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Healthy
School Pilot - Lincoln Elementary
Community Forums | Environmental Audit | Healthy Schools Action Plan
Lincoln
Elementary, located in a diverse community in the center
of Mount Vernon, is the first of several Mount Vernon schools to
mobilize the school community to increase physical activity and
healthy nutrition options for students. Parents, school administrators,
and teachers are working with the Mount Vernon Healthy Communities
Project and Leadership Skagit to develop an action plan to improve
school nutrition and physical activity.
Community Forums
In February 2005, the Healthy School Planning Team kicked off the Lincoln Elementary School Healthy School Pilot with a Community Forum. School families and community members were invited to learn about the concern of inactivity, access to healthy foods and obesity for children, while their children participated in a Kids Activity Night.
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Environmental Audit
Groups
of parents and staff have conducted an environmental audit of
the opportunities and barriers to healthy foods and physical activity
at Lincoln. With this information and input from the school community,
three priority recommendations will be selected and merged into
an action plan for change. Each step of the project is being evaluated
to enable other schools to conduct similar projects.
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Healthy Schools Action Plan
Following an intensive six month planning process the Lincoln Elementary Healthy School Team adopted their project Action Plan. The team selected three priorities:
- Increase the number of physical activity opportunities available for children.
- Increase access to health-promoting foods.
- Promote healthy food choices and physical activity.
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