The Healthy Students Summit on September 20 was a great success. Thanks to all who participated. Below is a list of materials from the summit available for download.
- Agenda
Word (36kb) | PDF (35kb) - Summit Objectives
Word (36kb) | PDF (39kb) - Local Collaboration
Word (489kb) | PDF (80kb) - Local Wellness Policies/Nutrition
Word (74kb) | PDF (95kb) - Physical Activity
Word (51kb) | PDF (57kb) - Governor's Scorecard
PDF (299kb) - Governor's Scorecard Tutorial
Word (422kb) | PDF (177kb) - Local Wellness Policy Requirements
Word (32kb) | PDF (37kb) - "Make a Difference at Your School"
PDF (1.35MB) - Local Team Action Plan to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Word (50kb) | PDF (51kb) - Contact Information for Health Departments
Excel (31kb)
Governor’s Healthy Students Summit
The General Assembly has designated the third week in September, 2007 and in each succeeding year, as Healthy Virginians/Healthy Students Week. In observance of the first Healthy Students Week, the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources extended an invitation to local school divisions and health districts to participate in the Governor’s Healthy Students Summit on September 20. The purpose of the Summit was to foster local collaboration between school divisions and health districts to develop action plans to address childhood obesity.
Summit participants did the following:
- Learned about recent collaborations between public education and public health for the prevention of childhood obesity in various Virginia localities;
- Learned how Local Wellness Policies can serve as an important tool to guide the development of childhood obesity prevention efforts at the local level;
- Learned how the Governor’s Scorecard for Nutrition and Physical Activity can serve as a significant motivator for the development of childhood obesity prevention efforts at the local level; and,
- Began to develop local team action plans to prevent childhood obesity.
Each school division was invited to send a team that could include the superintendent, school principals, school nutrition director, school nurses, health and physical educators, and members of the school health advisory board. Each health district was invited to send a team that could include the director, nurse manager and appropriate nutrition and health education staff. School divisions and health districts were encouraged to jointly identify appropriate team members and to register as a group.