Successful Students
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Who is it for?
Local education agencies, educators, parents, community leaders, industry representatives and policy makers.
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How do you get it?
This resource is distributed electronically and materials can be downloaded on this page.
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How is it used?
To educate for strong, effective Local Wellness Policies with school boards, PTAs and school health advisory councils.
Successful Students Eat Smart and Move More is a social marketing intervention intended to create a buzz around school wellness policies, so that policies are implemented, monitored, evaluated, discussed regularly and modified as needed to meet the changing needs of schools, staff and students. This intervention is being modeled after California Project LEAN's Successful Students project.
- Informational Brochure
- Use this full-color brochure with School Board members, School Health Advisory Council Chairs, School Administrators and PTA members. The brochure describes how local wellness policies impact student and school success.
- Parent Flyer
- Use this full-color two-page flyer with parents. It describes how local wellness policies impact student success and what parents can do to help.
- Parent Flyer (Spanish)
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Use this informative Power Point? presentation to talk to School Board members, School Health Advisory Councils, School Administrators and PTAs about how local wellness policies impact student success.
- Power Point Presentation Slides in PDF format
- Power Point Presentation Notes Pages in PDF format
White Papers
These tools provide more information on the seven key behaviors in the NC Obesity Prevention Plan
- Breastfeed Your Baby
- Breastfeed Your Baby (reduced ink version)
- Choose To Move More Every Day
- Choose to Move More Everyday (reduced ink version)
- Enjoy More Fruits And Vegetables
- Enjoy More Fruits and Vegetables (reduced ink version)
- Prepare And Eat More Meals At Home
- Prepare and Eat More Meals at Home (reduced ink version)
- Rethink Your Drink
- Re-think Your Drink (reduced ink version)
- Right Size Your Portions
- Right-size Your Portions (reduced ink version)
- Tame The Tube
- Tame the Tube (reduced ink version)
Community Relations / Media Toolkit
Each of the following resources will help you gain support from your community. Use them to educate parents, teachers, and the community at large on the importance of your Local Wellness Policy.
Media
- Sample Feature Article (Word)
- Sample Feature Article (PDF)
- Sample Op Ed Article (PDF)
- Sample Press Release (Word)
- Sample Press Release (PDF)
- Working With The Media (PDF)
PTA Newsletters
- January - School Stores
- February - School Celebrations
- March - Classroom Rewards
- April - Foods From Home
- May - Making Eating Enjoyable
- June - Promoting Local Wellness Policy
- July - Establishing Community Support
- August - Wellness Policy 101
- September - Student Success With PA and Nutrition
- October - School Vending
- November - Fundraising
- December - School Concessions
Ads
Advocacy Toolkit
Eight, two-page handouts describe how local wellness policies can impact the food and physical activity environments at school, and how a healthy school environment promotes student and school success. Use these as you talk to local school board members, school administrators, School Health Advisory Councils and PTA groups to get them involved in these important issues.
- Celebrations at School
- Classroom Rewards
- Concessions
- Foods from Home
- Fundraising
- Making Eating Enjoyable
- School Stores
- Vending
Materials Presented at Trainings
The following tools and resources were presented at trainings for school and community personnel working with school wellness
Evaluation
Speaker Presentations
- Bell To Bell Nutrition Integrity
- How Well Are We Doing With Wellness
- Where There Is A Will There Are Many Ways
