1. Nutrition Education in the After School Program Network for a Healthy California Monrovia Unified School District Presented by: Valerie Parsons, Program Coordinator; Tamara Morrison, Lead NEA; and Lizett Olivares, RD

2. History of Nutrition Education in the Extended School Program 1999-Village Extended School Program 2001- Nutrition mini- grant awarded for 43K 2002- Nutrition lessons after school 2003- Nutrition contract awarded for 600K

3. California Health Standards Chefs Classroom Cafeteria

4. Extended School Cooking Lessons Healthy Ingredients Students Cook Students Serve Enjoy! Nutrition Lesson SPARK Activity

5. Extended School Nutrition Schedule Elementary Schools: 1:05-1:15 Attendance 1:15-1:30 Free Play 1:30-2:00 Snack 2:00-3:15 Nutrition/SPARK Rotation 3:15-4:45 Homework 4:45-5:15 Learning for Life 5:15-6:00 Choice Time Middle Schools: 1:45-2:05 Attendance & Snack 2:05-3:30 Nutrition and SPARK rotations 3:30-4:30 Homework 4:30-5:00 Outside Play 5:00-5:30 Table Games 5:30-5:45 Freaky Friday Cash in 5:45-6:00 Clean Up

6. Date Instruction Lesson Cooking / Craft Lesson SPARK Lesson Week of: March 3 rd to March 7 th National School Breakfast Week I Spy A Healthy Breakfast K-2 Breakfast Balance 3-6 National School Breakfast Week Fun Activity Sheet SPARK Lesson of Site's Choice Week of: March 10 th to March 14 th My Lunch Bag K-2 Forgetful Fred Makes A Meal 3-6 Food Fingerprint Art SPARK Lesson of Site's Choice Week of: March 17 th to March 21 st Harvest of the Month Spinach Popeye’s Spinach Scramble SPARK Lesson of Site's Choice Week of: March 24 th to March 28 th Picture A Healthy Me K-2 --------------------------------------- Food Catcher 3-6 Picture A Healthy Me K-2 --------------------------------------- Food Catcher 3-6 SPARK Lesson of Site's Choice

7. Training for Extended School Staff Training Once a month with Site Managers Site Managers train Activity Leaders Monthly Highlights reported by Site Managers

8. Goals/Challenges Challenges: –New leadership –Training after school staff –Quality of nutrition education lessons Goals: –Provide direct training to Activity Leaders. –Progress to more nutrition skills-based learning. –Collaboratively develop an evaluation tool to use quarterly –Continue with after school program liaison