Celebrating America’s Healthiest Schools: Swallows Charter Academy
Learn more about how schools across the country are promoting the whole health needs of students and staff with profiles on some of America’s Healthiest Schools award winners.
Celebrating America’s Healthiest Schools: Audubon Elementary
Learn more about how schools across the country are promoting the whole health needs of students and staff with profiles on some of America’s Healthiest Schools award winners.
Supporting Social and Emotional Wellbeing in the Classroom
Barclay Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland recognizes the importance of promoting self-calming practices to support student resilience. The school recently embarked on an innovative initiative to establish “quiet corners” in classrooms. These safe spaces allow students to engage in healthy…
Students and Staff Partner for Healthy Hydration
El Cerrito High School is committed to engaging stakeholders at all levels in designing and implementing wellness initiatives for students and staff. When student leaders raised concerns about access to clean, fresh drinking water, the school health center staff and…
Scaling the Heights of Health: Climbing Wall Enriches Physical Activity Opportunities
E.W. Oliver Elementary School in Riverdale, GA takes seriously the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations that children get 60 minutes of physical activity each day. To engage the students in fresh ways, the school expanded their PE programming…
Repurposing Community Space for Walking and Wellness
Alvord High School was interested in expanding opportunities for physical activity for both students and staff and saw great potential in a rarely used grassy field behind the school. The school set in motion a plan to create a small…
Making Healthy, Clean Drinking Water the Norm
Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Pittsburg, CA wanted to encourage their students to drink more water instead of unhealthy sugar-sweetened beverages. Yet, teachers realized that traditional water fountains offered only part of the answer. They also wanted to…
Labor Management Partnership Moves the Needle on Employee Wellness
Wellness Champions in eight Baltimore County Public Schools designed and implemented a range of activities aimed at improving school employee wellness, such as after-school yoga classes, stress-reduction activities at staff meetings, renovated break rooms and kitchens, and adding new exercise…
Innovative Smoothie Program Boosts Breakfast Participation
Wells Middle School in Riverside, CA has been motivated by the abundance of research linking healthy nutritious school meals, particularly breakfast meals, with student academic achievement. In an effort to increase participation in breakfast meal programs and support students and…
Cultivating a Healthy School Culture: Physical Activity Rewards for Staff and Students
Loma Vista Middle School in Riverside, CA has been aggressively working to improve the wellbeing of students, staff, parents and community members through their efforts to promote physical activity and advance healthy school policies at the district and state level.…
