CATCH Messages – First six weeks
Instructions: District Lead, please email the following messages to Champions/Teams for the
first six weeks. The first message is for you to send to the Champion/Team. The second
message is for the Champion or Team member to send to all staff.
District message to Champion/Team:
Good day CATCH Champions/Teams,
As a district we have adopted the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Program
to meet the coordinated school health mandate. Our campus will implement the CATCH
Program each year to promote healthy eating and physical activity campus-wide.
As you prepare for Theme 1 – Getting Started please remember the following:
 Use the CATCH Team Coordination Guide to see the big picture of campus-wide
implementation. Utilize the Theme 1 checklist (found on pg. 6) and Big Picture
document (found on pg. 7) as the agenda for your Team meeting.
 Invite your stakeholders (cafeteria manager, principal/asst. principal(s), parent
leader, physical education, specialized and support staff, etc.) to your Team meeting.
 Establish a standing meeting time for the year (e.g. 1st Tuesday of each 6 weeks).
 Discuss as a Team how best to make the resources (documents, activity breaks,
posters, and lessons) accessible to all faculty and staff.
 Plan and execute the star one tasks (found on pg. 7 of the CATCH Team Coordination
Guide and pg. 5 in their Component Folder) for the CATCH Kick-off Week during
Texas Obesity Awareness Week (second full week of September).
Thank you for helping to make the healthy choice the easy choice in (insert school district)
ISD.
Campus Staff message from the Champion: please forward the message below to faculty
and staff on your campus for this six weeks.
Good day (insert school name here) faculty and staff,
As a district we have adopted the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Program
to meet the coordinated school health mandate. Our campus will implement the CATCH
Program each year to promote healthy eating and physical activity campus-wide.
According to the CATCH Coordination Kit, we are preparing for Theme I: Getting Started.
Attached you will find the following CATCH tools/resources for the first six weeks:
 Theme I Star Tasks for classroom teachers, PE teachers, administrators,
specialized & support staff, child nutrition services and parent leaders;
 Activity Breaks;
 The 1st CATCH Parent Newsletter (English on one side & Spanish on the other).
CATCH Messages – First six weeks
This is our first opportunity to encourage students to make healthy choices which
promotes academic success. Please open the attachment which best represents your role
on campus and implement your star task for the CATCH Kick-off Week during Texas
Obesity Awareness Week (second full week of September). Also, please distribute the
CATCH Parent Newsletter to your students during CATCH Kick-off Week.
NOTE: All CATCH materials and resources can be found in your component folder and on the
shared drive at (insert link).
Thank you for creating and sustaining a healthy school environment at (insert school
name).
“Short activity breaks during the school day can improve students’ concentration skills and
classroom behavior.” Active Education: Physical Activity and Academic Performance
Research Brief, 2008