Healthy Schools

Healthy Schools

CDC Healthy Schools works with states, school systems, communities, and national partners to prevent chronic disease and promote the health and well-being of children and adolescents in schools. The is our framework for addressing health in schools. The WSCC model is student-centered and emphasizes the role of the community in supporting the school and the importance of evidence-based policies and practices.

Partnering with key leaders from the health and education fields, CDC Healthy Schools promotes:

• Healthier nutrition options and education.

• Comprehensive physical activity programs and physical education.

• Improved processes and better training to help students manage chronic conditions.

• Health education that instills life-long healthy habits and health literacy.

• Practices that improve school health services and links to clinical and community resources.

 

Our School Nurses work in our schools to create a School Health Improvement Plan (SHIP). This SHIP is created from an identified need in one of the above areas with an outcome goal set, and an action plan created. These goals are identified from the recent Healthy Kids Colorado survey data as areas of growth for our students.