Weakley County Schools Coordinated School Health 2015-2016 Highlights Trista Snider - Director

Healthy Students Learn Better! Health and Academics Our goal is to help reduce the prevalence of health problems that impair ACADEMIC SUCCESS. We strive to address the non-academic barriers to learning. Healthy Students Learn Better!

1999 - T.C.A. – 49-1-1001-1006 The Coordinated School Health Improvement Act of 1999, Chapter 554 authorized and funded CSH. ($1 million) 2001 - Ten CSH district pilot sites established. 2006 - TCA 49-6-1022 Expanded CSH statewide with funding for all school systems in Tennessee. ($15 million) 2007-2008 – Weakly County CSH

Every day in America, children come to school not ready to learn.

Annual Report 2015-2016

School Health Services Daily Care to Diabetic Students Individualized Healthcare Plans for Students with Chronic Medical Conditions First Aid Emergency Care and Referral Preventive Services Provide Care to Pregnant Students Provide Care to Staff

46,097 Student Visits to School Nurse 94% Returned to Class Rate School Nursing Data 2015-2016 School Year (August – April) 46,097 Student Visits to School Nurse 94% Returned to Class Rate 9 Nurses in our 11 schools

School Health Screenings Grades Screenings Provided Pre-K Kindergarten Second Fourth Sixth Eight Ninth Vision Hearing Blood Pressure Height & Weight (BMI) Scoliosis (6th grade only) Color Vision (2nd grade only) CSH seeks passive permission from parents. Screening results were sent home in Elementary students’ backpacks and mailed to Middle and High School.

School Screening Data Preliminary Data for 2015-2016 1,721 Students Screened (88%) Plus Approx. 1,142 screened for Vision and Hearing only (85%?) Referral Rate Vision 26% Hearing 3% Blood Pressure 3% BMI 49% (1.3% under and 47.3% over) Scoliosis 4%

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program (FFVP) Sharon was awarded the USDA’s FFVP to provide a fruit/vegetable snack in the afternoon this school year. In Kind $11,000 USDA FFVP

Weakley County Backpack Program Approximately 280 students county-wide in grades PK-12. Mission Statement To help alleviate child hunger in Weakley County, Tennessee, by providing hungry children with nutritious and easy to prepare food at times when other resources are not available, such as on the weekend and school vacations.

Meal Delivery Services Coordinated School Health funds one educational assistant to deliver lunch meals to the Alternative School students from Dresden K-8 cafeteria.

Physical Activity CSH Playground Updates ($4,000 per school) Martin Primary playground Provided PE teacher in-services and school in-services In conjunction with the Healthy West grant, we gave each PE dept $500 to spend toward new PE equipment Encouraged the use of GoNoOdle for brain breaks Resource funded by BCBS. $99 value for each Elementary teacher – 189 active users

Fall Fitness Challenge 2015

Fall Fitness Challenge

Health Promotion for Staff Promote corporate rate (up to half price) at The Sideline for staff, their spouses, and/or families. Fall Fitness Challenge and BodPod assessments. Walk Across TN – 39 teams Stress management In-service at Gleason, Dresden Elementary, and Martin Elementary

Healthy School Teams Each school has a Healthy School Team and meets 3-4 times per year. Each school team evaluated their school using the School Health Index (SHI) which looks at our 8 modules. Each team developed School Health Improvement Goals to be implemented next school year. Each school team reviews the Weakley County School’s Wellness Policy.

In-Kind Total History $342,921 – 2015-16 * $161,426 – 2014-15 $80,825 – 2013-14 *In-kind services dollar amount was figured using the Tennessee Occupational Wages list found on TN Department of Labor website. TN volunteer service equivalent of $23.07 was used for volunteers and was provided by the state CSH office. In-kind donations & equipment was figured by the dollar amount donated.

2016-2017 GOALS Childhood Obesity Promote Physical activity in the classroom Promote breakfast participation Provide in-services to help teachers with health education Submit newspaper articles detailing BMI data and efforts being made in the schools

Vision Institute changes in the way School Screenings are scheduled and results are processed to expedite results being sent home to parents Work with nurses and teachers to ensure that parents receive a phone call if results are significantly off for any of the screenings

Increase Family and Community Involvement Increase marketing efforts via newspapers, newsletters, website, Facebook Assist School Nutrition in setting up a display at beginning of year school functions such as Orientation or Parent Teacher Conference to increase breakfast and lunch participation