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The Skills For a Healthy Life Framework was developed primarily through the efforts of many dedicated teachers, health educators, school staff, parents, and community members. These individuals researched current information regarding health education, other state’s framework documents as well as national examples of frameworks and curriculum. After many months of review, revision and input from others, we feel we have created a document that will serve the students of Alaska well.
Special thanks to the following for their time and efforts:
Glenda Anderson, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Louise Ashmun, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Lynda Barcome, Anchorage School District
Nancy Brown, Lower Kuskokwim School District
Rosemary Bushon, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Anne Calkins, Juneau School District
Phyllis Church, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Linda Churchill, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Susan Doherty, Leadership Experiences International
Veronica Dunn, Anchorage School District
Maureen Eberhardt, Juneau School District
Bob Ellsworth, Lower Kuskokwim School District
Tammy Green, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services/Epidemiology
Terry Holmes, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Kathy Hughes, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Michael Kerosky, Anchorage School District
Bob Love, Mt. Edgecombe High School
Paul Maguire, University of Alaska Anchorage
Dody Maki, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Betty Miller, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Jane Mulready, Juneau School District
Marilyn Northam, Juneau School District
Donna Peterson, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Paulette Schenck, Sitka School District
Terry Solomon, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Terri Stavig, Cordova School District
Coyia Sweet, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Sharon Vaissiere, Anchorage School District
Lois Wetherall, Juneau School District
Allison Wilson, Anchorage School District
Other individuals provided coordination and support:
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Administrative Direction and Support
Terri Campbell
Helen Mehrkens
Beth Shober
Special thanks to those that took the piles of information and work and compiled it into the readable, user friendly document you see before you.
Diane Hoffbauer, Alaska Pacific University
Sharon Vaissiere, Anchorage School District
Linda Hulen, Private Contractor
As time has passed and revisions of this document have become numerous, it was evident that the full incorporation of physical education, home economics, counseling and health would make this document larger than what was manageable. Although all of these content areas are very important and integration of them is essential for healthy living, it was impossible to incorporate them in their fullest and complete sense under the umbrella of Skills For a Healthy Life. We have attempted to provide examples throughout the document that will assist teachers and school staff in addressing all of these content areas, and only wish we could have incorporated all more fully.
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