Michigan Department of Education

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WELCOME
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Michigan Department of Education

• Carol WolenburgDeputy Superintendent for
  Administrative and Support Services 

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Is student health the missing piece in school
reform?
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Healthy Kids Make Better Students.Better
Students Make Healthy Communities.
Support Schools
Public Health Education
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MI State Board of Education Strategic Goal
2003-2004

• Attain substantial and meaningful improvement in
  academic achievement for all students and
  children, with primary emphasis on chronically
  under performing school and students.

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Good Health is Necessary for Academic Success
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It is difficult for students to be successful in
school if they are

• Depressed
• Tired
• Being Bullied
• Stressed

• Sick
• Using Alcohol or Other Drugs
• Hungry
• Abused

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Link to Academic Achievement

• School breakfast programs
• increase learning and academic achievement
• improve student attention to academic tasks
• reduce visits to the school nurse
• decrease behavioral problems
• Murphy, Pagano, Nachmani,Sperling, Kane, and
  Kleinman, 1998

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Michigans Roadmap

• Released January 2002
• MI Roadmap for Healthy Schools
• Collaborative Initiative between Public Health
  and Education

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Healthy SchoolsHealthy Students

• Healthy Kids Make Better Students.Better
  Students Make Healthy Communities.
• One goal of today is to educate schools and
  communities on how to make change and collaborate
  efficiently

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Michigan Department of Community Health

• Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MSSurgeon General

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Why are we here today?

• A public health perspective

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WHY?

• Support prevention as the first step for schools
  to address critical health issues facing school
  aged youth.

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WHY?

• Open lines of communication between public health
  and education at the local level.

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WHY?

• Stimulate local action to implement school policy
  and environmental changes.

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WHY?

• Increase collaboration efforts to ensure
  prevention is the first step.

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Our Goal

• To work with schools to improve their nutrition
  and physical activity policies and environment.

Healthy Schools Make Healthy Kids Healthy Kids
Make Health Communities
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