District & Community Updates (February 24, 2021)

Edition XXX ~ February 24, 2021

DISTRICT & COMMUNITY UPDATES

Dear Friend of Wellness:

Happy Wednesday...we are excited to be planning our District's Wellness Promotion Task Force (WPTF) 1st virtual meeting.

Please 'Save the Date' for Thursday, April 1st....as we share and promote the efforts surrounding the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model by providing our first virtual meeting called: 'All Hands On Deck, Stronger Together...Rebooting Wellness during COVID' this school year.

We look forward to your interest and participation...let's do it!

Continue being a beacon of LIGHT for all the children and each other...

Let's grow STRONGER together!

Be healthy and safe ~ Paula

Up with People: Stronger Together (Lyric Video)

In The Know With Dr. Fennoy...

2/19/2021

Watch "In the Know with Dr. Fennoy" and find out how those wooden poles and yard signs popping up throughout the County will help close the digital divide.

2/12/2021

Watch "In the Know with Dr. Fennoy" and find out the number of students who have returned to in-person learning for the second semester, a testament to the confidence parents have in District operations.

In Other News...

2021 Let’s Move: Commit to Change Physical Activity Challenge

Upcoming Events

Virtual and In-Person

March 1 @ 6:00 p.m.

Kickoff Event – Facebook Live

March 5 @ 3:00 p.m.

March 12 @ 6:00 p.m.

March 19 @ 6:00 p.m.

March 26 @ 3:00 p.m.

April 16 @ 6:00 p.m.

Celebration Event / Award Ceremony

Weekly Prizes and

Challenge Trophies

• Parent Team that logged the most minutes

• Sub Team that logged the most minutes

• Youth Site Grant - $500

• Video Contest

• Individual who logged the most minutes

Home | Let's Move

Let’s Move’s call-to-action: Participate in some form of physical activity for 30 minutes a day, every day, throughout the month of March!

Read more
www.letsmovepbc.org

A nonprofit organization based in Palm Beach County with a mission to empower youth in diverse and underserved communities through health education, dance fitness, technology and the arts.

A community foundation for health with a mission to inspire and fund solutions for better health in Palm Beach County. The foundation has invested over $85 million in Palm Beach County health since 2001.

Registration

Finally, we have a local in-person

race happening in a few weeks.

The 45th Annual

Shamrock Run 10 Miler and 5K

is Saturday, March 13th in

John Prince Park, Lake Worth.

LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS...

providing Community Service hours to students!

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness have their national

NOT ONE MORE!

Weekend virtual event happening at the end of this month starting from the 26th through 28th. All information for the event can be accessed by clicking on their logo above.

Didactic Training - 2 CE CREDITS...

Please review the attached flyer

for more information.

Palm Beach County Youth Services Department’s Education &

Training Center presents:

Promoting Emotional Regulation in Children: Evidenced-Based Practices and Internet-Based Resources

Presenter: Laura Cruz, Ph.D.

When:

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

@ 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Where: Zoom

To register please contact cmontepeque@pbcgov.org no later than Tuesday, March 2nd at 3:00 p.m.

Virtual Webinars on Fiscal Benefits Cliff...

This FREE webinar entitled 'Over the Edge: Fiscal Benefit Cliff and the Case for Reform' will discuss strategies that local communities can adopt to address this issue.

CHIP Newsletter February 2021...

Palm Beach County CHIP

'Community Health Improvement Plan'

Refer to the quarterly newsletter

for the CHIP Clips...

For any questions,

comments or suggestions

for the newsletter, please contact:

adam.reback@flhealth.gov

(561) 671-4057

Congratulations 211!...

SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE NEWS...

Due to the success of the holiday box distributions, School Food Service will be transitioning to providing grab-and-go pantry style kits (containing 7 days worth of meal ingredients for breakfast, lunch, supper, and snacks) on Thursdays only. This change will begin with a pre-Spring Break meal distribution on March 11th where 8 days worth of meal ingredients will be provided and will continue each Thursday upon return from Spring Break with 7 days worth of meal ingredients. Beginning the week of March 22nd, there will no longer be meal distribution on Tuesdays.

This change will provide the opportunity for parents to only visit the school one time each week to pick up meals. The kits are available on a first come first served basis.

National School Breakfast Week...

School Nutrition Association

Mark your calendar for National School Breakfast Week—March 8-12, 2021! The #NSBW21 theme is "Score Big with School Breakfast," a fun way to show students, parents and stakeholders all the ways that your school breakfast program is a winner!

Read more
schoolnutrition.org

COVID-19 UPDATES...

The District's Wellness Promotion Task Force (WPTF) purpose is to create an educational forum that allows students, staff, parents, community partners, and members of the public to successfully collaborate in the promotion of healthier lives. With the District's ultimate goal of improving student performance, the direction of the Wellness Promotion Task Force is to encourage a proactive approach to holistically address the health, wellness, and safety of all school children and staff.