Back to how I got started. First, a bit about my kids school. It's huge. It's a mini-college campus for grades pre-k through 4th grade. There are several buildings. Each grade has its own building and principal. There are about 13 classes per grade. The school ranks very high academically in our state and overall I'm very happy with the education my kids are getting here. My daughter has had incredible teachers. She's in 1st grade now. My son is in the pre-k.
When she was in pre-k I joined the school's healthy and fit committee - mandated by Federal and state law. We didn't accomplish a whole lot that first year. The second year I chaired a subcommittee that created "snack guidelines" for the school. In the younger grades, the kids take turns bringing shared snacks. At 1st grade and above, kids bring their own snacks. These guidelines were meant to suggest healthier snacks, i.e. instead of little debbies, bring in pretzels, for example. I also need to add that state law mandates no homemade food is allowed. I don't agree with this - all food (most of loaded with high fructose corn syrup and transfat) must be store-bought. For every birthday party, parents bring in cupcakes loaded with 5 inches of frosting. Actually, I just found out that another elementary school in our school district is no longer allowing the goodies for individual b-day parties. I think this is great!
At the end of my daughter's kindergarten year, I decided to take my efforts one step further and asked the PTA president if we could form a PTA healthy and fit committee. She agreed. I started that effort this year. More about this coming up.
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