Upcoming Events
December 2009
National School Boards Association Webcast: Policymakers Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Collaboration and Policy Change
December 1, 2009, 2:00pm EST/11:00 PST
This two-hour webcast will highlight the Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit, a resource for state and local policymakers to collaborate in creating healthier schools and communities through policy change. The webcast will focus on two strategies from the Toolkit that help local school leaders collaborate with other policymakers: “Safe Routes to School programs” and “joint-use agreements.”
Webinar Series: Let's End the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Next Session: December 3, 2009, 9:00am PST
"Engaging Youth in Childhood Obesity Prevention"
12-week series focuses on childhood obesity research, advocacy, and current hot topics in the field. Hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity.
May 2010
Washington Healthy School Summit 2010
Save the Date: Thursday, May 27th and Friday, May 28th, 2010
This year’s theme is “Engaging youth in creating healthy schools”. Student well being has always been the center of the healthy schools movement, however we sometimes forget to ask youth for their input. This year we will take time to listen to and learn how to partner with youth to create healthier schools. Up to 10 free clock hours are available.
Have an event you would like us to list?
Please email waschool@u.washington.edu
Presentations from Past Events
2009 Healthy Schools Summit Program and Presentations
Healthy Schools… Successful Students: Building Capacity for Quality Health Information in School Communities (pdf)
Prepared for the Oregon Association of School Libraries/Washington Library Media Association Joint Conference - October 9-11, 2008
Healthy Schools Successful Students (pdf)
15th Annual Washington State Joint Conference on Health - October 6-8, 2008
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