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Scottsdale Unified School District parents are encouraged to provide input about our schools in the online Annual Parent Survey. The electronic survey will be available beginning Friday, January 20 through February 10. Parents are invited to complete the survey once for each student enrolled. Parents who do not have Internet access may use the school’s computer lab. Access the survey from the District Web site or your child’s school Web site beginning January 20. Your responses will help us make SUSD even better!

 

 

Healthy Lifestyle Coaching Program Introduced at Kiva Elementary

 

Dear Kiva Families,

I am excited to announce that Kiva will again partner with The Mollen Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to empowering children to live healthy lives, to offer families and staff a free of charge “Healthy Lifestyle Coaching Program”.  With the success of our fitness and nutrition programs, the healthy lifestyle coaching program is a natural extension of our efforts to inspire a health focused campus. Kiva is the first school in the district to have a program like this and the goal of inspiring healthy living ties in perfectly with our whole child approach at Kiva. The goal of this program is to help Kiva families build healthier lives. Proper exercise and nutrition helps brain development and helps families live longer lives.

“The Health Coaching Program” is a one on one counseling program between a Kiva family and a health coach completing an internship from Arizona State University’s Healthy Lifestyle Coaching program. It involves personalized menu plans and exercise plans. Each plan is based on the family’s own person goals, likes, and dislikes. The menu plan is intended to allow the family to eat what they desire, but in a healthier way, while the exercise plan is intended to keep the entire family active. The menu plan and the exercise plan go hand in hand, in order to keep the family healthy and well.

Kiva has been assigned one health coach who will meet with families on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, either from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. or 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Staffing will allow for six families to take part in the pilot on a first come first serve basis. If families have similar goals, families may be paired into small groups with their consent to allow more families to participate.

Each family will meet with the Health Coach as a family 5 times to discuss their needs and to follow up on their plans.

We are excited that Kiva has been chosen to kick-start this program and that we have a dedicated partner, The Mollen Foundation, in the promotion of healthy living on our campus.

To sign up for "The Health Coaching Program" please pick up an application and release form at the Kiva front office and return it as soon as possible as participation in this pilot program is on a first come, first serve basis.

 

Thank you,

 

Nick Noonan

 

 

 

 

 

Parents outside of the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) boundaries, or those already enrolled and choosing another SUSD school, may enroll their child in an SUSD school based on the school’s grade and program capacity. SUSD will accept open enrollment applications for the 2012-2013 school year during the initial open enrollment period of December 1, 2011 – January 17, 2012.

Applications submitted from December 1, 2011 – January 17, 2012 are granted first priority in the open enrollment process, but must complete the appropriate enrollment documents by March 31 if notified of acceptance.  Failure to complete the necessary documents by the March 31st deadline will result in the revocation of the open enrollment acceptance.

Applications for open enrollment received after the January 17 deadline will be dated, filed, and considered only after students whose applications were submitted by the deadline have had an opportunity to enroll.  Any applications for open enrollment received after the January 17 deadline will be placed on a waitlist and will only be notified if there is a capacity for additional enrollment in a school and/or program.

Open enrollment request forms are available by clicking on this link - Open Enrollment Request Form

We no longer accept the forms in the school office. Completed forms should be delivered to the Centralized Enrollment Office located at:

3811 N. 44th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85018
Phone: 480-484-6110
Fax: 480-484-6231

Hours of operation during academic school year:
7:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. on Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday
9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. on Wednesdays

You are invited to attend the next Nutrition Services Parent Committee Meeting, Thursday, February 9^th, 3:30 – 5:00 pm at the Mohave District Annex, Apache A room.  Please join us to share ideas, get your questions answered and concerns voiced regarding your student’s school meal program.