Learn how to get students to eat better and stay active
Have you checked out the Action for Healthy Kids webinars? Sign up to learn easy ways to start making your schools healthier.
Make your school a healthier place for everyone
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model calls for schools, families and communities to work together to create healthier school environments.
Learn how to create a healthy school community
RMC Health, a professional development organization, has released a tool to assist schools in transforming into healthy school communities.
Bullitt teacher named elementary PE teacher of the year
Dennis Minnis Dennis Minnis, a physical education teacher at North Bullitt High School (Bullitt County), has been named the 2016 Elementary School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD). Minnis spent 12 years at Bullitt County’s Maryville Elementary School before moving to North Bullitt High this summer. [...]
Kentucky’s healthiest schools honored
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s National Healthy Schools Award is an honor given to showcase and acknowledge schools that have implemented changes to create healthier school environments.
How schools can restore recess
With emphasis being placed on test scores, schools have struggled to justify time spent on physical activity and recess.
Meet our public health partner: Nicole Barber-Culp
Nicole Barber-Culp joined the Kentucky Department for Public Health as the coordinated school health program administrator in September 2014.
Meet KDE’s Coordinated School Health team
Jamie Sparks, Stephanie Bunge and Audra Deli-Hoofnagle are members of the Kentucky Department of Education's Coordinated School Health team.