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EDUCATION UPDATE May 18, 2010

EDUCATION UPDATE May 18, 2010. Nancy Cathey, M.S., R.D. Barbara Berger, M.S., R.D. Expansion of SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Tasting. Addition of 4 new schools Over 8,100 students in 450 classrooms Adding 2 next year Math/Science Night. Vista Middle SNAP ED.

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EDUCATION UPDATE May 18, 2010

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  1. EDUCATIONUPDATEMay 18, 2010 Nancy Cathey, M.S., R.D. Barbara Berger, M.S., R.D.

  2. Expansion of SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Tasting • Addition of 4 new schools • Over 8,100 students in 450 classrooms • Adding 2 next year • Math/Science Night

  3. Vista MiddleSNAP ED

  4. Middle School Tasting Lessons SNAP -Ed • 7 Lessons (citrus, sweet potato, salad greens, berries, melons, dried fruits, and tomatoes) • Ready to pilot next year (Lynn)

  5. Las Cruces High SNAP - Ed Tastings • FACS class teaches Health Classes • Seniors teach Freshmen • 3 Tasting lessons (Fruits, Grains, Vegetables) Bulldog Broadcasting • Nutrition Minutes

  6. FUEL UP to PLAY 60! Dairy Max Lynn participated this year • Kick 0ff in October • Student facilitated “Brain Breaks” over PA system during each afternoon • Flag Football tournament – lunch time • Healthy snack tastings • 5th out of 250 schools in NM Camino Real applying

  7. GAME ONAction for Healthy Kids Mesilla Elementary • School Based SHAC started • President’s Council on Physical Fitness • International Cooking experiences run by teachers (with parents)

  8. FOOD PLAYNMSU Cooperative Extension • Assembly style • Emmy Award Winning Play about healthy eating and exercise • Performed at Sunrise and Loma Heights

  9. Performance at Sunrise • “My kids loved the Food Play, they keep talking about it and when my partner teacher drinks her Dr. Pepper, the kids keep saying “remember 10?!”” Maricela Rincon 4th SR

  10. Performance at Sunrise “It was a perfect wrap up of all the information we had discussed during our fruit and vegetable tasting this school year. It reinforced everything I had taught my students!” Jennifer Coon, 2nd LH

  11. Take 10! Fall 2010Dept of Health/Healthy Kids Las Cruces and Mesilla Elementary • Incorporates exercise and nutrition into core subjects through 10 minutes breaks each day for 50 minutes a week • Evidence Based • Teacher training on August 12, 2010

  12. Marathon Kids- Fall 2010Blue Cross/ Blue Shield and Dell • Goal – Each student walks 26.2 miles during 6 months • All elementary schools • PE Administered (tracks student progress)

  13. 2010-11 School MenuLCPS Nutrition Services, Shamrock, Mesilla Valley Cowbells, NM Ag in the Classroom • Theme “Agriculture in the Mesilla Valley” • Artwork competition among elementary students – Money awards, hung at Southern NM State Fair and featured in menu calendar • Each student gets meal menus as a calendar for whole school year

  14. Professional Development DayCDC, LCPS District Nutrition Advisory Council • Theme “Incorporating Nutrition and Exercise into Core Curriculum” • Saturday, January 23, 2010 • 137 Teachers, EAs, and Nurses attended • 6.5 hours of continuing education credit

  15. PD Day (continued) TOPICS • Teaching Math w/ Classroom Cooking • Media Literacy and Health • School Gardens/ Math • Web-Based Games • Use Movement to Teach Core Curriculum • Physical Activity and the Built Environment • Participatory Media Development

  16. PD Day (continued)

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