HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
Healthy Lifestyles PTSA Chair focuses on activities which focus on improving health and well-being of students, families and staff at LTHS. When we are committed to our students health, we are committed to their future. Healthy Lifestyles works to promote healthy lifestyles in the home, school, and around our community. We want to emphasize the connection between healthy lifestyles, behavior, and learning as well as promote family and community involvement by developing a healthy living and learning environment.
"What is the WSCC model?
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, or WSCC model, is CDC’s framework for addressing health in schools. The WSCC model is student-centered and emphasizes the role of the community in supporting the school, the connections between health and academic achievement and the importance of evidence-based school policies and practices."
Visit the CDC's website for more information.
WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD
DUTIES AT A GLANCE
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Serve as a liaison between your PTA and the community regarding health-related issues.
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Create a Healthy Lifestyles Team, including your principal, PTA president, PE department, cafeteria manager, and parents.
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Attend your district’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) meetings and understand your district’s wellness policy.
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Join your school’s Campus Improvement Committee to provide a school health perspective.
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Assess your school’s needs via surveys, plus feedback from school faculty, staff, and administration, PTA leaders, parents, and students.
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Network with PTA Healthy Lifestyles Leaders in your community to collaborate on common goals.
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Create opportunities for parent engagement and education that fit your local needs, utilizing local assets (parents, businesses, local non-profits) as well as Texas PTA and National PTA resources.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TIPS
The Rethink Your Drink display was one of the Healthy Lifestyle initiatives created last year to educate students about the sugar content of popular drinks.
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