Coordinated School Health is one of many sponsors for the third annual Making Every Minute Count workshop. This workshop is scheduled for Oct. 28 in Georgetown, and the deadline to register is Oct. 17. Aaron Beighle and Heather Erwin, both with the University of Kentucky, will be presenting sessions on ways to add moderate to vigorous physical activity into the [...]
Pedometers have been a ‘wonderful experience’ for elementary schools.
Great by 8, a statewide initiative to educate and engage local communities to improve economic growth through advocacy for early education, is hosting a statewide summit June 21-22 in Louisville. The goal of Great by 8 is to expand and strengthen support to programs and services for Kentucky’s children from birth through age 8. The effort emphasizes building leadership capacity [...]
The film, Forks Over Knives, the new documentary film showing the relationship between diet and disease prevention, has been held over for several more weeks at the Village 8 Theater on Dutchmans Lane in Louisville. Teachers can view the film for $3. Rep. Tom Riner, co-chair of the state Childhood Obesity Task Force, encourages educators to view this film featuring [...]