School & After School
Domain Meeting 4/18/11
November 27, 2007
RECORDER: ERICA SALCUNI
NEXT DOMAIN MEETING:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 11 – 12:30
Community Health Improvement Partners
9370 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 220
San Diego, CA 92123
See http://www.ourcommunityourkids.org/calendar.htm
ATTENDEES: Deirdre Kleske (CA Project LEAN & co-chair), Paige Metz (SDCOE & co-chair), Sue Coffman (HealthLink HHSA), Erica Salcuni (COI), JuliAnna Arnett
(CPPW/COI), Melanie Cohn (COI), Lona Cavallera (Rady Children’s Hospital), Jamie Moody (SDSU/MOVE Me Muevo), Anne Kashiwa (UCSD/CPPW), Eric Hazzard
(Harder + Company), Joni Gabriel (CPPW/COI), Mindy Swanson (CPPW/COI), Barbara Gee (HHSA South), Alana Martinez (COI Intern), Roberto Fierro (Inst. for Student
Health), Roxanna Dorla (CSUSM Intern), Manpreet Mumman (Rady Children’s Hospital), Bruce Bettey (Physical Activity Consultant), Haley Erickson (IPH/SDSU), Heather
Troska (Dairy Council of CA), Jessica Cissel (City of National City), Katie Judd (HHSA East Region), Leticia Gonzalez (SPARK), Lindsey Cox (HHSA), Mindy Ripley
(HHSA/CPPW), Shahla Abtahi-Sepah (HHSA Central Region), Shohre Zahedi (eHygia), Vanessa Forsythe (SDUSD), Vanessa Zajfen (SDUSD), Barbara Gates (Lean and
Green Kids), Lisa D’Angelo (YMCA Mission Valley), Liliana Sanchez (IPH/SDSU), Jim Patriquin
TOPIC / ISSUE
Welcome &
Introductions
YEAH
Update (Melanie
Cohn)
DISCUSSION
ACTION
 Deirdre Kleske led introductions.
 Melanie explained that the Youth Engagement & Action for
Health (YEAH!) is the only direct service programming
that the COI provides. Currently, four YEAH! groups are
being led by graduate students of the SDSU School of
Public Health. A San Ysidro High School group
discussed menu changes in the school cafeteria with some
of the district’s faculty; they agreed to begin using wheat
tortillas instead of white tortillas on their breakfast menu.
The group also test tasted food from a food services
company called Green Bellies, which specializes in
organic foods. Paige Metz mentioned that National
School District has been considering this company as
well. Another YEAH! group at San Ysidro Middle School
is working on a project to add a water fountain and to
incorporate Peaceful Playgrounds techniques, a program
 For more information on YEAH!, please visit
the COI website at
www.ourcommunityourkids.org or contact
COI Manager Melanie Cohn
mcohn@sdchip.org
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Domain Project
Updates
DISCUSSION
that promotes safe places/practices for physical activity.
 Nursing students from Cal State University, San Marcos are
working on YEAH! via Healthy Works. As part of their
project, they conducted blood glucose screenings and
took BMI measurements at San Marcos Elementary
School. 52% of students were found to be overweight or
obese.
 Adopting California Education Standards for Physical
Activity and Nutrition is an additional project that
YEAH! groups are working on.
 The Navy Child and Youth Services will run YMCA
summer programs in National City and Linda Vista as a
YEAH! project.
 YEAH! must complete 12 projects by the end of the
calendar year, so anyone with a possible youth
group/project leader is encouraged to contact Melanie.
 Parent Engagement Trainings aim to increase parent support
for school wellness policies. Leading these efforts is
Deirdre Kleske; she reported that there has not been much
activity lately on this work plan but trainings can be
organized as needed. The training model engages school
staff to work with the parents to learn more about
wellness.
 JuliAnna Arnett, the Healthy Works Food Policy Manager,
described the Farm to School Taskforce, a group that is
coordinated by representatives from Whole Foods, Tierra
Miguel Farm, and San Diego Unified School District.
Stakeholders in food services and other interested parties
meet at Stone Brewery to discuss food procurement and
wellness policy recommendations, which include
supporting local foods on school menus as part of the
School Lunch program. Currently, there are six active
Farm-to-School programs, and thirteen school districts
ACTION
-Any representative of a school with students
interested/available to work with SDSU public
health graduate students on YEAH! should contact
Melanie Cohn at mcohn@sdchip.org
 For more information on Parent
Engagement Trainings contact Deirdre
Kleske of CA Project LEAN at
dkleske@yahoo.com
 Food directors and staff that would like to learn
more should contact JuliAnna of the COI at
jarnett@sdchip.org
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DISCUSSION
are doing some local sourcing for their cafeterias.
 Mindy Swanson explained how the project “Let’s Go Local”
aims to link locally grown food, school gardens, and
joint-use agreements to school wellness policy. The
project highlights mini case studies such as Albert
Einstein Elementary School and Crawford High School.
 Katie Judd, lead for Walk to School/Safe Routes to School,
announced that grants are available for infrastructure and
non-infrastructure education encouragement and
enforcement. Applications are due in July. Deirdre
suggested that YEAH! groups could assess conditions for
Walk to School and Safe Routes to School.
 Deirdre announced that Darcy O’Keefe will make a
presentation in June on the After School Resource
Directory being put together by Region 9 Technical
Assistance Center (RTAC), a department of SDCOE.
 A new cross domain project brings together leads from the
Healthcare, Schools, and Early Childhood domains to
engage medical professionals in school and preschool
wellness. The Medical Professionals Engagement project
will provide a Menu of Options describing ways to get
involved, from small (“appetizers”) and medium
(“entrees”) to high involvement (“dessert”) activities.
There was a discussion of activities to include, as well as
the types of medical professionals to target. It was agreed
that the list should be kept short and simple, and a variety
of medical professionals should be encouraged to get
involved. Erica suggested reaching out to mental health
professionals. Dentists, dieticians, and retired medical
professionals were also mentioned, as well as the idea of
giving recognition to involved professionals.
Announcements
 Paige Metz announced that she and her husband will be
ACTION
 COI partners involved with schools are
encouraged to share “Let’s Go Local” with a
goal of adding similar language to district
wellness policies. For more information
contact Mindy Swanson of the COI at
mindysue@igc.org
 For more information on the Safe Routes to
School grants contact Katie Judd of HHSA
at katherine.judd@sdcounty.ca.gov
 For tickets and information on the Miracle
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emcees for Rady Children’s Hospital Miracle Makers
Gala on June 11th at the Hilton. Tickets are $200 for a
pair. All proceeds will go to Rady Children’s Hospital.
Lona Cavallera announced that the Rady Childrens Health
Champions Program currently has 21 school and
community organizations participating to increase
physical activity, healthy lifestyle knowledge and
behaviors, and advocacy skills in youth. One partner, the
Sean O’Shea Foundation, is providing eight weeks of
yoga classes in addition to a wellness program for local
schools and organizations. Another partner, the
University Health Champions, a student established
organization at UC San Diego, has adopted the Health
Champions name and curriculum to facilitate health and
nutrition programs for high school and middle school
students.
Roberto Adrian Fierro announced that the Institute for
Student Health is partnering with the City of San Diego
Parks and Recreation to hold a free family fitness course
in South Bay the last three Wednesdays in May at
Montgomery Waller Recreation Center. There will be a
cooking demonstration and ballroom dance lessons.
JuliAnna Arnett, Food Policy Manager for CPPW,
announced that Olivewood Garden and Solana Center
have been chosen to be Regional Garden Education
Centers. Three types of curricula will be taught: basic
gardening, starting a community garden, and
incorporating community gardens into schools.
Jamie Moody reported on behalf of the Early Childhood
ACTION
Makers Gala, contact Paige:
pmetz@sdcoe.net
 San Diego Health Champions is looking for
more schools and organizations to partner
with. For more information visit
www.SDHealthChampions.com
 For more information on the Institute for
Student Health and its Free Family Fitness
Course event visit TheIsh.org
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DISCUSSION
ACTION
domain that a community collaborate meeting, known as
iCan, takes place the third Wednesday of every month
from 9 to 10:30am at Sherman Elementary.
 Jamie announced that a mini pilot project is taking place
which evaluates physical activity and nutrition at 130
childcare classrooms. The teachers were given a SPARK
manual, a Sesame Street Healthy Habits kit, and $100 to
use for their classrooms in return for completing an inperson survey on their food and physical activity
practices. Childcare classrooms from South Bay and
North County are participating in the pilot project.
 Katie Judd announced that summer meal sites are being
sought. Check with your local schools district for more
information.
Tuesday, May 17, 11 – 12:30pm
Community Health Improvement Partners
9370 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 220
San Diego, CA 92123
Next Domain
Meeting
 As a result of the CHIP move, COI staff email
addresses have changed:
~Cheryl Moder, Director:
cmoder@sdchip.org
~Melanie Cohn, Manager:
mcohn@sdchip.org
~JuliAnna Arnett, CPPW Food Policy
Manager: jarnett@sdchip.org
~Erica Salcuni,Coordinator:
esalcuni@sdchip.org
THIS IS THE NEW DOMAIN MEETING LOCATION
FOR 2011
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