4th Annual Healthy Schools Summit 2010

Engaging youth in creating healthy schools
Registration starts February 8, 2010. Visit us at: www.healthyschoolswa.org/summit/

Student well-being has always been the center of the healthy schools movement; however, we sometimes forget to ask youth for their input. This year we will take time to LISTEN to and LEARN how to partner with youth to create healthier schools.

When: Two full days! Thursday, May 27 and Friday, May 28, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Seattle Airport Marriott, 3201 South 176th Street, Seattle, WA 98188

Keynote Speakers:
Thursday Keynote: Shelby Knox, youth activist
Following her activist efforts in the documentary “The Education of Shelby Knox,” Shelby graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science. She continues to travel across the country as a speaker and organizer with a specialization in designing workshop programming for youth leaders. Shelby has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and the Dr. Phil Show and in Glamour, Bust, and Seventeen magazines as an advocate for comprehensive sex education. She also blogs on feminism and sexual health for the Huffington Post and contributes to the feminist quarterly, The F-Word. She currently lives in New York City and is a full time speaker and organizer working with progressive organizations to promote sex education, women’s rights, and youth empowerment.
Friday Keynote: Dave La Rose, South Kitsap School District Superintendent La Rose recently received the Washington State ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Whole Child Award for his systemic and strategic approach to meeting the needs of all students. He is in his second year as
superintendent and spent the two previous school years as Assistant Superintendent for School and Family Support in South Kitsap School District. Before moving to central office in SKSD, Dave was principal at Orchard Heights Elementary School. Dave came to
SKSD from Arizona where he began as a high school teacher and Dean, and later served as a Middle School Assistant Principal and Principal. He opened a new K–8 school in Higley, AZ and then moved to an Assistant Superintendent position. Dave is a strong advocate for the whole child and believes that in order for EVERY child to succeed, we must ensure that they are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. When a student need interferes with their ability to learn, SKSD has “campaigned” on
behalf of their students and has developed partnerships with community agencies, health organizations, mentoring programs, and faith-based leaders to provide the resources students need in order to be successful in school.

Who Should Attend:
Advocates for healthy schools, school board members,
superintendents, directors, principals, school improvement
specialists, teachers, counselors/psychologists/social workers,
family support workers, school nurses, school based health
center staff, health educators/physical education teachers, food
service, DECA, PTA/PTSA, community advocates, students,
families and others.