Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Healthy Schools”
A robust new website designed to boost school wellness efforts throughout Colorado is now online. The Hub connects people working in PK-12 education with a broad array of resources, including events, grants, organizations, professional development, research, templates, toolkits, and much more. These vetted materials are provided by a variety of …
May 16, 2017 The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to advance a culture of health and wellness at 13 schools in five Colorado school districts. Earlier this month, Kaiser Permanente announced that five Colorado school districts will receive a combined $1.5 million in Thriving Schools behavioral …
The Mountain Mail | March 17, 2017 Cotopaxi School received statewide recognition March 3 in Denver as one of 46 2017 Healthy School Champions and also won the $500 Excellence Award for the school’s health efforts. Read more
Akron News Reporter | March 1, 2017 Both the Akron and Otis school districts were recently announced as 2017 Healthy School Champions, each winning a Promising and Excellence School Award for their school health efforts. Read more
Saguache Today | March 1, 2017 Mountain Valley School (MVS)announced it was one of 46 schools named as a 2017 Healthy School Champion last week. This Friday, March 3, MVS will receive $500 Excellence Award for school health efforts. Read more
By Teresa Ristow, Steamboat Pilot & Today | February 28, 2017 Staff at Routt County’s rural Hayden and South Routt school districts have ramped up efforts to improve student health — leading to recognition and prize money from a nonprofit that works with the Colorado Department of Education. Read more
By Debbie Kelley, Colorado Springs Gazette | February 27, 2017 The school district in a town founded in 1872 as an envisioned “scenic health resort” has won top honors in a statewide push to build healthy public schools. Read more
Staff Report, Journal-Advocate | February 25, 2017 Buffalo RE-4J recently announced that it is a 2017 Healthy School Champion and has won the $1,000 Bronze Award for its school health efforts. Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2017 Contact Information: Alex Carter (720) 502-4705 work (970) 708-7405 cell acarter@coloradoedinitiative.org WHAT: Annual Colorado Healthy Schools Summit Celebrates Student Health Success WHEN: Friday, March 3, from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. WHERE: Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO 80228 Denver, Colorado — Colorado …
By Byron Reed, 9NEWS | December 5, 2016 Students at Eagleview Elementary school in Thornton are getting an early gift this year with a common goal -preventing a problem some young people face today. “There’s this huge epidemic with childhood obesity,” PE teacher Kathy Hogan said. “I definitely talk to …
