you are doing around student wellness this school year?
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