Challenge Spring Follow-Up Visit Details and FAQs
The Strong4Life Challenge Team is excited to return to your school in the spring to continue promoting healthy habits and serving as positive role models for your students.
As a friendly reminder, there is no assembly associated with this visit. To be mindful of educational time, the Challenge Team plans to and join in on these normal school activities:
- Morning announcements: If your school offers live announcements, our team can join the newscast to kick off the day. If your school offers prerecorded announcements, our team can do an all-call over the intercom system.
- PE classes: The team would love to join as many morning PE classes as they can, participating and working alongside the students in any activities the PE teacher has planned.
- School lunch: To ensure we see every student during the visit, the team will join the school nutrition team to help prepare and serve lunch to all students.
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Preparing for the spring visit
Prior to the Challenge Team’s arrival at your school, here are a few things you can do to prepare your school:
- Play the teaser video on morning announcements before your scheduled visit date to create excitement around the return of the Challenge Team.
- Remind teachers, staff, students and parents about the upcoming spring visit via email, calendar invites or bulletin boards. We’ve drafted suggested emails you can use to spread the word in the Challenge communications toolkit. Get the school excited about the upcoming event!
- Promote Strong4Life by displaying your posters around the school, adding “Strong4Life” to your school marquee or bulletin boards.
On the day of the spring visit
We are excited to join your school and continue promoting healthy habits! Here are some things to consider on the day of your visit:
- Let the team know if there’s no PE that day. Let our team know upon arrival if there won’t be any PE classes and we can brainstorm some alternatives.
- Share photos of your follow-up visit on social media and/or email them to Strong4LifeChallenge@choa.org. Don’t forget to tag us: @wearestrong4life on Instagram and @Strong4LIifeGA on Facebook.
- Have fun!
After the follow-up visit
Although our in-person visits are complete, that doesn’t mean the fun is over!
Continue promoting Strong4Life throughout the year using the online resource hub. Each month, we will send communication to your Wellness Champions, sharing brain-break videos, flyers, handouts and more.
Frequently asked questions about the spring follow-up visit
What time does your team arrive for the follow-up visit?
The team will arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of morning announcements.
Is there an assembly or pep rally—similar to the first visit?
No. There is no assembly during the follow-up visit.
When will we receive our follow-up teaser video?
Your school will receive an email reminder with the teaser video link about 1 week prior to your scheduled visit date.
We have prerecorded announcements. Can your team film a few short videos for us to use later in the year?
Yes! Our team can film a few short messages at about the Strong4Life healthy habits on the day of the follow-up visit.
Can we have the Strong4Life Challenge Team back to our school next year?
Strong4Life works with your district's School Nutrition Department, which ultimately selects the schools that will receive the program. To ensure that every school gets an opportunity to receive the Challenge Program, we typically do not return to the same school 2 years in a row.
Strong4Life does offer a variety of other programs for schools to participate in. For more information, visit Strong4Life.com/schools, email Strong4LifeSchools@choa.org or sign up to receive our bi-monthly schools newsletter.
