The Texas School Health Network is a collaborative effort of the Texas Department of Health, the Texas Cancer Council, and the Regional Education Service Centers (ESCs). The School Health Network’s mission is to serve as the coordinating point and collaborative catalyst to promote healthy school environments and healthy behaviors of all students and personnel.

Through this program, each of the 20 ESC’s in Texas is staffed with a school health specialist who provides in-service training, workshops, and technical assistance to school districts. Your Regional School Health Specialist can provide you and your school district with assistance or information on school health topics such as:

>> School Health Advisory Councils (SHACs)
>> HIV/AIDS Awareness
>> Vision/Hearing/Spinal Screening Training
>> Universal precautions for Disease Prevention
>> Networking Opportunities

Fitnessgram Information

1) Fitnessgram 08-09—This is the most current communication to districts about the year ’08-’09 and Fitnessgram testing and data entry and upload.This has a schedule of the upcoming TETNs for districts about this topic.

2) SB 530 one and SB 530 two are the Senate Bills that relate to the PE changes and the testing mandates.

3) PFAI application guide—This document explains how to apply and receive a TEASE account. TEASE accounts were used to upload data to TEA.

4) PFAI launch letter—This letter was sent to Superintendents to instruct them to get a TEASE account, and what to do to prepare to upload data.

5) Letter 10-19-07—This was the first letter in Fall ’07 superintendents received regarding ordering Fitnessgram and arranging for district training.

6) Fitnessgram Overview—This is a PowerPoint that was used by trainers to explain the usage of Fitnessgram.

8) Sample Parent Letter—Districts were asked to send a parent letter out to inform parents about the mandated testing. This is a sample to use/adapt.

For more information on Fitnessgram, please visit their website at: www.fitnessgram.net.