USD 265 Goddard Schools

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USD 265 Goddard, Kansas
Joan Pritchard Assistant Superintendent for
Academic Affairs District Wellness
Health and Wellness Initiatives
October, 2005
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The Challenge to be Different

• A vision
• Shared beliefs
• Shared commitment

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Staff InitiativesWe CAN do something about being
healthy

• Lets start with staff
• If we learn how to manage our own health, we can
  be
• Healthier feel better
• Avoid obesity and related diseases
• Be Happier
• More productive
• Be a more positive influence on children

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Staff Initiatives

• Wellness Center
• Staff Development both personal and
  instructional
• Provide resources for health information
• Health Screenings
• Provide staff-community and family partnerships

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Staff Wellness Center

• 12 hr/day access by electronic access

1800 sq. ft
Cardio, weight and flexibility areas, dressing
area and small lunch area
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Staff-Community and Family Awareness

• School district sponsored Fall Classic Walk/Run
• 135 participants
• 20 families
• 1,700 raised
• 5 partners in community
• America on the Move

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Pedometer walking programs

• Distance trails in schools and in neighborhoods
• Tracks and gyms open
• Walk across America model used in most schools

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Other staff support

• Nutrition information
• Numerous school based activities, including
  walking clubs and weight loss support more than
  180 pedometer were
• purchased by staff

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Staff activities

• Staff Development
• Several options each inservice day
• Resource Development on district web page
• Fast Food Info
• Health Tips
• Good web sites
• Health screenings
• 90 participants in
• August

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Student Initiatives
Healthy children are higher achievers
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Identification of needs School Health Index
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Our Strengths

• School Health Policies and Environment
• Physical Education and Physical Activities
• School Nutrition Services
• School Health Services
• School Counseling, Psychological and Social
  Services

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Three Priority Needs

• Health Education for Students
• Health Promotion for Staff
• Family and Community Involvement

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How to Address Needs District and School
Wellness Councils

• Promote school health policies, including nonfood
  rewards
• Develop and align health curriculum
• Develop professional development plan
• Select a tool to measure fitness and health (and
  train staff to use)
• Healthy food choices in cafeteria, food sales,
  vending machines
• Plan activities to address our three top
  priorities

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Pedometer Walking Programs
-Students wear pedometers and
record miles -Integrated into math
program -Students have had opportunity to
order pedometers
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Student leaders walk with the Principal
Amelia Earhart Elementary
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Central Office Participation

• Presented walking program to CO
• Personnel send over walking cards to earn foot
  tokens
• Superintendents have recorded over 1,000 miles

We love our Bran Muffins!
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School policies and practices

• Increase physical activities
• Nutrition - Eat fruits and vegetables
• Limit empty calories
• Monitor media usage and advertising access

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Using Classroom Television Channel to Promote
Health

• Mrs. Buchanans
• Monday Morning Stretch
• Oak Streets Marathon interviews
• Student health tips

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Help students and families incorporate data into
health decisions

• FitnessGram assessments for grades 4, 5, 6, 8,
  and early high school
• Results sent to parents and reviewed at school
  site council meetings and explained in district
  newsletter
• Assist district wellness council and teachers to
  plan appropriate instruction and support programs

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FitnessGram Results

• 5th 6th Grade boys and girls
• BMI
• 61 Healthy Weight
• 10.9 At-risk of Overweight
• 27.7 Overweight
• 74 within HFZ
• 25.9 in need of improvement

• Healthy Fitness Zone Cardiovascular Fitness
• 66.2 within HFZ
• 33.8 In need of improvement

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FitnessGram ..continued

• 9th Grade boys and girls
• BMI
• 62 Healthy Weight
• 15.9 At-risk of Overweight
• 22.3 Overweight
• 77.6 within HFZ
• 22.4 in need of improvement

• Healthy Fitness Zone Cardiovascular Fitness
• 69.6 within HFZ
• 30.4 In need of improvement

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Oak Street Marathon family involvement

• Each family was encouraged to walk 25 miles
  together
• The last 1.2 miles would be walked together and
  followed by a celebration pizza, water, fruits
  and vegetables

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We had a great turn out, in spite of the weather!
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Our families..
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About 450 people walked, ran, or rolled the last
1.2 miles together around the track at the
Goddard High School Sports Complex.
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Goddard High School staff and students helped to
sponsor Special Olympics and Relay or Life
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Partnerships are added hands

• Dr. James Early and Judy Johnson various
  research and education projects
• Wichita State University Nursing and Physical
  Therapy departments
• Junior Achievement volunteers
• Midwest Dairy Association
• Kansas State Department of Health and
  Environment through Consolidated School Health
  Grant
• Darrel Lang, KSDE Program Consultant
• Angie Kendall, Genesis Health Club
• Fugate Enterprises
• Goddard Lions Club
• City of Goddard
• First Gear, Gary and Marcy Gregory

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Facilities are added opportunities
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But it is people who have passion and persistence
that change our world.
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Never doubt that a group of thoughtful committed
people can change the world..

• Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
• Margaret Mead

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You express what you value by what you do, NOT by
what you say.

• Ask yourself
• What do we plan for?
• What do we monitor?
• What do we model?
• What do we celebrate?
• What do we confront?
• What questions are we attempting to answer?
• How do we allocate our resources time, money,
  energy, according to our priorities?
• Richard DeFour

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We were determined to become a genuine team
people working interdependently to achieve a
common goal.

• The road to good health is dotted with many
  tempting parking places.
• Persist!

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The Goddard School District accepts the challenge
to be different.

• Do all these efforts matter?

It does to them.