Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Superintendent Maria V. Navarro, Ed.D., will join representatives of the Charles County Branch of the NAACP, Charles County Department of Health, the American Heart Association and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, on Oct. 4 to accept a proclamation recognizing October as National Children’s Health Month.
Presented by the Charles County Commissioners, the proclamation recognizes that children need care and guidance to grow up healthy and safe.
The proclamation is the first step community organizations such as CCPS are taking to ensure children are introduced to and develop healthy eating and exercise habits that will benefit them throughout their lives.
“As educators, we are focused on fueling the minds of our students as they develop into critical thinkers,” Navarro said. “As such, children and teens improve their decision making and refine their problem-solving abilities. These skills are exercised beyond the classroom. They are weaved into every aspect of a person’s life. When a young person makes the decision to opt for healthy meals and take part in physical activities, they are making the decision to invest in their health and wellbeing.”
CCPS will support its community partners at an Oct. 22 event to celebrate ways in which children can making healthy choices, how families can support those choices and incorporate them at home, at school and in the community. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, at North Point High School. CCPS staff will be available to talk about healthy eating with free samples and lead physical education activities during specific times.
North Point is at 2500 Davis Road in Waldorf.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.
CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).