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Tips for Summer Self-Care

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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 to be more physically active and reap the benefits of our amazing summer weather in […]

Maize & Blue Healthy U in the Big House!

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.

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 the wellness event. Over the course of two hours, students participated in 7 different rotating […]

March is National Nutrition Month

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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 Month started in 1973 as National Nutrition Week and became a month-long observance in 1980 […]

Winter PHS Wellness Grant Awards

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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 their students and staff. Please join us in congratulating the following PHS schools! Cherryland Middle […]

PHS Welcomes New Program Manager

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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 in welcoming Heidi Roy-Borland to the PHS Program Manager position. Heidi brings a wealth of […]

16 PHS Schools Awarded Fall Wellness Grant

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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 wellness initiatives designed specifically for their school community. Pierce Middle School – 9 Square in […]

North Dickinson County School Creates School Wellness Challenge

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.

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 and structure (Incentives, Motivation and Workplace Performance: Research and Best Practices – Incentive Research Foundation). […]

U-M top U.S. public university in TIME world ranking

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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 Jan. 28. U-M was ranked ninth overall among the world’s top 500 universities, including both […]

PHS Welcomes New Program Manager

staff photo of the project healthy schools team standing in a line posing for a photo. The team are standing in front of a nature area in their office building lobby.

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 in welcoming Heidi Roy-Borland to the PHS Program Manager position. Heidi brings a wealth of […]

Aging, physical activity, and dementia prevention

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Aging, physical activity, and dementia prevention We know that physical activity is important for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Physicians recommend 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and two days of muscle-strengthening activities each week. But how does this change as we age?  According to experts at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), older adults can benefit from […]