The recording of Dr Ram Rao's presentation, "Reclaiming your Health: The Mind-Body Nexus" is now available on the PTSA Youtube Channel HERE. Please note that a few seconds of the presentation are missing from the beginning of the recording.
A recording of the Jan 19 workshop by Impact Teen Drivers is available HERE.
A recording of our Nov 10 speaker (Let's Talk About Sex (Because Your Kids Are) is available now on HHS' YouTube channel.
Video of Dr. Ronesh Sinha presentation now available
The video of Dr. Ronesh Sinha's presentation "Science Based Lifestyle Strategies to Reduce Risk for Families During Covid-19" from the Sept 14 GA meeting is now available. Watch the presentation here.
Dr. Ronesh Sinha, author of The South Asian Health Solution, is an internal medicine physician for Palo Alto Medical Foundation who runs a lifestyle clinic focused on reversing insulin resistance. He is also an expert in corporate wellness and serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Silicon Valley Employer Forum where he is a global adviser to over 55 major Silicon Valley companies on health and wellness strategies. He blogs actively on health at culturalhealthsolutions.com and recently launched the Meta Health podcast where he uses creative storytelling to teach listeners about health and metabolism. His free Covid-19 survival guide has been used by families worldwide to guide lifestyle strategies to reduce the risks from COVID.
Speaker Events for 2020-21 School Year
Watch the Marijuana & Vaping webinar recording - Expert Debbie Berndt explains marijuana and vaping use, current scientific understanding, and specific strategies for middle and high school parents, guardians, and adult family members. Recorded on 2/9/2021.
Watch the The How of Happiness webinar recording - We all want our kids to be happy. But can teenagers managing academic and social pressures, not to mention hormones, during a pandemic find happiness? And is it possible to build habits that will support long-term happiness? Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is an expert on happiness and the author of three books on the subject including, The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want. Recorded on 2/1/2021.
Optimizing Family Emotional Health and Fitness During Covid-19
6:45-8 pm September 16, 2020
At this event, we will share with you what was already sponsored this year and ask you to approve further funds release (10 min) then we will introduce our guest speaker - Dr. Ron Sinha. (45 min. presentation & 15 min. Q&A).
The Topic is - Optimizing Family Emotional Health and Fitness During Covid-19
Dr. Sinha is bringing his popular Covid-19 health and fitness seminar to local schools, where he covers some of the following topics:
- Understanding Covid's basic operating system
- Exercise tailored to reduce Covid-19 risk
- How to improve posture and fitness while you study and work from home
- Techniques to help lower stress and improve resilience in a pandemic
- Specific eating strategies, nutrients, and resources to help combat Covid-19
Dr. Ronesh Sinha is a physician for Palo Alto Medical Foundation who leads corporate wellness for major Silicon Valley companies. He is author of The South Asian Health Solution and blogs actively on health and wellness at culturalhealthsolutions.com where he has created Covid-19 resources being used worldwide, such as his free Covid resource guide.
To join this meeting, please register and we will email you a Zoom link by 9/14/2020. Please check your spam folder if you can't find the link in your inbox. Questions? Email HHS PTSA
Screenagers 2 - Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience Movie Screening & Discussion,
7-8:30 pm October 21, 2020 Registration information coming soon!
The screening of this new and important movie is a collaborative effort between the PTSAs of HHS, MVHS, LHS and the FUHS Foundation - we are proud to work together to bring information and resources to our community.
This film examines the science behind teen’s emotional challenges, the interplay of social media, and what we can do to help them build crucial skills to navigate stress, anxiety, and depression in our digital age. Watch the movie trailer.
Following the movie, we will have a panel with FUHSD Associate Superintendent Trudy Gross, Homestead HS Principal Greg Giglio, Ms. Sarah Lloyd Homestead HS school based therapist, and Dr. Ronesh Sinha about the challenges our students experience and how can we better support them.
HHS PTSA is hosting Superintendent Bove - please join us on Sep. 23rd
The Homestead HS PTSA invites you to join us for a virtual conversation with FUHSD Superintendent Polly Bove on September 23rd, 7-8 pm.
Superintendent Bove will provide general information about the parcel tax renewal that will be on the ballot in November and will be available to answer questions about our district and future plans.
To address the things that are most interesting to our community we invite you to submit questions in advance and we will try to get to as many questions as possible during the meeting.
