May 2020 | Healthy Zone School Monthly Email
Thank you!
With your help students and staff are participating in a wide variety of healthy activities such as staff wellness challenges, character development activities, open gym, and cooking demonstrations! Visit our blog page to see the exciting things other Healthy Zone Schools have done throughout the year.
Also, help us to continue to promote healthy practices within schools by sharing a health-related activity your school completed this year along with a photo! Have a great summer and we will see you in the fall! 

DUE DATES
Promotion Application Overdue for Level 1-3 schools. Please complete this at your earliest convenience and document the activities your school completed prior to school closure. 
  • MAY 8 - The last day for all schools to submit the End of the Year survey.

  • MAY 22 - Last day to spend Healthy Zone funding.

  • JUNE 12 - Last day for all schools to submit spring FitnessGram scores and send home reports. 

Remember to visit your Healthy Zone dashboard to complete surveys and request funding.
Physical Education and Fitness Resources
Staying active and fit is a critical part of staying healthy. Although many schools and businesses are sending people home, it doesn’t mean that you and your family can’t still be physically active. 
What is in Store for the Summer Meal Program this Year?
Find out how to locate a site and how to promote the program in your community from Texas Dept. of Agriculture.

Attend the Action for Healthy Kids Webinar: Secrets to Successful Summer Meal Programs

Tuesday, June 2
Online Webinar
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Central
New 15 Minutes Home Workout: Cardio Circuit
The Cooper Institute   has a new Fit Tip video to help you and your family   #GetActiveStayHealthy   at home with no equipment! Get everyone together and try out this 15-minute workout video featuring Andjelka Pavlovic, PhD, so you and your family can all live  #WELLintothefuture .
Too Much Screen Time, Not Enough Exercise
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and the closing of schools nationwide, millions of students are transitioning to online learning. While this may be the start of an exciting tipping point for education, it also means that students are getting more screen time than ever before.

How do we protect their physical health - especially their vision and fitness - when they are expected to be online most of the day? 
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
GENYOUTH COVID-19 Emergency School Nutrition Funding
Making sure children get fed is a huge concern during quarantine. Apply now to receive financial assistance for meal distribution and delivery to students in your community. Principals, school nutrition directors and superintendents are eligible to apply.

Funding: $3,000
Due: Rolling
For more grant opportunities, visit Healthy Zone School.
Help us to provide resources to educators, parents and students across North Texas.

Fitness matters now more than ever in the wake of COVID-19. This is a great time to teach the whole family how to prioritize physical fitness and make it part of their daily routine.

Check out this growing list of online fitness resources to help teachers, students, parents and guardians, and communities # GetActiveStayHealthy  while learning from home.
The  Healthy Zone School Program   was created in 2011 as a joint collaboration between 
The Cooper Institute   and  United Way of Metropolitan Dallas , which uses evidence-based knowledge and best practices to assist schools in promoting healthy behaviors.