Organization Name: Cabarrus County Schools Head Start
Name: Janet Purser
Head Start Director
Address:
Long School Head Start
310 Kerr St.
NW Concord, NC 28025
Phone: 704-784-3614 ext 128
Best Practice Entries:
*List of Activities
*Disc with sample pictures

To support Domain 8: Physical Health and Development, the Cabarrus County Schools Head Start Program at Long School completed the following activities:

• Activities Involving Children:

  • Pictures of students “making healthy choices” have been used on bulletin boards and posted on cafeteria walls.
  • Each classroom was given a tote bag with handouts, 2 CD’s, and green exercise bands at the initial kickoff. AN iron on of Choosy was put on the bags. All classrooms have been using the IMIL music, songs and talking about Choosy.
  • Each classroom has a Choosy poster.

• Activities Involving Staff:

  • August 2007- Staff Presentation/ Kick Off: The IMIL Team provided a presentation which included power point presentations and video clips provided by the Train the Trainer session in Atlanta. The IMIL team originally dressed that morning like Men in Black- looking for an alien named Choosy. A “healthy” lunch was provided for all staff, and presentations during the afternoon.
  • Movie - Super Size Me, was shown to teachers one of the first afternoons after return in August.
  • Health Coordinator is facilitating an exercise program for staff in January.
  • Health Coordinator is also incorporating information from IMIL to work with families of four of the most seriously obese children.

• Activities Involving Parents:

  • December 2007- Parent Presentation: The IMIL Team along with the Family Services Staff provided a parent presentation on IMIL. They participated in songs, movement activities, etc.
  • The Family Services Staff secured small “kitchen kits” for each family, provided by a grant to United Way and Thompson Child and Family Focus. Each family also received a folder of handouts about IMIL, healthy activity and nutrition. EFNEP also provided a 2008 Nutrition Calendar for each family.

• Activities Involving Community:

  • 1 member of IMIL team did a 2 hour training for their local Cabarrus Association for the Education of Young Children.
  • Put together a notebook with copies of all handouts, presentations, and CD’s with training music and videos.