| Establishing Healthy School Cultures in Under-Resourced Texas Communities |
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The effects from the COVID-19 pandemic over the past four years has deeply impacted the physical and mental well-being of youth in America, in addition to their school environment.
In 2022, we established the CATCH Rural Texas Initiative in partnership with H-E-B to address significant disparities that under-resourced rural schools in Texas endure. This initiative, which will continue through 2027, will build upon our previous successes and provide educational resources that prioritize student physical health and mental well-being to 60 additional schools.
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Our New Activity Explorer |
Invite ease into your lesson planning |
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Activity Explorer is a resourceful search tool for Pre-K through 8th grade educators, and other leaders in physical activity instruction, who are looking for structured and engaging activities to add to their lesson planning. With over 500 activities, including dozens of video demos available in Spanish, Activity Explorer helps educators cut down on prep time and have confidence in fun, inclusive activities that can support students’ physical education or physical activity learning goals. Create a free CATCH account if you do not have one already to preview available activities with the option to purchase full access.
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We know how important it is for school districts and organizations to select curriculum that has been vetted, makes an impact, and aligns to learning standards. Health Ed Journeys, our health education curriculum for grades K-8, now includes documentation showing alignment to SHAPE America’s new national standards and the standards of several states. View detailed documentation of these standards to understand how Health Ed Journeys can meet the needs of your students.
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Start Your CATCH Journey Asynchronous Training |
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Professional development is an important component of our evidence-based focus, and supports better implementation and increased CATCH curriculum usage to effectively create change in the lives of youth. We are excited to now offer an asynchronous training at no-cost to current and new users of Health Ed Journeys, PE Journeys, and/or SEL Journeys, and the CATCH Coordination Kit. Additional expanded trainings are available in live, virtual or in-person format, and train-the-trainer sessions for select curriculum users. These professional development offerings were created to meet diverse learning styles, district budget needs, and for capacity and sustainability purposes.
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Celebrating our Summer Interns |
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We are proud to celebrate our summer interns’ growth and achievements! Enjoy our spotlight on Anika and Phuong, both university students, who were passionate in contributing their skills to further our mission. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our collective group of six interns!
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Our important efforts to bring whole child wellness programs to schools and community organizations across the globe would not be possible without partners in our corner!
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Mental Health Education Resources in California
We commend the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation for their commitment to addressing the mental health needs of youth. Through a generous grant award, we will provide professional development and health education curriculum at no-cost to California middle school educators this school year. We still have some spaces for California educators to apply.
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CATCH PE Journeys in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Thanks to our partnerships with El Club Rotario Internacional and Unidos por la Educación, who are committed to the physical and emotional well-being of students, we have embarked on a pilot project to provide professional development and our CATCH PE Journeys curriculum to educators from 10 public schools in Guayaquil, Ecuador. We look forward to our results in preventing child obesity and fostering healthier lifestyles for students with hopes to expand to other schools in the country.
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New York City Public Schools Youth Vaping Prevention Initiative
We are grateful for the expansion of CATCH My Breath, our evidence-based youth vaping prevention program, throughout New York City Public Schools thanks to the generous support from the New York Health Foundation and The New York Community Trust. To date, we have trained over 450 educators in 200 New York City Public Schools. We truly appreciate the opportunity through these partnerships to grow our impact.
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School Community of Practice in Texas
Thank you to our partners at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for their collaboration in hosting our 2023-2024 School Community of Practice. We are excited to share that this unique collaborative saw great success and is set to continue this school year welcoming districts in the Austin and Houston areas to participate. Additionally, thanks to the generous support from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation, we are launching a School Community of Practice in the Rio Grande Valley.
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We’re hiring! View job descriptions for Communications Coordinator, Multimedia Education Content Producer, and Technology Specialist.
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