"To provide a forum where school personnel, community representatives, parents and students can support and advocate for a comprehensive, coordinated, district-wide school wellness program."The SHAC meets four times a year. Our next meeting will be held on December 5, 2011at LHS in the Library Media Room at 7PM. We hope you will join us.Last year, in conjuction with the PTSA, we sponsored a Speakers Series. To read more about the Speaker Series, click on the community invitations here:Blaise Aquirre, MD Dr. Jon and Myla Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Dennis Shirley and Elizabeth MacDonaldTo read more about SHAC, go to the Lexington Minuteman news articles written by Carol Shum: Getting to Know SHAC and February 2011 SHAC news.The SHAC is implementing a "Mindfulness" program using a 2010-2011 Lexington Education Foundation grant. The LEF grant paid for trainers to offer a pilot group of teachers training in mindfulness teaching and strategies as part of this year's professional development. The results of the training are in the process of being analyzed.SHAC Meeting Agendas:March 14, 2011December 6, 2010September 27, 2010March 8, 2010December 5, 2011Meeting Minutes:SHAC-min-March 8th 2010SHAC-min-May 15th 2010 SHAC-min-March 2011SHAC-min-May 2011SHAC-min-Sept 2011SHAC-min-December 5, 2011
The SHAC has also helped developed the following website:Reducing Stress and Building ResiliencyFor more about the stress website and additional resources see Jen Wolfrum's Parenting Matters column in the Colonial Times.For an excellent article on homework by Blaise Aquirre, see The Myth of MultitaskingAlso see a summary of research done about homework effectiveness by B.J. Rudman, Janine Cohen and Jen Wolfrum in Effectiveness of Homework .