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Tips for Summer Self-Care

Tips for Summer Self-Care As students and staff head towards the well-deserved finish line of the 2025-2026 school year, it’s time to start thinking about your summer plans! How can you infuse self-care into your summer plans? Do you want

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June 2, 2026
Group of 300+ middle school students posing inside Michigan Stadium during the Maize & Blue Healthy U wellness event for 20206. The students are on the field in a big group posing for the photo. There are no fans in the stands since this was a private event, so you can see the big block M graphic in the stands.
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Maize & Blue Healthy U in the Big House!

Maize & Blue Healthy U Wellness Event On Thursday, April 23rd, Project Healthy Schools and U-M Athletics co-hosted the 2nd annual Maize & Blue Healthy U at the University of Michigan Football Stadium. 337 students from four PHS schools attended

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May 27, 2026
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March is National Nutrition Month

March is National Nutrition Month The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics annually sponsors the month-long nutrition and information campaign to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. National Nutrition

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April 8, 2026
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Winter PHS Wellness Grant Awards

Winter PHS Wellness Grant Awards Congratulations to the following 9 schools who applied for and received awards for the Winter PHS Wellness Grant cycle. Eligible schools were able to apply for up to $650 to support the wellness needs of

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April 6, 2026
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PHS Welcomes New Program Manager

Project Healthy Schools Welcomes New Program Manager On December 8th, Project Healthy Schools welcomed a new Program Manager to lead our mission as we move into our 21st year of supporting school wellness across the state of Michigan. Please join us

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February 18, 2026
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16 PHS Schools Awarded Fall Wellness Grant

16 PHS Schools Awarded Fall Wellness Grant Please join us in congratulating the following 16 schools that applied and received a Fall PHS Wellness Grant. Each of these schools were funded up to $1,000 to support their requested health and

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February 12, 2026
a student from North Dickinson County School holds up a prize he won during a December Wellness Challenge. He is wearing jeans, brown shoes, and a light colored t-shit, while smiling, looking at the camera, and holding up his prize-- which was a pair of Apple AirPods headphones.
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North Dickinson County School Creates School Wellness Challenge

North Dickinson County School Creates School Wellness Challenge Did you know you can use your PHS funding to incentivize wellness challenges? Incentives significantly boost motivation in competitions, with studies showing performance increases of 22% to 44% for well-designed programs, depending on duration

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February 12, 2026
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U-M top U.S. public university in TIME world ranking

U-M top U.S. public university in TIME world ranking By Jody BergerPublic AffairsJanuary 28, 2026 The University of Michigan leads the list of public universities in the U.S. in TIME’s new ranking of the world’s top universities, which was released

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February 2, 2026
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PHS Welcomes New Program Manager

Project Healthy Schools Welcomes New Program Manager On December 8th, Project Healthy Schools welcomed a new Program Manager to lead our mission as we move into our 21st year of supporting school wellness across the state of Michigan. Please join us

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January 29, 2026