Hopewell is a
School
What is CATCH?
CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) is a
TEA approved Coordinated School Health Program designed to promote
physical activity, healthy food choices, and prevent tobacco use in
elementary school aged children. By teaching children that eating
healthy and being physically active every day can be FUN, the CATCH
Program has proved that establishing healthy habits in childhood can
promote behavior change that carry into adulthood.
CATCH is a resource or tool that builds an alliance of parents, teachers, child nutrition personnel, school staff, and community partners to teach children and their families how to be healthy for a lifetime. The four CATCH components - Go For Health Classroom Curriculum, CATCH Physical Education, Eat Smart School Nutrition Guide, and family Home Team activities - reinforce positive healthy behaviors throughout a child's day and make it clear that good health and learning go hand in hand.
CATCH Newletter
CATCH is a resource or tool that builds an alliance of parents, teachers, child nutrition personnel, school staff, and community partners to teach children and their families how to be healthy for a lifetime. The four CATCH components - Go For Health Classroom Curriculum, CATCH Physical Education, Eat Smart School Nutrition Guide, and family Home Team activities - reinforce positive healthy behaviors throughout a child's day and make it clear that good health and learning go hand in hand.
How is CATCH benefiting the students, staff and families at Hopewell?
- Improving the nutritional quality of school meals by promoting
and coordinating ideas for linking good food to good health.
Promoting the consumption of more GO foods than SLOW foods and more
SLOW foods than WHOA foods.
(http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/catch/PDF_Files/GO-SLOW-WHOA_11-04-10.pdf)
- Providing teachers with user-friendly, easy to implement
resources that blend health topics with core academic areas.
- Getting students, parents and extended family members involved in practicing and adopting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors at home.
- Promoting student’s enjoyment and participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during PE classes, extra-curricular activities, and recreation time with family and friends.
For Information about CATCH at Hopewell, please click on the links below.
CATCH Newletter
CATCH Goals
CATCH on Campus
CATCH Happenings
For more information about CATCH in Texas and/our affiliations, click on the banners below:
How is CATCH benefiting the students, staff and families at (School Name)?
- Improving the nutritional quality of school meals by promoting and
coordinating ideas for linking good food to good health. Promoting the
consumption of more GO foods than SLOW foods and more SLOW foods than
WHOA foods.
(http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/catch/PDF_Files/GO-SLOW-WHOA_11-04-10.pdf)
- Providing teachers with user-friendly,easy to implement resources
that blend health topics with core academic areas.
- Getting students, parents and extended family members involved in practicing and adopting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors at home.
- Promoting student’s enjoyment and participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during PE classes, extra-curricular activities, and recreation time with family and friends.
What are the CATCH goals at (School Name)?
1. Increase moderate to vigorous physical activity.2. Increase fruit & vegetable consumption.
3. Decrease TV viewing to no more than 2 hours per day.
4. Decrease sugar sweetened beverage consumption (i.e. sodas, energy drinks, vitamin water, sports drinks, etc).
What does CATCH look like on our campus?
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We have a CATCH Champion.
- The CATCH Champion is the Master Coordinator of CATCH on our campus. It is the role of the CATCH Champion to lead the CATCH Team in the coordination and implementation of the CATCH Program to ensure faculty and staff are creating a healthy/healthier school environment and promoting healthy habits. (insert name and pic of Champion)
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We have a CATCH Team.
- The CATCH Team is a core group of volunteer faculty and staff,
representing all areas of the campus who determine the steps the campus
will pursue each year to help their students, “Make the healthy choice
the easy choice.” Our CATCH Team includes(Insert pic of Team):
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- Champion – name here
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- Administrator(s) – name here
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- Cafeteria Manager – name here
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- Physical Education Specialist(s) – name here
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- Classroom Teacher(s) – name here
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- Specialized Support Specialist(s) – name here
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- Parent Leader(s) – name here
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- We use the CATCH Coordination Toolkit as a campus to provide simple, doable tasks that drive school wide coordination.
- We have GO/SLOW/WHOA signage in the cafeteria and around our campus.
- Our classroom teachers have declared their classrooms Healthy Zones.
- Our faculty uses Activity Breaks (short bouts of physical activity during class time) to reactivate the brain through full body movement.
- During PE we implement CATCH games and the CATCH philosophy to ensure our students are engaged in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) at least 50% of the PE class.
- Teachers incorporate the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade CATCH lessons into their subject lesson plans to promote healthy eating, adequate sleep, physical activity, and water consumption.
- We participate in the CATCH sponsored “get ur 60” campaign and provide open gym/physical activity time outside of PE # times a week (before/during/after schools).
- We participate in the CATCH sponsored “get ur H20” campaign and encourage students to drink water in place of sugar sweetened beverages.
- We host a CATCH Family Event each academic year to encourage families to eat healthy and be active together.
CATCH 2010-2011 Happenings at (School Name):
- If already happened: To see pictures from our Family Event, check
out the link below (http://www.activelifemovement.org/)
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a CATCH sponsored campaign that promotes 60 minutes of physical
activity. There are 2 aspects of get ur 60:
- Deals and discounts at local organizations where students can
engage in physical activity (i.e. Main Event, Ballet Austin, Dart
Bowl & Soccer Zone). Check out the get ur 60 website at
www.getur60.com for a complete
list of the partners and discounts.
- Open gym/Activity Time: An opportunity for kids to be active
outside of PE class. At (School Name), open gym is offered Tuesday
and Wednesday mornings in the large gym from 7:40-8:00. Encourage
your child to attend open gym, it’s FUN!
- Deals and discounts at local organizations where students can
engage in physical activity (i.e. Main Event, Ballet Austin, Dart
Bowl & Soccer Zone). Check out the get ur 60 website at
www.getur60.com for a complete
list of the partners and discounts.
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a CATCH sponsored campaign that promotes water consumption. Several of
our water fountains have been upgraded with filling stations. Students
can now refill their water bottles 3 times faster than a regular
fountain AND the water is colder! Students can also earn a FREE “get ur
H20” water bottle in class by correctly answering trivia questions.
Encourage your child to fill up and drink up!
Upgraded Fountain
Water Bottle
- Door Decorating Contest: When, Explain what that is
- CATCH 5k: When, provide details
- CATCH Pledge Tree: Where, Explain what this is