HealthySchools

=Healthy Schools= This page provides information about healthy school choices such as school lunches, and environmental quality in the school District of Philadelphia. If adding to, or editing, this page, please use posting formats.. The discussion tab of this page is not generally used or checked. If you have an issue for discussion, please see the links under "Discussion" to the left of this page.

A new tool to help us monitor the health of our students.Check out the informational video: [|HERE] Submitted by Jeanne Barrett Ortiz. (tjones 4/2)
 * Information About Health in Schools**


 * Obama's Chef Skewers School Lunches.** [|More info.] (znichols, 2/23/09)

Follow the link to read about how the Batimore School District is using trips to farms to educate High School students on healthy eating habits. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-to.farm24nov24,0,1678647.story?page=2 //Submitted by: jeanne@foodroutes.org (2/13 ramosfredd)//
 * Organic farm will give city school students a chance to get their hands dirty while learning about nutrition**

Jeanne Barrett Ortiz, Managing Director FoodRoutes Network Jeanne@foodroutes.org Link to article [|http://news.yahoo.com/s/ usnews/20081020/ts_usnews/ 10thingsthefoodindustrydoesntw antyoutoknow] [|http://www.philly.com/ inquirer/front_page/20081022_ USDA_to_kill_Phila__school_ lunch_program.html] Submitted by Jeanne Barrett Ortiz, Managing Director FoodRoutes Network
 * 10 Things the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know**, article submitted by
 * USDA to kill Phila. School Lunch Program, read this article, very important!**

Submitted by Cecelia Thompson
 * Methylmercury Warning, read this article, very important!** ScienceDaily Oct.30, 2008 http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028103103.htm

The [|Philadelphia GROW Projec]t & [|Drexel University School of Public Health] will open [|****Witnesses to Hunger,****] an exhibit featuring the photographs of Philadelphia women who are working to create better lives for their children in North Philadelphia, with a preview on Thursday, December 11th at 6:30pm at the Bassone Center at Drexel University, 3128 Market Street in Philadelphia. Click here for more information.


 * Increase Your Green School Competition**- Applications due December 15. [|http://www.dosomething.org/ increaseyourgreen] DoSomething.org is calling on students to green their schools. Students who make the biggest effort to reduce their school's carbon footprint this fall could win up to $1,500 to further their efforts. Schools are eligible for a first-place prize of a $1,5000 grant, banner, plaque, and eco-friendly gift bags (up to thirty), and a chance to be visited by the biotour bus! Three $500 second place prizes will also be awarded.


 * National Middle School Sustainability Challenge** Middle school students across the United States are invited to submit their solutions to environmental problems in their communities for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, a national sustainability education initiative. Deadline March 15, 2009 http://updates.phennd.org/2008/10/national-middle-school-sustainability-challenge/


 * Eagles Youth Partnership**, through their Eye Mobile, provides FREE eye exams for students. Contact your school nurse if you are interested in bringing the eye mobile to your school. Check the information at [|www.phillyhsc.org].


 * Healthcare Children's Foundation** Children who have medical needs are sometimes not insured comprehensively to provide coverage for all of their medical treatments. **//The United Healthcare Children's Foundation//** (UHCCF)provides grants to families to help pay for child health care services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy sessions, prescriptions, and medical equipment such as wheelchairs, orthotics, and eyeglasses.Click here for more inofrmation.