CATCH Messages – Fourth six weeks
Instructions: District Lead, please email the following messages to Champions for the fourth
six weeks. The first message is for you to send to all Champions/Teams. The second message is
for the Champion or Team member to send to all staff.
CATCH/CSH Champion/Team:
Good day CATCH Champions/Teams,
As you prepare for Theme IV –Family Matters, please remember the following:
 Use the CATCH Team Coordination Guide to see the big picture of campus-wide
implementation. Utilize the Big Picture document (found on pg. 17) and Theme IV
checklist (found on pgs. 18 – 19) 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;
 Email the faculty and staff their star tasks and resources; and
 Please remind the individuals on your team to review their star tasks (found on pg.
17 of the CATCH Team Coordination Guide and pg. 8 in their Component Folder) for
Theme IV and distribute to the other staff in their discipline.
Thank you for helping to make the healthy choice the easy choice in (insert school district)
ISD.
Campus Staff message: please forward the message below to faculty and staff on your
campus this six weeks.
According to the CATCH Coordination Kit, we are now in the fourth theme of the year:
Theme IV –Family Matters to promote healthy eating and physical activity campus-wide.
Attached you will find the following CATCH tools/resources for the fourth six weeks:
 Theme IV Star Tasks for classroom teachers, PE teachers, administrators,
specialized & support staff, child nutrition services and parent leaders;
 Activity Breaks; and
 The 4th CATCH Parent Newsletter (English on one side & Spanish on the other).
73% of parents said that “parents and school officials should work together to make
decisions about what students should eat and drink at school” (2007, Center for Health and
Health Care in Schools). Please implement your star tasks and distribute the CATCH Parent
Newsletter to your students.
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).