"Health Coaches" Seek Small But Important Wellness Improvements
Wellness efforts at HISD are getting a boost, thanks to more than 70 HISD educators who are participating in Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools' new "Health Coaches" program. These outstanding wellness champions from across the district have begun implementing a "blueprint" of wellness activities at the building level, including Fuel Up to Play 60. To read more, CLICK HERE.
Fuel Up to Play 60 is helping students lead the way to better nutrition and increased physical activity. Schools can enroll for a FREE School Wellness Activation Kit HERE and students can register at www.FuelUpToPlay60.com
HISD recently expanded its First Class Breakfast Program providing more students with a free breakfast served in the classroom at the beginning of the school day. READ MORE
Students from Chavez High School recently toured HISD's Food Service Support Facility and while there, shared ideas for promoting healthy eating. This visit continues the trend toward engaging students in improving school wellness, an effort initiated at the Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Summit. READ MORE
Lanier Middle School students and staff have taken several innovative concepts created at the Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Summit, and turned them into reality. DeMeco Ryans, a linebacker with the Houston Texans, recently visited the school to applaud all the ways the school is promoting health and wellness. READ MORE
HISD leaders, students, parents, business and community leaders and government officials have collaboratively designed a wide range of health and wellness prototype projects. READ
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Launched last February, the Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools initiative has attracted support from nearly 80 national and local organizations. Special thanks to the YMCA of Greater Houston, Memorial Hermann, Kroger and Dairy MAX for their recent support of the new HKHS Health Coaches initiative, providing exciting rewards and incentives for participants who meet program objectives.
Dr.
David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General
of the United States, participated in the
Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Summit, along
with numerous HISD students, some of whom
are pictured above.
View highlights
of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Summit,
featuring the "whole system" of
stakeholders. (05:38)
"Making
Wellness Happen" is a new
guide produced as part of the Healthy
Kids, Healthy Schools initiative to
assist school leadership in better understanding
and implementing HISD's wellness policy
throughout the district. Download
Guide
