Back to School Made Healthier: TSET Offers Free Resources for the School Year
Shape Your Future Empowers Teachers and Families To Build Healthy Routines
As Oklahoma students and teachers prepare for a new school year, Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is offering free resources to help educators and families start the year off right.
“Our educators go above and beyond to take care of their students and ensure a great learning environment, and the back-to-school season offers a perfect time to build healthy habits,” said Lance Thomas, TSET’s interim executive director. “Shape Your Future resources help make it easier to incorporate healthy choices both at home and in the classroom.”
Shape Your Future provides educators with free classroom posters, worksheets for Pre-K through 5th grade, seasonal classroom activity sheets and videos for active brain breaks. Additionally, teachers can subscribe to the Shape Your Future teacher newsletter at ShapeYourFutureOK.com/teachers. Designed specifically for educators, the newsletter includes tips to support healthier habits for students and teachers in the classroom and at home.
The new school year brings new routines and opportunities for families to prioritize health. ShapeYourFutureOK.com helps make the transition easier with the back-to-school guide. From encouraging participation in sports to building a consistent sleep schedule and choosing nutritious after-school snacks, families can take simple steps to help students stay healthy.
Teachers and families can visit ShapeYourFutureOK.com to explore hundreds of free resources, including healthy recipes, ways to get active, classroom materials and more.
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Shape Your Future is a community health education intervention that encourages Oklahomans to eat better, move more and be tobacco free. Shape Your Future strives to educate parents, teachers, caregivers and all Oklahomans on how to make the healthy choice the easy choice. Find more information online at ShapeYourFutureOK.com.
The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) is building a healthier future for all Oklahomans. As a state grantmaking entity, TSET supports community programs, public health initiatives and research to prevent the leading causes of chronic disease. TSET grants and partnerships help to reduce tobacco use, improve nutrition, advance medicine and increase access to active, healthy living. Created by voters and funded by the Master Settlement Agreement, TSET is creating lasting change in schools, workplaces and communities across the state. Learn more at Oklahoma.gov/TSET.
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