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Apply to be a part of Project Healthy Schools now! Thanks to a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of Michigan called Building Healthy Communities (BHC): Engaging Middle Schools through Project Healthy Schools, we are able to add new schools to our program. This will provide an opportunity for middle schools to participate in the program while building an environment for long-term sustainability.
Read our press release for the 2023-2024 school year: Click here
A partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of Michigan called Building Healthy Communities (BHC): Engaging Middle Schools through Project Healthy Schools provides an opportunity for middle schools to participate in the program while building an environment for long-term sustainability.
A partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of Michigan called Building Healthy Communities (BHC): Engaging Middle Schools through Project Healthy Schools provides an opportunity for middle schools to participate in the program while building an environment for long-term sustainability.
Through our hands-on lessons and wellness activities, middle school students and staff increase physical activity, eat healthier, and understand how nutrition and activity influence their lifelong health.
Topic: The Importance of Evidence-Based Programs and Partnership
Watch Project Healthy Schools and the Michigan Clinical Outcomes Research and Reporting Program (MCORRP) host a conversation about the value of evidence-based school health programs like PHS, which has been proven by data analyses to improve student health outcomes and behaviors. The ongoing analysis of PHS is possible through an ongoing and successful 18-year partnership between PHS and MCORRP, a research lab founded by Dr. Kim Eagle. In short, analyses of both behavioral and physiologic measures have shown significant improvements in students’ cardiometabolic health and lifestyle behaviors after the implementation of the PHS program. Learn more about the data, results, and plans for future research and practice during our conversation with the Project Healthy Schools community!
Check out our last Community Conversations event:
Our first successful Community Conversations event with Kim Eagle M.D. and Project Healthy Schools leadership was held on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Click on the button below to watch a recording of the event and learn how PHS has navigated through the pandemic along with our vision and priorities moving forward.
Project Healthy Schools has a vision to become the national leader in promoting the health of youth by empowering them to practice healthy lifestyles and by creating school environments that support their long-term well-being. PHS relies on the partnerships and support of philanthropic partners to expand into new schools and sustain current programs. Please consider making a gift today to ensure more children have access to these resources.
Project Healthy Schools has a vision to become the national leader in promoting the health of youth by empowering them to practice healthy lifestyles and by creating school environments that support their long-term well-being. PHS relies on the partnerships and support of philanthropic partners to expand into new schools and sustain current programs. Please consider making a gift today to ensure more children have access to these resources.
Project Healthy Schools started as a pilot program in one Ann Arbor middle school in the 2004–2005 school year. Since 2004, the program has been implemented in over 140 schools across Michigan and continues in nearly 90% of those schools.
Project Healthy Schools started as a pilot program in one Ann Arbor middle school in the 2004–2005 school year. Since 2004, the program has been implemented in over 120 schools across Michigan and continues in nearly 90% of those schools.
Students from Cody High School tour Michigan Medicine hospital during a field trip in order to learn more about careers in health care.
Our annual Wellness Champion Gathering brings together schools to learn best practices and share ideas.
Schools with the PHS program are recognized for their accomplishments with wellness awards at the Michigan State Capitol.
Students from Cody High School tour Michigan Medicine hospital during a field trip in order to learn more about careers in health care.
Our annual Wellness Champion Gathering brings together schools to learn best practices and share ideas.
Schools with the PHS program are recognized for their accomplishments with wellness awards at the Michigan State Capitol.
A message from Project Healthy Schools staff to all our wellness champions, teachers, staff, parents, and school community members. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you all showed this past year!
MDHHS did not award any schools wellness awards for the 2021-2022 school year. Applications are currently open for the 2022-2023 school year. Apply now!
In recognition of teachers, administrators, health champions, community members and students taking initiative to build healthier school environments, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is recognizing Michigan schools for fostering healthy eating, physical activity habits and tobacco-free lifestyles, and impacting more than 14,000 students during the 2020-2021 school year.
Out of only 28 Michigan School Wellness Awards that were given out, 10 of those schools were members of the Project Healthy Schools community. Congratulations to the PHS school winners! Your continued effort to create a healthier community for your school is both remarkable and inspiring.
Gold Award Winners:
Silver Award Winners
Melissa Boguslawski became the Project Healthy Schools manager in the summer of 2021. Boguslawski came to PHS with ten years of public health work, leadership experience, and involvement in conducting school-based child and adolescent programming and research studies in various demographics across Michigan, Mississippi, Indiana, and Florida. Her work encompasses considerable knowledge about building community relationships, fostering cross-sector partnerships and strategic planning, as well as successful grant writing and grant management efforts. Boguslawski’s education includes a doctorate in Health Behavior and minor in Educational Leadership and Law, as well as a Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health Science.
Melissa Boguslawski became the Project Healthy Schools manager in the summer of 2021. Boguslawski came to PHS with ten years of public health work, leadership experience, and involvement in conducting school-based child and adolescent programming and research studies in various demographics across Michigan, Mississippi, Indiana, and Florida. Her work encompasses considerable knowledge about building community relationships, fostering cross-sector partnerships and strategic planning, as well as successful grant writing and grant management efforts. Boguslawski’s education includes a doctorate in Health Behavior and minor in Educational Leadership and Law, as well as a Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health Science.
