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Happy May! Healthy Spring!
Visit the May Calendar to find out about Kids First's educational programs and activities this month. There's LOTS going on, including our work with the RI Community Food Bank's Kids Café Program. Take a look!
I am so pleased to be able to report that School Wellness has become a priority for many RI school district leadership teams. I specifically would like to recognize (and thank!) the Superintendents in:
- Lincoln
- Newport
- Foster-Glocester & Glocester
- East Providence
- Woonsocket
- Smithfield
- North Smithfield
- Westerly
- Johnston
- Providence
- West Warwick
- Central Falls
These Superintendents have scheduled a Superintendent's Wellness Workshop for their leadership teams because they believe in the importance of building a wellness culture in their district's schools. They know that implementing their district's wellness policy and becoming compliant with the "Healthier Beverages and Snacks Law" starts at the top. They know that as their district's wellness leader, they must influence their leadership teams, including each of their principals, to also become wellness leaders.
With support from RISSA, Kids First has provided these workshops and has seen, firsthand, that the activities and ensuing wellness discussions among the leaders are so instrumental to a district's success in implementing their wellness policies.
Kids First invites ALL other districts to contact us to schedule their Superintendent's Wellness Workshop. We hope to reach ALL 36 school districts so everyone springs forward to better nutrition and increased physical activity!
Dorothy
Brayley
Executive Director
401-751-4503
