The winners for the regional Covenant Kids Run, Fittest School Challenge have been announced.  SIX Loudon County Schools placed in the top ten schools in the region for the challenge!

Loudon County Schools had approximately 350 K-8 students, representing 7 of our 8 middle and elementary schools, participate in our 8 week after school running/walking clubs this spring leading up to the Knoxville Marathon's Covenant Kids Run.

The Covenant Kids Marathon kicked off in January with the Fun Run at the Zoo. Then, students worked hard January through April to accumulate 25.2 miles and finished 26th mile at the Knoxville Covenant Kids' Run by crossing the finish line at Neyland Stadium! 

Check out the all of results here: http://www.knoxvillemarathon.com/Participant_Info/raceinfo/kidsrun.htm

A BIG congratulations goes out to all of the Loudon County student participants!

Girls on the Run combines training for a 5K running event with healthy living education.

Fall 2012 registration opens on August 1, 2012! The season will begin the week of September 10th and run through November 18th, 2012.   The following schools will have a Girls on the Run program this fall:

• Eaton Elementary
• Greenback Elementary - coaches: Ms. Pautler & Ms. McKee
• Loudon Elementary (limited to 12 participants)
• North Middle
• Philadelphia Elementary (limited to 12 participants)
• Steekee Elementary (limited to 12 participants)

The goal of Girls on the Run is to teach girls aged 8-14 how to:

• Evaluate the effects and consequences of making right and wrong choices.
• Respect themselves and others, and be self-confident.
• Manage their emotions and maintain positive attitudes.
• Listen, cooperate and work as a team.
• Avoid drugs, alcohol, and other high-risk behaviors.
• Eat nutritiously.
• Contribute and give back to the community.
• Develop open relationships with their parents or guardians about the difficult issues.
• Seat a goal, prepare for it, and complete it (in this instance, a 5K race).
• Love exercise!

Want to see a sample Girls on the Run lesson?  Click here for a glimpse of a lesson!

Girls on the Run currently has over 170 councils in the United States and Canada. Each program meets for 10 weeks and is led by certified Girls on Run coaches. Participants meet after school in groups of up to 16 at local schools.The season culminates with girls walking or running in the Girls on the Run 5K!  Fall and spring programs are available.

Click here to download the mail-in registration form or click here to register online. Have questions about about our elementary or middle school programs please contact us via email or 865-712-9979 or contact the Loudon County GOTR representative, Melisa Fuhrmeister, at fuhrmeisterm@loudoncounty.org or (865) 986-2036 ext. 4608.

Interested in coaching? Contact Melisa at fuhrmeisterm@loudoncounty.org for more information.  We are looking for coaches at multiple sites! 

Dear Healthy School Teams,

We are excited to announce that on or about August 09, 2012, CDC will update its School Health Index (SHI) on-line, interactive assessment tool to reflect new 2012 changes.  Changes have been made to many of the SHI modules to incorporate the new topic, update content on existing topics, and reflect a more coordinated approach to school health. This message is to notify you of this pending change as it might have implications for your current and future SHI assessments

The updated SHI 2012 edition will replace the current version of the on-line, interactive assessment tool. The SHI 2012 update will not change user’s access to SHI—your reference number will remain the same and still provide you access to your team’s SHI. In addition, the 2012 update is not expected to change your current, active SHI or any archived versions in your SHI History. If you have concerns that your current data might be lost as a result of this update, you may wish to archive your current SHI by starting a new SHI prior to August 09, 2012. Remember, you will be unable to update or edit your current SHI once it is archived.

Any SHI created after August 09, 2012 will reflect the new SHI 2012 update. This will be the only version available to new SHI interactive users and for those current interactive SHI users that choose to "Create a New SHI."

The Office of Coordinated School Health hopes you have a healthy and safe school year!
We have many exciting things planned for the school year... updates will be coming soon!

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