DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 161
August 10, 2007
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Governor’s
Healthy Students Summit September
20, 2007 – Registration
Deadline: September 10, 2007 |
The
General Assembly has designated the third week in September 2007, and in each
succeeding year, as Healthy
Virginians/Healthy Students Week. In
observance of the first Healthy Students Week, the Secretary of Education and the
Secretary of Health and Human Resources extend an invitation to local school
divisions and health districts to participate in the Governor’s Healthy Students
Summit on September 20. The purpose of
the
·
learn
about recent collaborations between public education and public health for the
prevention of childhood obesity in various
·
learn
how Local Wellness Policies can serve as an important tool to guide the development
of childhood obesity prevention efforts;
·
learn
how the Governor’s Scorecard for Nutrition and Physical Activity can serve as a
significant motivator for the development of childhood obesity prevention
efforts; and,
·
begin
to develop local team action plans to prevent childhood obesity.
Each school division is invited
to send a team that could include the superintendent, school principals, school
nutrition director, school nurses, health and physical educators, and members
of the school health advisory board.
Each health district is invited to send a team that could include the
director, nurse manager, and appropriate nutrition and health education staff. School divisions and health districts are
encouraged to jointly identify appropriate team members and to create and use
the same team name when registering.
Teams will be seated together.
Registration
Information
Advance
registration is required. Space is
limited. Participants are required to register online at http://www.hhr.virginia.gov/Register. All participants, including those who
previously indicated interest in attending, must register online by September
10, 2007. Registrants will be asked to
provide a team name, such as school division or locality, during the
registration process. Additional
information, including directions, parking information and a list of downtown
hotels, is provided in Attachment B.
There is no registration fee for the
Questions
about the Governor’s Healthy Students Summit may be directed to Joe Hilbert,
executive advisor to the commissioner, Virginia Department of Health, at Joe.Hilbert@vdh.virginia.gov or (804)
864-7006, or Lynne Fellin, acting director of school
nutrition programs, at Lynne.Fellin@doe.virginia.gov
or (804) 225-2074, or Vanessa Wigand, principal specialist for health
education, physical education, and driver education, at Vanessa.Wigand@doe.virginia.gov,
or at (804)
225-3300.
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Attachments
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/suptsmemos/2007/inf161a.pdf
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/suptsmemos/2007/inf161b.pdf