Eight out of 16 schools on the current Michigan Schools to Watch list used Project Healthy Schools. Most of these schools started PHS as part of the Building Healthy Communities partnership. Michigan Schools to Watch is part of a nationwide network that identifies and recognizes excellence in middle-grades schools. Schools to Watch are chosen for their academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity and organizational structures and processes. The following PHS schools are on the Schools to Watch list:

• Clague Middle School, Ann Arbor – 2017-2020
• East Middle School, Plymouth – 2017-2020
• E.F. Rittmueller Middle School, Frankenmuth – 2019-2022
• Marshall Greene Middle School, Birch Run – 2017-2020
• Mt. Morris Middle School, Mt. Morris – 2018-2021
• Richfield Public School Academy Middle School, Flint – 2017-2020
• Slauson Middle School, Ann Arbor – 2019-2022
• White Pine Middle School, Saginaw – 2006-2022

East Middle School and White Pine Middle School, as well as St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School were also 2019 winners of the Best and Brightest in Wellness. Congratulations to all of these schools for this much deserved recognition for your commitment to excellence.

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