SCSD HSI Newsletter Fall 2022

HEALTHY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE (HSI)

Dear Healthy Schools Initiative (HSI) community,

This school year, Sequoia Healthcare District's Healthy Schools Initiative (HSI) provided much needed funding and support for our frontline Covid response teams Wellness leads and school nurses from our eight school districts convened on a regular basis to discuss strategies and share information about fighting the ongoing pandemic Without the leadership of these individuals, it would have been difficult for our schools to re open for in person learning Health and safety comes first, and setting this foundation was essential before classrooms opened

In addition, in 2021 22, through the HSI grants program, over half a million dollars ($539,000) were allocated to 22 non profit organizations that work with our school districts Over the past 12 years, SHD has served as a leader in convening partners and providing a network of community supports and resources for students, families, and school staff Please visit seqhd org/hsi to learn more about our Healthy Schools Initiative

Karen E. Li, MD Director of School Health Healthy Schools Initiative

We would like to give a special thanks and recognition to Dr. Karen Li, MD, who recently retired from her position as the District's Director of School Health Since 2018, Dr Li's leadership was instrumental in coordinating school health efforts, especially during the pandemic Her leadership served as a catalyst for the school nurse mentor program and cultivated key community partnerships centered around mental health (CareSolace, Parent Green Folder) and prevention efforts (Tobacco Education Coalition) Thank you for your years of excellent service to our team

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STAFF HEALTH AND WELLNESS CHALLENGE

After learning about this from Kristen Savilla from Belmont Redwood Shores, San Carlos School District launched a staff health and wellness challenge! 60 staff members are on school based teams for a 6 week “challenge” to build, develop, and re explore healthy habits. We know that once the school year starts, teachers and school staff can become burnt out, drained, and stop caring for themselves. This will hopefully support our colleagues in developing skills to incorporate into their daily routines to ensure they are self nourishing all year long This challenge will explore sleep, water intake, movement, adding in more fruits and veggies, mindfulness, and more!

NEW CURRICULUM

After almost a year of getting acquainted with the District, the students, the families, staff, and all the various needs, we developed and launched some new tailor made curriculums to best support our community. 1. 2. 3

We developed a comprehensive health education, Social Emotional Learning, Diversity, and community building curriculum for our K 3 small groups time with our lovely partner, Legarza. This ensures that we are expanding the offerings for our young folks to focus on the Whole Child.

We created a curriculum for middle school advisory, based on needs identified in the California Healthy Kids Survey data results. This curriculum allows students to learn about all realms of health and wellbeing, equity, mental health, SEL, and focus on creating cohesion amongst the students We are so excited to continue to track progress of this curriculum, to see how we can make it even better for next year!

Each of our schools have “Green Teams”, to focus on sustainability and Mother Nature We developed a template for all of these teams to follow to ensure consistency amongst our schools, while allowing for student voice and choice Students will be able to do school sustainability audits, teach their peers about proper waste sorting, create campaigns, and more We can’t wait to see how the students will positively change the world this year!

Here is a picture of our District Office team our team song is the Friends theme song and we did a Friends themed photo!

AWARENESS TABLING DAYS

We have been working away planning fun health and wellness prevention and promotion activities for our students. Part of that is awareness tabling days, where the mental health and nursing team goes to recess and/ or lunch to promote health topics to students. Our first event of the year is What is Health and Wellness to You? Students will be able to explore various health and wellbeing topics, such as nutrition, movement, mental health, self regulation, sustainability and more through Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune The older students will get temporary tattoos for participating, and the younger students will get coloring pages All students will get wellness Bingo to play with friends, family, or solo! We love these events we get to hear from our students, learn more about their needs, and hopefully share a nugget of wisdom they can incorporate into their day to day!

PARENT EDUCATION

Why Teen and Tween Sleep Matters, and How Parents and Schools Can Help

Lisa L. Lewis, MS, Author, The SleepDeprived Teen

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT Online Event (Live)

In her new book, The Sleep Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, And How Parents And Schools Can Help Them Thrive, author Lisa L Lewis, MS, synthesizes the research to provide parents of teens and tweens with reader friendly information and strategies Register here

Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and Adults are Missing) Emily Weinstein, PhD, and Carrie James, PhD, Authors, Harvard Researchers

Friday, December 2, 2022

12:00pm – 1:00pm PT Online Event (Live)

In their new book, Behind Their Screens, authors and Harvard researchers Emily Weinstein, PhD, and Carrie James, PhD, explore the complexities that teens face in their digital lives, and suggest that many adult efforts to help “Get off your phone!” fall short Register here

EDUCACIÓN PARA PADRES

Por qué es importante el sueño de los adolescentes y preadolescentes, y cómo los padres y las escuelas pueden ayudar Lisa L. Lewis, MS, autora, The SleepDeprived Teen

Miércoles, 30 de noviembre de 2022 5:30pm – 6:30pm PT evento en línea (en vivo)

En su nuevo libro, El adolescente privado de sueño: por qué nuestros adolescentes están tan cansados y cómo los padres y las escuelas pueden ayudarlos a prosperar, autor Lisa L Lewis, MS, sintetiza la investigación para proporcionar a los padres de adolescentes y preadolescentes información y estrategias fáciles de leer Enlace de zoom aquí

Detrás de sus pantallas: lo que enfrentan los adolescentes (y los adultos que faltan) Emily Weinstein, PhD, y Carrie James, PhD, autoras, investigadores de Harvard

Viernes, 2 de diciembre de 2022 12:00pm – 1:00pm PT evento en línea (en vivo)

En su nuevo libro, Behind Their Screens, las autoras e investigadoras de Harvard Emily Weinstein, PhD y Carrie James, PhD, exploran las complejidades que enfrentan los adolescentes en su entorno digitalvidas, y sugieren que muchos esfuerzos de los adultos para ayudar “¡Quítate el teléfono!” se quedan cortos Enlace de zoom aquí

INICIATIVA ESCUELAS SALUDABLES (IES)

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Querida comunidad de la Iniciativa Escuelas Saludables (IES),

Este año escolar, la Iniciativa de Escuelas Saludables (HSI) del Distrito de Salud de Sequoia proporcionó fondos y apoyo muy necesario para nuestros equipos de respuesta Covid de primera línea. Los líderes de bienestar y las enfermeras escolares de nuestros ocho distritos escolares se reunieron regularmente para discutir estrategias y compartir información sobre la lucha contra la pandemia en curso Sin el liderazgo de estas personas, habría sido difícil para nuestras escuelas volver a abrir para el aprendizaje en persona La salud y la seguridad son lo primero, y establecer esta base era esencial antes de que se abrieran las classes

Además, en 2021 22, a través del programa de subvenciones de HSI, se asignaron más de medio millón de dólares ($539,000) a 22 organizaciones sin fines de lucro que trabajan con nuestros distritos escolares Durante los últimos 12 años, SHD ha servido como líder en la convocatoria de socios y en la provisión de una red de apoyos y recursos comunitarios para estudiantes, familias y personal escolar Visite seqhd org/hsi para obtener más información sobre nuestra Iniciativa de Escuelas Saludables

A G R A D E C I M I E N T O E S P E C I A L

Karen E. Li, MD Directora de Salud Escolar Healthy Schools Initiative

Nos gustaría dar un agradecimiento especial y reconocimiento a la Dra. Karen Li, MD, quien recientemente se retiró de su puesto como Directora de Salud Escolar del Distrito Desde el 2018, el liderazgo de la Dra Li fue fundamental para coordinar los esfuerzos de salud escolar, especialmente durante la pandemia Su liderazgo sirvió como catalizador para el programa de mentores de enfermería escolar y cultivó asociaciones comunitarias clave centradas en la salud mental (CareSolace, Carpeta Verde para Padres) y los esfuerzos de prevención (Tobacco Education Coalition) Gracias por sus años de excelente servicio a nuestro equipo

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