On August 29, 2012, the Rancho Santa Gertrudes School teaching and classified staff, and the sixth grade teachers from Aeolian School attended a daylong training on the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) program. The CATCH training was an interactive, hands-on workshop that blended the knowledge and practical skills necessary to implement the CATCH Program. Training covered the rationale and need for improving children’s health, an overview of the CATCH Program, component-specific overview using the CATCH resource materials, and strategic planning for successful implementation utilizing the CATCH Coordination Guide.
This is the second year that the Los Nietos School District has partnered with Whittier Presbyterian Hospital in an effort to augment the health education and physical fitness of the students, parents, and staff at both Rancho Santa Gertrudes and Los Nietos Middle School. Presbyterian Hospital medical residents as part of their community practicum training provided instruction to the parents, staff and 6th-8th grade students last year and will continue with the program starting in September of 2012.
A hospital grant made it possible for the CATCH training to take place and to pay for certificated and classified participants to receive the training. In an effort to expand the health program, Aeolian 6th grade teachers were invited to participate as well as new Los Nietos Middle School teachers. Pictures of the training on August 29, 2012 are listed at right.
This is the second year that the Los Nietos School District has partnered with Whittier Presbyterian Hospital in an effort to augment the health education and physical fitness of the students, parents, and staff at both Rancho Santa Gertrudes and Los Nietos Middle School. Presbyterian Hospital medical residents as part of their community practicum training provided instruction to the parents, staff and 6th-8th grade students last year and will continue with the program starting in September of 2012.
A hospital grant made it possible for the CATCH training to take place and to pay for certificated and classified participants to receive the training. In an effort to expand the health program, Aeolian 6th grade teachers were invited to participate as well as new Los Nietos Middle School teachers. Pictures of the training on August 29, 2012 are listed at right.