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The Power of Healthy School Communities: Innovative Partnerships to Improve School and Community Health Marna Canterbury, MS, RD Director of Community Health, Lakeview Health/HealthPartners Stephen Gorde, Principal, Lake Elmo Elementary Malinda Lansfeldt, Principal, Lilly Lake Elementary

Curiosity Thrives Here

Greater change is possible with partnerships

What Determines Community Health?

• Health is more than health care • Improving health means

partnership with members, patients and community including: •School Districts •Parent Organizations •Athletics •Non profits •Business •Faith community •Public Health •Local Government •Civic groups

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Amery

White Bear Lake

Community Initiatives

COMMUNITY

To make is easy, fun and popular for kids and families to eat better and be active, so that our youth can reach their full potential.

To develop curious individuals who are active and engaged leaders in an ever-changing world by challenging all students as they travel along their personalized learning pathways.

Shared Goals

•Student and family health

•Collaborate and partner

•Leverage available resources and

expertise

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• Long-term vision for inspiring community change

• Positive and consistent message

• “Super-hero” Chomp!

• Partners!

PowerUp Family Survey: Importance of PowerUp

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Partnering to PowerUp our Schools

Community Events: Open gyms and swims Chomp Appearances Child Care “PowerUp

food coaches” Carnivals, Fundraising

and Classroom Celebrations

School Challenge 2012-2016 • 3-week school based program • Daily tracking of fruits and

veggies. • Try for 5 including classroom

veggie sampling. • 20,000+ kids in Minnesota and

Wisconsin. • High participation rates with

attitude and behavior change. • 2016: Recruiting begins!

School Challenge - Number of Schools

2012 2013 2014 2015

yumPower 29 32 23 22

BearPower 0 5 7 9

PowerUp 3 16 26 26

Total

Program

32 53 56 57

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Partnering to PowerUp our Schools

PowerUp Sports Nutrition Training for athletes and coaches

>700 Coaches and Athletes trained

“The St. Croix Valley is fortunate to have

Lakeview Hospital, SMG & PowerUp taking a vested interest in our athletes and programs. PowerUp’s passion is contagious and is having a meaningful impact on many of our athletes – one that could last a lifetime.”

Head Football Coach Beau LaBore

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Curiosity Thrives Here

Vision- A culture of wellness with healthy, active, curious learners.

Mission- Lead Stillwater Area Public Schools forward to create an environment of wellness by nurturing lasting change and shifting cultural norms.

Purpose- Advise and advocate for 8 focus areas within the district that were established using the School Health Index

Focus areas for 2015-2016: Health Education, Physical Education and Physical activity, and Environmental/Policy

Policy, Systems and

Environment Change To implement sustainable change we must look at policy,

systems and environment in addition to programs.

Climbing club after school

PowerUp School Challenge

Facilities used after school

Food standards in and outside the school day

Fitness centers at each of the secondary schools

Better foods in vending machines

Active Recess - for Students and Staff

Scheduling recess before lunch

Better school food

Program

Policy

Environment

System

Why Focus on Policy and Environmental Change?

• Yields high impact, some with low cost (policy)

• Brings about wider-scale change

• Couples education and awareness with action to get to improved health outcomes

• Encourages and supports the practice of healthy behaviors

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Environmental Change

• Water fill stations at schools for students and staff

• Stability balls and wiggle chairs in elementary and secondary schools

• Action based learning professional development for teachers

• Active Recess workshops for paraprofessionals

Systems change

• “Less cake. More birthdays” approach.

• Quality physical education

• In addition, a work group created new processes for ordering and selling healthy food options at athletic event concession stands and vending machine options

Concessions Can Change

•Parents and student want better choices!

•Positive pilots show that change is possible!

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• Increased revenue by selling healthy options and eliminating traditional items

• Students want to see healthy options sold at concession stands

• Carnivals, fundraising…all can be successful without soda and sweets!

District Wellness Policy

• Policy changes have been proposed, but not yet adopted

• The new proposed policy is moving through the school board approval process

• In addition, the Stillwater Health Advisory Council is working to support implementation and promotion of current wellness policy initiatives that were already in policy

Future of Wellness

Staff clinic at SAHS

Staff wellness

Student clinic

Mental Health

Wellness Center

ALC

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We PowerUp in Stillwater! QUESTIONS?