[MCCSC]

Monroe County
Community School Corporation
315 North Drive . Bloomington, IN 47401 . USA 812.330.7700

Healthy Schools Program

There is a growing acknowledgment that children’s health status directly affects their ability to learn and achieve academically. It is difficult for children to be successful if they are tired, hungry, stressed, using drugs or alcohol, or being abused. MCCSC is committed to positively impacting the physical, social and academic well-being of every child.

A coordinated school health approach is a way to improve children’s health and remove barriers to learning. It is about helping students become healthy adults, coordinating parents, schools, and communities, and teaching children how to make healthy choices.

A healthy school program focuses not only on the collaboration of health and physical education, but includes other components needed to help schools become healthy and productive. These other components address food service, health services, counseling, psychological, and social services, staff wellness, and family and community support.

Why is there a need?

· Every 60 seconds a child is born to a teen mother in the United States

· Obesity affects 1 in 5 children in the U.S.

· Each day, 3,000 children start smoking—1 every 30 seconds

· 1 in 3 high school students reports having consumed 5 or more drinks in a row

Research shows that some of these benefits include:

· Reduced school absenteeism

· Fewer behavior problems in the classroom

· Improved student performance, higher test scores, more alert students, and more positive attitudes among students

· New levels of cooperation and collaboration among parents, teachers, and organizations within the community

· A more positive spirit among educators and their students

· Young people who are more prepared to become productive members of society

MCCSC has a Comprehensive Health Education Committee to help address the coordinated school health needs of our students.

School Health Climate

Physical Education and Fitness

Food & Nutrition

Health Education

Health Services

Psychological Counseling & Social Services

Family & Community Resources