Bryan Bystol

PE 224
March 25th, 2021

Indiana Society for Health and Physical Education

14059 Old Mill Circle
Carmel, Indiana 46032

ATTN: Aaron Crawn and Carole DeHaven, INSHAPE Grant Council Chairs

Dear Mr. Crawn and Mrs. DeHaven,

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review our grant application. For
our grant, Growing Nutrition Experts, we are partnering with Let’s Eat Healthy to provide a
semester long nutrition curriculum for every grade for Immaculate Heart of Mary in the 2021 fall
semester. These classes will take place once a week and we chose to have the curriculum
implemented in the fall because going into the winter, it is harder for the students to stay active,
so it is important that they have knowledge and understand the importance of a healthy diet. With
a grant of $2,000, we will be able to develop a healthy nutrition plan for themselves as well as
advocate for healthy snacks & meals with friends and family. They will also be participating in a
weekly meal log, so they can track their nutrition goals throughout the week. The students will
then present a nutrition project to their classmates and the end of the semester that shares what
their nutrition goals were and how they accomplished them with the help of the school, their
family, and their friends.
Once again, I would like to thank you for taking the time to review the grant and
considering us in the approval process. If there are any questions, please feel free to reach out to
me through email: bbystol@butler.edu.

Thank you,
Bryan Bystol
 Table of Contents

1. Letter of Application

2. Table of Contents

3. Project Details

4. Rationale

5. Objectives

5. Procedure & Methods

6-7. Budget & Budget Narrative

8. Evaluation and assessment

9. Supporting Materials

10. Works Cited

Project Details

The implementation of a separate curriculum and class that is focused on teaching

students about nutrition is needed, and the curriculum of choice is Let’s Eat Healthy. This would

be an additional class for the students (K-8) that will be added to the school curriculum so the

students can have a dedicated class in their schedule for it. The use of workbooks, teacher

lectures, student demonstrations, and any other teaching tool the teacher sees fit will be

implemented based on each grade level. For the teachers, the use of Let’s Eat Healthy allows

them to effectively educate their students through the free use of games, activities, and other

instructional materials. This class will aim to be about a semester-long and will for about 40-50

minutes once a week. Every class will be interactive and student-centered with projects such as

weekly tracking of their eating habits (with the implementation of material that week) and

creating a beneficial nutrition idea for the school to implement.

Rationale

The idea of this grant is important because it promotes a healthy lifestyle for the students
and the teachers. The main goal of health and physical education is for students to develop
lifelong knowledge, skill, and enjoyment that lead to a healthy lifestyle. Adding nutrition to the
curriculum will be very impactful for this goal to be achieved as the students will have access to
a myriad of information and knowledge (NHES 3). If a student knows how to properly fuel their
body and eat healthily, they will be more capable of continuing their healthy lifestyle later in life.
Proper nutrition leads to the increase of enjoyment by decreasing the risk of disease and other
harmful health factors (NHES 7). By participating in each class, the students will be able to
practice and enhance their healthy behaviors daily while being able to bring home this
knowledge and share it with others (NHES 8).
Also, this nutrition curriculum needs to be implemented into this school based on the data
from the needs assessment conducted. According to N3 and N4 from the needs assessment
provided by the School Health Index, the teachers and faculty at the school had little to no
knowledge of what their school (or themselves) were doing to promote good nutrition. They only
were able to describe aspects of their physical education, but the nutrition curriculum seemed to
be missing or pushed to the side. They didn’t seem to be strong advocates for healthy nutrition,
which is why this curriculum is not only going to be beneficial to the students but the teachers as
well (NHES 4). Students and teachers alike will be learning together. Let’s Eat Healthy is also a
tool teachers can use to better understand healthy nutritional habits and can better advocate for a
healthy lifestyle and life-long health practices for those around them (NHES 8).
According to the 2019 YRBSS data, by the time these students reach high school and
begin to fully develop, a large percentage of them are lacking proper dietary habits. For example,
16.7% of all high school students do not consistently eat breakfast, 8% did not eat vegetables
weekly, 15.1% drank one or more soda a day, and 9.3% drank two or more sodas a day (CDC).
These results of student nutritional habits are partially due to the fact that students don’t know
the true importance of eating breakfast every day, eating vegetables daily, and limiting sugary
beverages throughout the day. Providing a nutritional curriculum at each K-8 grade level will
allow for a full educational experience on proper nutrition and eating habits that will lead to
success later in life.
Objectives

1. Students will be able to create a healthy meal plan with healthy daily snacks included
within it (NHES 7). A strong understanding of the use of MyPlate will aid in this.
2. Students will be able to describe what foods with low nutritional value would do to the
body and its functioning.
3. Students will be able to create nutritional goals to help them implement healthy dietary
practices into their everyday diet.
4. Prepare the students for proper habits in high school, college, and the rest of their life that
will help decrease their risk of disease and health issues. Teachers as well should be able
to describe healthy habits that will help decrease their risk of disease and health issues
later in life.
5. Teachers will be able to advocate for healthy nutritional habits in their classroom,
throughout the school, and in their community. Students as well will be able to advocate
with their friends and family.
Procedure & Methods
1. Let’s Eat Healthy will recognize our outreach, and provide IHM with the curriculum
needed. We will order this curriculum online, which will total out to $401.50.
2. Two educators (Mrs. Farley and Ms. Wenzel) will become involved in the program in
order to teach the nutrition classes to all grade levels. Parents are also welcome to
become involved and volunteer their time within activities, guest speaking, snack
providing, and more.
3. IHM faculty and parents will be notified through email of the introduction of Let’s Eat
Healthy, Mrs. Farley, and Ms. Wenzel into the IHM curriculum. Students & parents will
be asked to sign consent forms for agreement to participate.
4. All grade levels will participate in this class once a week during their Tuesday science
class.
Grant Timeline:
1. May 31st, 2021: Growing Nutrition Experts Grant will be announced via email newsletter
to the school and its community members.
2. June 14th, 2021: Participation consent forms will be administered via mail or email to all
students.
3. Tuesday August 24th, 2021: First day of the nutrition class.
4. Tuesday December 7th, 2021: Start of student presentations and teacher presentations.
5. Tuesday December 14th, 2021: Last day of class, last day of student presentations.
6. Students will be evaluated informally based on the objectives created.
7. Friday December 17th, 2021: Assess the students and teachers through an end of the
semester questionnaire that will be sent out through email. The parents can help their
students answer the questions.
8. Conclude the grant.
Line Item Budget
Product Quantity Total Cost

K-8 Student Workbooks $.50 Each, X50 per grade $225

K-8 Educator Guides $5.00 Each, X8 $40

Boost Your Brainpower $3.00 Each x9 (1 per grade) $27

With Breakfast Infographic

(Pad of 50)

Building MyPlate Activity $3.00 Each x9 (1 per grade) $27

(Pad of 50)

Rethink Your Drink $3.00 Each x9 (1 per grade) $27

Infographic (Pad of 50)

Food Groups Poster $3.00 USD EACH (x1 $3

Food Pictures $12.50 USD EACH (x1) $12.50

Let’s Eat Healthy Shipping 1 $40

Price

Pencils (Wood-Cased #2 HB X2 (1,150) $79.96

Pencils, 576 pencils in box)

Nutrition Educators 2 $9 per hour, $1,080 for the

semester.

Curriculum Ad Posters x20 $.25 EACH $5

 School Email Directory 1 $0

IDOL 10 inch Laptop 2 $339.98

Healthy Snack Money $46.78 to each teacher $93.56

TOTAL $2,000

Budget Narrative:

With the money provided by the grant, we will be able to purchase the Let’s Eat Healthy
Curriculum packages which will cost $391.50. Pencils are needed for each student, so about 2
boxes of a 576 count would be enough to not be worried about running out, they are priced at
$79.96 on Amazon.com. Also, the grant will allow for the support of two volunteer educators
who will advocate for the information provided and will require $9 an hour. They are teaching 4
different classes, so they work 4 hours a week and get $36, thus their total cost for a 15 week
semester would be $1,080. These teachers will be provided laptops as well, and the IDOL 10
inch Laptop was our choice within our budget as each costs $169.99. They will use these laptops
to access the online teaching tools as well as activities provided on the Let’s Eat Healthy website.
Advertisements will be created and will be sent via email to the parents and sponsors within the
school directory as well as be hung on the walls throughout the school. They cost about $.25 per
poster printed at the Butler University printing services, and 20 will be hung up around the
school, which will cost $5.In order to create the advertisement posters, we will also need to use
the laptops provided to create them and send them electronically. Finally, with our remaining
money ($93.56) we will split it between the two educators for the purpose of them buying
healthy snacks (such as fruits) for their students during class. In total, all of these items add up to
exactly $2,000!
Assessment:
The final assessment of the GNE grant will involve student presentations of their work
throughout the semester to determine if the first three objectives were met. They will have the
opportunity to share their nutritional goals they had for every week, how they completed them,
and what tools/information they used to help them complete their goals such. They will also
share their ideal daily meal plan that includes the three main meals and two snacks throughout
the day that emphasize healthy food choices. The students should be able to explain why they
chose their foods over foods of low nutritional value. After all of the student presentations, a
questionnaire will be sent out to all of the students, teachers, and parents/guardians to determine
if objectives four and five were met. The questionnaire will also determine if the program was
effective in providing nutritional information, promoting healthy nutritional advocacy, and if it
should be implemented into the yearly curriculum plan for IHM.
Questions for students:
1. Did you enjoy having a nutrition class? Rate your experience!
a. 1(not enjoyable) 2 3 4 5(loved it!)
2. Do you see yourself using this information in the future to make better nutritional
decisions? In what ways? (Obj. 1, 3, 4)
3. Do you think you would be able to share what you learned with others? In what fashion?
(Obj. 1 & 5)
4. Do you think you and your family will begin to eat healthier after taking this class? If so,
in what ways will they? If not, how can the curriculum be changed to help you advocate
for your family? (Obj. 5)
5. What is the most important thing you learned that you think everyone should know about
food choices? (Obj. 2)
Questions for Parents/Guardians:
1. Do you think this class was beneficial to your student? How so?
2. How has your student shown signs of participating in or advocating for healthy eating
habits? (Obj. 1, 2, 3, 4)
3. How do you think the curriculum can be adjusted to better advocate for healthy
nutritional habits? (Obj. 4)
Questions for Teachers:
1. How well do you think you advocated for healthy eating habits in the students and
throughout the school? 1(did nothing) 2 3 4 5(above and beyond!)
(Obj. 5)
2. What is the most important thing a student should take away from this class?
(Obj. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
3. Was having class once a week enough? Or, do you wish you had the class more than once
a week? Explain your answer.
4. What things should be added to the curriculum to help you better advocate to the
students, school, and the community?
Supporting Materials
Let’s Eat Healthy provides games and activities such as kahoots, quizlets, quizzes, project

ideas, and other learning tools that go along with the curriculum guides.

https://www.healthyeating.org/products-and-activities/games-activities

They also provide online learning resources for students who are learning from a

distance. Powerpoint slides, nutrition video series, electronic field trips, and more are all

available for those who are online learning.

https://www.healthyeating.org/products-and-activities/curriculum/online-learning
 Citations

“Let's Eat Healthy”. Dairy Council of California (2021).

https://www.healthyeating.org/

“National Health Education Standards - SHER.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Mar. 2019
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/sher/standards/index.htm

“YRBSS, Youth Online” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019).
https://nccd.cdc.gov/youthonline/App/QuestionsOrLocations.aspx?CategoryId=C05