Holly Academy is a 2^nd year school with Project Healthy Schools located in Holly, Michigan. Their wellness champion recently shared an amazing email with us that they received from one of their student’s parents. To protect the identity of the student and teacher, PHS has removed all identifying information in this letter and were granted full permission by the school to share this amazing success story of the impact Project Healthy Schools is having on their students!

“Hello teacher! You have my child in your Health class, and I just wanted to let you know that you are having a big influence on them (in a very good way). Just a little background with my child, they have had food issues their whole life, I even had to take them to a “food school” a couple rounds because they had such sensory issues with textures and not eating a variety of things. Literally over 8 years the kid has eaten the exact same things! Then, your class starts…they have asked me to cook them chicken breasts instead of nuggets, ate a salad for the first time in their life, today they didn’t want chips or Doritos in their lunch because they are unhealthy (so I packed them an apple and cheese). They’re now running 2 miles on the treadmill at night and is lifting weights. I mean, I barely recognize this kid! I’ve tried my entire life to get them to move more and eat better but apparently it took a teacher…YOU to make this happen. So THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Keep doing what you do!”

Great Job to Holly Academy and thank you for sharing your success story with Project Healthy Schools!