Port A awarded HEB grant. Jan 9, 2012

SHAC submitted a grant to HEB on behalf of our school district, and Port Aransas was one of the 12 schools chosen!  We are thrilled to accept the $15,000 Healthy Campus Award.  It will fund efforts to support the three pillars of health;  FOOD, BODY, and LIFE.  We plan to enhance our nutrition education, access to healthy foods,  and plan family fun fitness activities this year. $5000 will be distributed for three years beginning this month. 

H‐E‐B Announces 2012 Excellence in Education “Healthy Campus” Grant
Recipients
A dozen campuses to receive $180,000 in grants

(SAN ANTONIO) — H‐E‐B today announced 12 recipients of its $15,000 “Healthy Campus” grants, part of the grocery
chain’s Excellence in Education Awards program.
For 10 years, H‐E‐B has rewarded teachers, principals, superintendents and campuses for outstanding leadership and
teaching through Excellence in Education. Last year,
H‐E‐B added a new category to recognize campuses that place a high priority on health and wellness.
In 2011, H‐E‐B’s “Fit Campus” award gave $10,000 to 10 campuses that went above and beyond to educate children,
parents and staff members about nutrition and fitness.
This year, H‐E‐B chose 12 deserving campuses to receive a “Healthy Campus” grant, a three‐year, $15,000 grant used to
enhance existing health and fitness programs or to add new ones.
These schools showed a robust plan for actively promoting H‐E‐B’s three pillars of health — food, body and life.
Examples include improving school lunch offerings, weaving nutrition into the curriculum, incorporating physical activity
throughout the school day and implementing a health risk assessment for children.
Recipients were selected by a panel of fitness and nutrition experts from The Oliver Foundation, ACTIVE Life, the Texas
Education Agency, the Texas Department of State Health Services, and the Texas Association for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance.

H‐E‐B Healthy Campus Recipients
The 2012 “Healthy Campus” grant recipients are:
•    Murchison Elementary — Pflugerville
•    T.A. Brown Elementary — Austin
•    East Austin College Prep Academy — Austin
•    Missouri City Middle School — Missouri City
•    Pasadena Memorial High — Pasadena
•    Harry Shimotsu Elementary — Mission
•    Solomon P. Ortiz Elementary — Brownsville
•    Rodriguez Elementary — Seguin
•    Nora Forester Elementary — San Antonio
•    Converse Elementary — Converse
•    Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School — Corpus Christi

•    H.G. Olsen Elementary — Port Aransas

The Great Body Shop

The Great Body Shop was chosen as our school districts Coordinated School Health Program for K-7 and teaching has begun this year. The monthly units are being taught by classroom teachers, PE teachers, the school nurse, and health teachers at the middle school. Each monthly unit provides students with basic health information such as proper nutrition,  functions of the body, physical fitness and prevention.  For more about the Great Body Shop please visit their site www.thegreatbodyshop.net

Health Schedule: HG Olsen

Currently: Substance Abuse Prevention and Lifeskills. “Too Good for Drugs” is being taught by Project Turnaround counselors on Mondays.

January: Nutrition

February: Functions of the Body

March: Growth and Development

April: Disease and Illness Prevention