HEALTHY SCHOOLS PROJECTS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CC9966" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07be5e32dkesoe.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Sunset  School</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>     |     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset School"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM"><U>MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="COMPUTER LAB"><U>COMPUTER LAB</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="UNIVERSAL ACCESS"><U>UNIVERSAL ACCESS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM"><U>AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STUDENT 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SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To give children hands-on, sensory experience of fresh fruits and vegetables</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To show children the agricultural sources of their food</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To build a relationship between the school community and local agriculture</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To support parents' effort for their child's positive health behavior</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To develop a local market for local farmers</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Means</U></B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">School gardens</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Classroom nutrition education combining the garden experience with classroom learning at the Salad Bar</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In-class demonstrations of local fresh vegetables and fruits</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tours of local farms</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Enlisting family and community members as volunteers</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Collaboration with UCCE Master Gardeners Program</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>School Gardens</U></B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Growing a vegetable garden teaches the link between food production and consumption, while offering young minds the opportunity to explore nature and apply lessons from science and math to "real world" problems such as seasons and the environment.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Healthy Schools Project provides for the creation of school gardens at each school site as a collaborative effort between the district staff, parents, and UCCE Master Gardeners.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Integrated Nutrition Education</U></B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Children learn about food primarily by eating it</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Healthy Schools Project incorporates regular classroom "taste testing" sessions.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Classroom visits by local farmers, chefs, nutrition experts and other health professionals expose students to the broad range of issues related to nutrition.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Farm-To-School Salad Bar</U></B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Farm-To-School Salad Bar brings all parts of the Healthy Schools Project together, serving fresh (and wherever possible) locally grown produce in a balanced meal with proteins, grains, dairy, vegetables and fruits.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Eating at the Salad Bar gives the children practice in making balanced, healthy food choices.  It reinforces learning about nutrition and lessons from the garden, as well as the experience of eating seasonal produce.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Parents and other volunteers, teachers and child nutrition staff provide "on-the-spot" education about nutrition and balanced meals.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000336600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables are purchased from local farmers when they are available.  Additional produce is purchased from the District's regular distributor.</div> <bR> <div> Funding & Support for thie Healthy Schools Project is provided by:</div> <div> Ventura Unified School District</div> <div> Community Alliance with Family Farmers</div> <div> California Nutrition Network</div> <div> UC Hansen Trust</div> <div> University of California Cooperative Extnesion</div> <div> Ventura Educational Partnership</div> <div> .... and many individual donors.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>