Durango School District 9-R
Durango School District 9-R
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District Health
Barb Colbert, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1428
Fax: (970) 375-3813
bcolbert@durango.k12.co.us

Julie Wigton, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1441
Fax: (970) 375-3813
jwigton@durango.k12.co.us

Kate Errett, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1462
Fax: (970) 375-3813
cerrett@durango.k12.co.us

Teri Baker, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1465
Fax: (970) 375-3813
tbaker@durango.k12.co.us

Linda Herz, Health Educator
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1408
Fax: (970) 375-3813
lherz@durango.k12.co.us

Jenny Pritchard, District Health Ed. Coordinator
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1457
Fax: (970) 375-3813
jpritchard@durango.k12.co.us

Jaynee Fontecchio-Spradling, District Health Coordinator
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1417
Fax: (970) 375-3813
jfontecchio-spradling@durango.k12.co.us

Peggy Edgerton, Admin. Asst.
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1408
Fax: (970) 375-3813
pedgerton@durango.k12.co.us

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Family/Community Involvement...

An integrated school, parent, and community approach for enhancing the health and well-being of students. School health advisory councils, coalitions, and broadly based constituencies for school health can build support for school health program efforts. Schools actively solicit parent involvement and engage community resources and services to respond more effectively to the health-related needs of students.

Students whose parents are involved in their education show:

  • Significantly greater achievement gains in reading and math than students with uninvolved parents
  • Better attendance
  • More consistently completed homework
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    (Henderson, 1987 Shaver and Walls, 1998)

 

What's happenning with 9-R involvement?

Community District Individual Schools
  • Healthy Lifestyles Coalition, San Jaun Basin Health Department (SJBHD) and Southern Ute are currently collaborating on a grant to prevent Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) and Cancer.
  • SJBHD: Health Care Program for children with special needs.
  • COPAN gave a grant to do needs assessment integrating school, worksite, health care and community to be completed by 6-30-06.
  • (pending)
  • BMI data collection in health classes.
  • Needham: informed PTO regarding health index process and results.
  • Escalante: meth video with panel presentations at parent/teacher conferences -over 60 families participated and parenting classes in partnership with Step It Up Coalition.
  • Animas Valley: Nutrition and FitnessTips in most monthly newsletters.