A quarterly newsletter for education professionals featuring nutrition topics, exemplary local teachers, school nutrition education trends and legislation and special events.
Volume IX, Issue III - Fall 2010
Aug 20, 2010
Articles include: Need More Time?; Feed Your Appetite – Protect Your Wallet: Satisfying Snacks for Starving Students; School Food- the Beat Goes On; Boney Maroni.Download (PDF)
Volume IX, Issue II - Summer 2010
May 7, 2010
Articles include: What Can Just One Person Do? Making a Difference in King City; Tackling Childhood Obesity with Active Play; Circuit of Play; Watermelon Agua Fresca; and A Fitting FinaleDownload (PDF)
Volume IX, Issue I - Spring 2010
Mar 17, 2010
Recipe for Success (test success!); Eat to Optimize Performance; Eat Something Green; Exercise Your BrainDownload (PDF)
Volume VIII, Issue III - Winter 2009
Jan 21, 2010
Articles include: Teens Get a Great Start in Salinas Union High School District; Take Another Look: MyPyramid Portions for Teens from USDA FNS Team Nutrition; Benefits of Cooking With Children - with Recipe From UCCE Placer County; Rudd Center Report on Taking Junk food Out of School Cafeteria, Video on Weight Myths & Prejudice and an Introduction to the California Endowment Building Health Communities Project in Alisal.Download (PDF)
Volume VIII, Issue II - Fall 2009
Sep 21, 2009
A Pledge of Health; Nutrition is Easier This Year; New DVDs in Resource Library; Introducing RAMPPAS - Sample Song and Physical Activity for K-1; Stay Healthy in SchoolDownload (PDF)
Volume VII, Issue IV - Summer 2009
May 27, 2009
UC-FSNEP and Children's Power Play - Your Dream Team; Summer Reading; Edible Landscaping; Something Tasty for Summer.Download (PDF)
Voulme VII, Issue IV - Spring 2009
Mar 20, 2009
Take a Walk in your Favorite School Garden; Farm To Fork; Standards-Based P.E. Activities for Elementary Teachers; Does Exercise Improve Students'Download (PDF)
Volume VII, Issue III - Winter - '08-'09
Mar 7, 2011
This is a "Special School Success" issue.Download (PDF)
Volume VII, Issue II - Fall 2008
Aug 5, 2008
Ms. Wright's Marvelous Classroom; Teachers' Corner; School Garden at the Beginning; This'n'That.Download (PDF)
Volume VII, Issue I - Summer 2008
May 23, 2008
Mr. Carrier and the Reading Garden; Water: Swim in it; Drink it; Real Life Applications in the Garden; Kids' 3K; Things to do This Summer.Download (PDF)
Volume VI, Issue V - Spring 2008
Mar 24, 2008
Green Kids; Resources, Resources; Real Life Application: A Sundial for the Class Garden; and Spring Flings: Upcoming EventsDownload (PDF)
Volume VI, Issue V - Winter 2007-08
Nov 13, 2008
Articles include: Bridge to Success ~CDE speaks at conference; Real Life Application~Winter Class Garden (includes math lesson linked to standards); Just Run's first "Just Kids 3K"Download (PDF)
Volume VI, Issue IV - Fall 2007
Nov 13, 2008
Prunedale teacher does the impossible; Real Life Application: Fast Food Hallof Fame and Hall of Shame, Welcome to Gonzales and North Monterey County Districts; Nutrition Label supplement included.Download (PDF)
Volume VI, Issue II - Summer, 2007
Jun 1, 2008
The Case of the Sprouted Onion- Watch Integrated Curriculum at Work; report on Local Foods Forum; Farmers' Markets; See You at the County FairDownload (PDF)
Volume VI, Issue I - Spring, 2007
Mar 12, 2010
New! VERB Activity Zone Kit available; Testing, Testing ...; Hand Hygiene, Updated; and School Garden News from LifelabDownload (PDF)
Volume V, Issue III - Fall, 2006
Dec 5, 2007
Nurse Mary Gives Students A Great Start; What's New in Our Library?; Real Life Application: Customers-in-training - Snack Sleuth; Get The Lead Out!Download (PDF)
Volume V, Issue IV - Winter 2006-07
Jul 19, 2010
Soledad Implements Nutrition Education District-wide; Browse Our Resource Library; Real Life Application: Goal Setting; and Fotonovela Fun for AllDownload (PDF)
Volume V, Issue II - Summer, 2006
Apr 6, 2011
"Something Fresh & Juicy" - Alisal Health Academy's Salad Bar; Implement your Nutrition Education Plan with UCCE; Summer Fun; Food NewsDownload (PDF)
Volume V, Issue 1 - Spring, 2006
Dec 1, 2008
Celebrating Nutrition: Transform your Environment!; Announcing - Fun Thing for Student to Enter and Do; Integrating Curriculum - Eat Like the Pioneers, New Stamps Indicate the "wholeness" of a Grain Product; and How Groups Can Transform the EnvironmentDownload (PDF)
Volume IV, Issue IV - Winter, 2005-06
Apr 6, 2011
Our Teachers Are the Best! Monterey County Grows Health; School Garden Resources, MyPyramid Handouts; Winter Break Activity, Farm Day, Advertising in Schools; School Food- New Health Education Bill; Wellness Policies' Progress; and Heads Up! For Parent of TeensDownload (PDF)
Volume IV, Issue III - Fall, 2005
Apr 6, 2011
Featured Teacher: Chuck Kolofer at Prunedale; School Garden Grant, Let's Get Moving, Fit Families Novela Series; Small Steps: One Student's Stury; School Food: the Beat Goes On; and Bony MoroneyDownload (PDF)
Volume IV, Issue II - Summer 2005
Apr 6, 2011
Ice Cream in A Can; New Resources; 5aDay Partner; Ord Terrace Speaks; Summer PoolsDownload (PDF)
Vol. IV, Issue 1 - Spring, 2005
Apr 6, 2011
New Pyramid, Envisioned; Food Guidelines Word Search; "It wasn't funny!"; Cartoon for Lincoln School; and an invitation to "Monterey County Grows Health"Download (PDF)
Volume III, Issue IV - Winter 2004-05
Apr 6, 2011
Teachers Rule; Winter Snacks: Personal Pizzas; Sugary Bribes Have Got To Stop; and Marion Nestle on School FoodDownload (PDF)
Volume III, Issue III - Fall, 2004
Jun 25, 2008
Snacks Should Be Satisfying; New Curriculum and Activities; The Leg Bone's Connected To...; Junk Food Drops Out Of School; Walk Across Monterey CountyDownload (PDF)
Volume III, Issue II - Summer, 2004
Apr 6, 2011
Walk Across Monterey County?; Summer Should Be Juicy: Drinks; Critical Viewers - Here's A Great Link For You!; Weird Science: Eggs-periment; School Food: Be Part of the Solution; and Free Garden Curriculum Training WorkshopDownload (PDF)