rethink your drink! week: may 12 may 16...chart your classrooms no soda days during rethink your...
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Directive to Administrators (Specify which administrators)
ALL SITE ADMINISTRATORS
WAD (Wednesday) Publication Date
May 7, 2014
WAD Notice # No. of Pages
1 of 7 WAD Title ( Limit to 4-6 Words )
RETHINK YOUR DRINK Week
Date Due (if applicable)
Not Applicable After this Date:
May 30, 2014
From:
Kim Coates
(Cabinet member or approved by one below)
Title:
Executive Director, School Health Programs, SFCSD
Signature:
Telephone:
242-2615
Inform:
( X ) Certificated Staff ( X ) Classified Staff ( X ) Parents ( ) Post on Bulletin Board Other
Administrative Directive
“ReThink Your Drink!” WEEK: May 12 – May 16
WHO: All SFUSD schools
WHAT:
SFUSD celebrates Rethink your Drink Week (May 12 – May 16) to encourage students to cut down on sugar sweetened drinks and have a “soda free summer”
WHY: Regular soft drinks are the #1 source of added sugar in the American diet1 The average American consumes almost 100 pounds of sugar a year2 One 20 ounce cola contains 17 teaspoons of sugar 1JF Guthire & JF Morton (2000) Food sources of added sweeteners in the diets of Americans. J Am Diet Assoc.
2From the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS): http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Sugar/Data.htm 4/23/09
HOW: Visit: www.healthiersf.org/nutrition/RYD/index.php for classroom lessons and parent presentations. Teach students and families to be sugar savvy!
Chart your classrooms NO SODA days during ReThink your Drink Week or for Soda Free Summer (see attached handouts English and Spanish)
See attached school resource sheet for more “soda free” ideas! Copy and distribute handout to educate families about sugar sweetened
drinks (see attached resource in English, Spanish and Chinese) Create a workplace policy for sugar sweetened beverages and healthy food
(see attached sample policy) Visit www.thebiggerpicture.org for secondary level student-developed PSAs
to empower people to care about preventing the spread of Type 2 Diabetes
Approved
Cabinet Member:
Kevin Truitt
Title: Associate Superintendent of Student, Family & Community Support Department
Signature:
SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT – WEEKLY ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE (WAD)
MAKE YOUR SCHOOL SODA FREE!
RESOURCES: Sugar Savvy lessons, Soda Free Summer campaign materials, non-food
fundraising ideas, healthy snack lists, & more…
www.banpac.org/resources_sugar_savvy.htm www.healthiersf.org/nutrition
41% of children ages 2-11 drink at least one soda or sugar-sweetened beverage on an average day1
Soda is the #1 source of added sugar in the American diet2
The average American consumes almost 100 pounds of sugar a year3
DRINK WATER!
Delicious witha squeeze of lime ,a wedge of orange , a frozen berry ,a sprig of mint,a slice of cucumber,a piece of pineapple, a sliver of mango…
1 Babey, S. et al. Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Sept., 2009 2Guthrie JF, Morton JF. Food sources of added sweeteners in the diets of Americans. Journal of the American 3Dietetic Association 2000;100(1):43-51. 3From the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS): http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Sugar/Data.htm 4/23/09
IN CLASS
1. Teach a lesson to help students learn to be sugar savvy: limit sugar intake, drink plenty of water, and eat lots of colorful fruits and vegetables.
2. Be a role model for students by drinking water, participating in PE time, and rewarding with non-food items.
3. Chart your classroom’s soda free days or have individual students keep track.
4. Celebrate special days in ahealthier way with physical activity & fruit and veggie parties.
5. Distribute materials for the SODA FREE SUMMER campaign.
SCHOOL WIDE
1. Develop a school-wide “NO SODA” policy for students and staff.
2. Provide Staff Development & Parent Education: contact a nutrition educator
to teach staff and families about healthy
eating.
3. Include “Healthy Messages” in
morning announcements.
4. Sponsor a Re-think Your Drink poster
contest.
5. Fundraise with walk-a-thons or read-a-
thons or by selling non-food items.
Commit to a Healthier You!
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
May 12 – May 16
I, __________________, will reI, __________________, will reI, __________________, will reI, __________________, will re----think my drinkthink my drinkthink my drinkthink my drink
and be and be and be and be SODASODASODASODA FREEFREEFREEFREE for one weekfor one weekfor one weekfor one week!!!!(print your name)
Keep track of your soda free days.
Color in a box for every day that you are soda free!
Don’t stop now! Be soda free… all summer long!
Total number of days I was soda free: _________
¡Comprometase a ser más Saludable!
domingo lunes martes miér-
coles
jueves viernes sábado
12 de mayo –
16 de mayo
¡¡¡¡Yo, __________________, reYo, __________________, reYo, __________________, reYo, __________________, re----pensaré mi bebida y pensaré mi bebida y pensaré mi bebida y pensaré mi bebida y
seré seré seré seré LIBRE DE LA SODA por una semanapor una semanapor una semanapor una semana!!!!(escriba tu nombre)
Apunte los días que eres libre de la soda.
¡Colorea la caja correspondiente a cada día que eres
libre de la soda!
¡No pares ahora! ¡Sea libre de la soda… todo el verano!
Número total de días que fui libre de la soda: _________
(re-piensa tu bebida)
Commit to a Healthier You!
Write in the dates: SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
Week:
Week:
Week:
Week:
Week:
Week:
Week:
Week:
Week:
I, __________________, will be I, __________________, will be I, __________________, will be I, __________________, will be SODA FREE SODA FREE SODA FREE SODA FREE this summer.
(print your name)
Keep track of your soda free days!
Color in a box for every day that you are soda free!
Don’t stop now! Be soda free… all year long!
Total number of days I was soda free: _________
¡Comprometase a ser más Saludable!
Escriba las fechas: domingo lunes martes miér-
coles
jueves viernes sábado
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
Semana:
¡¡¡¡Yo, __________________, seré Yo, __________________, seré Yo, __________________, seré Yo, __________________, seré LIBRE DE LA SODA LIBRE DE LA SODA LIBRE DE LA SODA LIBRE DE LA SODA este veranoeste veranoeste veranoeste verano!!!!(escriba tu nombre)
¡Apunte los días que eres libre de la soda!
¡Colorea la caja correspondiente a cada día que eres libre de la soda!
¡No pares ahora! ¡Sea libre de la soda! todo el año!
Número total de días que fui libre de la soda: : _________
(re-piensa tu bebida)