NORTH CAROLINA HEALTHY SCHOOLS

SECTION CHIEF ::Vacant, NC Department of Public Instruction

SENIOR ADVISOR ::Rebecca Reeve, NC Department of Health and Human Services/
Division of Public Health

Elementary Health Education Lesson Plans

10/6/2008	Successfully Teaching Middle School Health Manual-Wilmington

10/1/2008	Successfully Teaching Middle School Health Manual-Durham

9/30/2008	Successfully Teaching High School Health Manual-Clinton City

9/19/2008	Successfully Teaching Middle School Health Manual-Shelby

9/17/2008	Successfully Teaching Middle School Health Manual-Hamlet

9/15/2008	Successfully Teaching High School Health Manual-Boone

9/12/2008	Successfully Teaching High School Health Manual-Salisbury

HIV/STD Prevention | Evidence-Based Resources | School Health Advisory Councils | Abstinence Until Marriage |Teen Pregnancy Prevention

DIVISION MISSION :: The goal of North Carolina Healthy Schools is to create a working infrastructure between education and health to enable schools and communities to create a Coordinated School Health Program. A model school health program includes all eight components:

Comprehensive School Health Education
School Health Services
A Safe Physical Environment
School Counseling, Psychological and Social Servies
Physical Education
Nutrition Services
School-Site Health Promotion for Staff
Family and Community Involvement in Schools

NC Healthy Schools focuses on improving the health of students and staff by providing coordination and resources in eight component areas of school health. With all of these components in place and working together, students will be healthier in school, in class, and ready to learn. In healthy schools, children are more alert, more focused on learning, and miss less school. They not only learn better, but also learn lifelong healthy behaviors to prevent the leading causes of death in North Carolina: heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Healthier schools lead to healthier students which lead to healthier communities. It just makes sense.

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Healthful Living Professional Development
The NC Association for the Advancement of Health Education, NC Department of Public Instruction, and the NC School Health Training Center are offering ten FREE regional workshops in the brand new Successfully Teaching Health manuals. Teachers may earn .5 renewal credits.
(pdf, 65kb)

2008-09 Professional Development Brochure
(pdf, 609kb)

Kindergarten Health Assesment
The NEW (2008) North Carolina Kindergarten Health Assessment (KHA) form is now available. The forms will be mailed to the central office of each LEA (Local Education Agency) and to the central office of each LHD (Local Health Department) in the early spring 2008. Other schools (charter schools, private schools) and Health Care Providers can obtain the form by downloading the pdf file (see link below).

School systems and health care providers should discard (recycle) forms from previous years that may be in storage, as the current form contains the required vision screening section.

If you have any questions about the KHA, please call the School Health Unit at 919.707.5661 or e-mail school.health.unit@ncmail.net.

Kindergarten Health Assesment
(pdf, 499kb)

KHA Parent Instructions
(pdf, 879kb)

Energizers
Classroom Based Physical Activities!
The way teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts.
Check out these short, about 10-minute, activities that classroom teachers can use to provide activity to children.

New Energizers for Middle Schools Subject Area Teachers