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Support Healthy Active Kids in Education (SHAKE)

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Description

The Support Healthy Active Kids in Education (SHAKE) program promotes student health and fitness among students of the Petaluma City Schools District. Parent volunteers work with district administrators and educational staff to encourage physical activity and proper nutrition. SHAKE incorporates healthy food choices into school policy and cafeteria menus. An educational garden program provides children with nutrition information and allows students to plant, weed, and harvest vegetables. The program supplies a credentialed physical-education teacher to rotate among the elementary schools working with staff to create enriched physical education and activity programs. The programs focus on skill development, fitness, music, dance, and physically active games.

Goal / Mission

The goal of the SHAKE program is to use elementary school-based programming to promote childhood health and fitness.

Results / Accomplishments

The SHAKE program provides physical education classes to over 2300 students in grades kindergarten through 6. In a teacher survey, 82% replied that they had increased the amount of student activity since the implementation of the program. In 2009, the Petaluma City Elementary School District received a Spotlight Gold Medal Award after being selected as the North Coast School District of the Year by the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. The award recognizes the school district's efforts to positively impact the physical activity, fitness levels, and well being of its elementary school students.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Petaluma City Schools Elementary District
Primary Contact
Debbie Prusinovski
Petaluma City Schools
District Office
200 Douglas Street
Petaluma, California
94952
(707) 795-8701
dap3@comcast.net
http://www.petalumacityschools.org/docs/shake.pdf
Topics
Health / Children's Health
Health / Physical Activity
Organization(s)
Petaluma City Schools Elementary District
Date of publication
2009
Date of implementation
2008
Location
Sonoma, CA
Target Audience
Children

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SHAPE Riverside