Valerie Parsons, M' Ed', M'A'

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Valerie Parsons, M. Ed., M.A.
Monrovia Unified School District Network for a
Healthy California

• Program Coordinator

www.monroviaschools.net
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Monrovia Unified School District Board of
Education Vision for Monrovia Schools
Strategic 5-Year Goals 2004 2009 1. All
eligible schools gain State recognition as
California Distinguished Schools by 2009. 2.
All schools meet or exceed their annual API
state growth targets (for the school and for
subgroups), aiming toward the State target
API school score of 800 or higher by
2009. 3. Monrovia graduates leave high school
prepared to enter college, advance
training, and/or the workplace.
Guiding Goals 1. Learning for all Students. 2.
Safe, Orderly, Positive Learning
Environments. 3. Quality Staff Providing Quality
Service. 4. School/Home/ Community Partnerships
Communication. 5. Acquisition Allocation
of Resources to Support Goals 1 - 4.

Student Success


Vision Distinguished Schools
Achieving Students Graduates Prepared for Life

• Guiding Goals
• Student learning
• 2. Positive Learning Environments
• 3. Quality Staff
• 4. School/Home/ Community Partnerships
• 5. Resources to Support Goals 1 - 4.

Guiding Goals


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Mission Statement
The Monrovia
Unified School District
is committed to devoting its energy,
resources, and
support to provide, through quality staff
quality service
?Academically rigorous educational
programs which foster
the maximum development of each
students desire, skill,
confidence to learn academic potential
success vocational,
vocational, technological interests, talents,
and skills social,
civic, and cultural understanding
participation and sense
of accomplishment, self-responsibility,
self-worth, within ?A challenging,
supportive, safe, orderly, positive learning
environment, by working actively
cooperatively as students, staff, parents,
community.












Values and Beliefs

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Department Organizational Chart
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Professional Development

• District Administration
• Health Assistants
• Food Service Workers
• Nutrition Educators
• Teachers
• After School Program

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Professional Development for Chefs

• Once a week training for Chefs
• 2 hours, every Monday
• 4-week rotation schedule for training

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Professional Development for Teachers

• 3 Evening Seminars and 8 Site Seminars
• Topics integrate Skills-based Nutrition Education
  with Core Curriculum
• NEW HOTM Preview/Taste Testing Demo
• Mini PA or Gardening Breaks
• Consultants
• Summer Institute 12 hours over 4 days
• Monthly Chef-in-the-Classroom lessons also train
  teachers

Teacher Training Topics SPARK Refresher HOTM Big
Books Very Hungry Caterpillar Cooking in the
Classroom Food for Thought Writing Muncha
Muncha Math Navigating Nutrition
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HOTM Newsletter/Curriculum Links
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Monthly HOTM Resources

• Nutrition Literature
• HOTM Big Books
• Harvest of the Month workbooks
• Teacher resource packets
• Produce delivery
• Nutrition Activity Clubs

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Nutrition Activity Clubs (NAC)

• Clubs meet twice a week during recess time
• Clubs are led by chefs
• Monthly responsibilities
• Produce deliveries
• HOTM Bulletin Boards
• School Assemblies

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Other NAC Promotion Activities

• Supermarket Produce Pictures
• DARE Graduation Skits
• Taste Testings
• Iron Chef Competition

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5 Taste Testing Recipes

• Chef-in-the-Classroom Lesson Cabbage
  Tostada
• Taste Testing by Chef
  Fruity Cabbage Salad
• Teacher Tasting Trio Purple Cabbage
  Salad
• Cafeteria menu Creamy Cole
  Slaw
• After School Program (Choice) Cabbage
  Quesadillas, Cabbage Soup, Stir Fry

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HOTM at the Local Supermarket

• Retail Displays with nutrient info and shopping
  tips
• NAC Pictures promote produce
• Classroom Recipes
• Monthly Taste Testings

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Chefs-in-the-Classroom
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Chefs-in-the-Classroom
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Impact Evaluation
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Nutrition Education Outside the Classroom

• Murals
• Walk to School Day
• Governor's Fitness Challenge
• School Site Physical Activity Events
• Monrovia Elementary Olympics

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After School Programs
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Community Outreach

• Healthy Kids Day
• Boys and Girls Club
• YMCA Summer Extravaganza
• Community Halloween Festival
• Monrovia Arts Festival
• Farmers Market

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Parent Education

• Parent Nights, ELAC, PTA, Coffee with the
  Principal
• ESL classes through the Monrovia Adult School
• Weekly Jump Start Learning Series in partnership
  with Monrovia Family Learning Center

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Previous Classes
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Award Winning Programs

• 2006 Golden Bell Award
• Chefs in the Classroom
• 2008 Golden Bell Award
• MEO-Nutrition Olympics
• 2008 Champion
• for Children Award

1 in the State!
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• My favorite recipe is the sweet potato, it tasted
  really good!
• The recipes are delicious!
• My favorite recipe is the broccoli stir-fry
• I loved the recipe for broccoli. I felt like I
  was in heaven. I wish I had it again.
• I didnt like vegetables, but you made me like
  them.
• I have been begging and begging my mom to make
  the broccoli stir-fry
• I am going to try to make the recipe at home
• My 3 kids didnt like broccoli at all, but after
  cooking in mommy and me class they love it!

For more information contact Valerie
Parsons 471-2776 vparsons_at_monrovia.k12.ca.us