Alamo's Coordinated School Health

The Mission of Alamo's Coordinated School Health

To provide a coordinated approach to school health that strives to improve student's knowledge and attitude about health, as well as empower them to achieve academic success and life-long health.

What is Coordinated School Health (CSH)?

CSH is an effective system designed to connect children's physical, mental, and social health with education in order to improve their capacity to learn.  This comprehensive system focuses not just on healthy food and regular physical education, but also encompasses how health interplays with the environment, community, family, teachers, and social services.

Statewide Goals of CSH:

1. Establish state and local partnerships that are neccessary to implement the CSH model on a statewide basis.

2. Maximize the extent to which state agencies, local agencies, and the general public understand the crucial importance of student health and wellness to lifelong learning.

3. Maximize the ability of school communities to adopt and implement the CSH model by providing appropriate and necessary resources tailored to the needs of each school community.

4. Promote a healthy school environment in Tennessee school communitites.

5. Foster accountability for CSH implementation in school communitites.

Eight Component CSH Model: 

Health Education: a k-12 curriculem that addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions.

Physical Education: a k-12 curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning expereinces in a variety of acitivty areas. 

Health Services: are provided to students to appriase, protect, and promote health.

Nutrition Services: provide access to a variety of nutritious and appealing meals that accomodate the health and nutrition needs of all students.

Counseling and Psychological Services: provided to improve students' mental, emotional, and social health.

Healthy School Environment: involves the physical and aesthetic surroundings and psychosocial climate and culture of the school.

Health Promotion for Staff: provide opportunities for school staff to improve their health status through activities such as health assesments, health education and health-related fitness activities.

Family/Community Involvement: an integrated school, parent, and community approach for enhancing the health and well-being of students.

Current Programs & Projects

Hydraulic Circuit Fitness

Installed in the summer of 2008, our new Hydraulic Circuit Fitness Gym is up and running.  The gym contains 9 machines that are specifically designed for children and their growing bodies.  Unlike electrically operated and free weight equipment that works whether you are willing or not, hydraulic equipment will not exert any pressure if the users do not apply pressure on it first; making for a safer and more efficient workout. 

While the equipment is available to all students and staff, the 5th and 6th graders attend a wellness section every eight days that utilizes both the training equipment and additional stations.  The gym is called “Hydraulic Circuit Fitness” due to its circular rotation design.  The students workout to music and move from station to station as the automatic cue is sounded.  Between each piece of hydraulic equipment is, what is referred to as, a recovery station.  The recovery station prompts the student to perform a certain activity such as running in place, sit-ups, or push-ups. This design allows the students to stay active, work several different muscles, and have fun all at the same time.

Getting Involved in School Lunch

The students at Alamo City Elementary School are deciding what they want to eat for lunch.  Each homeroom is given the opportunity to plan a healthy lunch menu that suits their taste.  The menu is required to include one meat, two different vegetables or one vegetable and one fruit, one bread or grain, and milk to meet USDA standards  Each participating class submits their menu to the cafeteria manager for review and two menus are chosen each month. The program teaches students how to plan healthy meals and empowers them to make healthy choices.  You can view some of their menus by clicking on the "Lunch Menu" icon to the left.  

In response to the predicted outbreak of the H1N1 virus the Tennessee Department of Education and the Centers for Disease Control have issued several helpful resources:

 Information Letter to Parents (English)

 Information Letter to Parents (Spanish)

  ~For questions or additional information contact Ashley Haworth, B.S.W. Phone: (731) 696- 2790  Fax: (731) 696-2541 e-mail: Ashley Haworth~