Upper Valley Healthy Eating Active Living Partnership

UV HEAL Toolkit for School Leaders

Schools play a key role in creating an environment where young people can achieve good health through good nutrition and physical activity.

Report from the NH Commission on the Prevention of Childhood Obesit...
Why Should Schools Care About Obesity?
How does weight, activity and nutrition affect students?
School Food/Activity Environment Self-Assessments
Assess your nutrition/physical activity environment.
Wellness Policy Development Tools
Improve your school's wellness approach.
Model School-Community Programs
- Upper Valley HEAL Backpack Flyers: 5210-based flyers for families that schools can send home in kids backpacks. Contact Maudi Silver-Mallemat to see if your your school can participate in this UV HEAL initiative.
- Safe Routes to School
  - NH Safe Routes to School: Education, and funding for Safe Routes programs.
  - National Center for Safe Routes to School: Resources, and support for SRTS.
  - Examples of Upper Valley "Walk This Way" days, "Walking School Buses," and "Comprehensive School Transportation Plans."
- DHMC/UV HEAL Mini-Grants: Support for your healthy projects to help kids and families Eat Smart, Get out, and Be Active!
- UV Trails Alliance "Passport to Winter Fun" Program The Passport to Winter Fun is uses encouragement and small incentives to get kids to increase their activity levels during our long winters, with a special focus on getting kids involved in outdoor activities and trying new activities. UV Trails Alliance partners with schools to distribute and promote the Passport Program, working with 40+ schools and more that 3,500 students last year. Contact UV Trails Alliance for more information about participating in the "Passport" program.
  
  Valley Quest: Vital Communities' award-winning place-based education program.
- CATCH Kids Club:Evidence-supported approach to increasing physical activity in after-school, community recreation, and school recess environments.
- Multi-Use Agreements:
- Storywalk: Integrate reading, writing, and movement.
- Farm-to-School: Link schools to local farms and farm products.
  - Upper Valley Farm-to-School Network
  - NH Farm-to-School
  - VT FEED
  - Examples of successful UV Farm-to-School activities. Sharon Elementary / Hartland Elementary
- School Gardens Integrate produce and learning. Mt. Lebanon's school garden
- Healthy Snack Stores
- Integrating Outdoor Learning
  - NH Children in Nature Coalition
  - National Children in Nature Network