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When the school wellness council at Randolph Heights completed their Healthy Schools Program Inventory and saw just how close they were to reaching the Bronze level, they were inspired to work diligently towards that goal. Joby Randrup, health and physical education teacher, feels that the St. Paul School District helped give them a good head start by requiring schools in 2006 to meet or exceed the district wellness policy requirements.
This year the wellness council wanted to spread the healthy living message throughout the school so they came up with a social marketing campaign, called “RHS Health Kids.” Four students and one teacher are featured each month and answer questions about their favorite foods, physical activities and stress reducers.
With a strong physical education program in place (PE is delivered by qualified staff and every lesson includes National Association for Sports and Physical Education objectives and benchmarks), it was time to address health education. Thanks to the Randolph Heights art teacher and “scheduling guru,” the school schedule was rearranged to add class time for health education, technology education and science experimentation. Randrup now teaches physical education four out of six days and then health education (using curriculum containing American Association for Health Education standards) on the other two days. The staff at Randolph Heights has seen that with a little creativity and flexibility they can have a real impact on the school curriculum.
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