10 New Middle Schools join Building Healthy Communities
The 2022-2023 school year brings 10 new schools to the Building Healthy Communities: Engaging Middle Schools through Project Healthy Schools program, a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, University of Michigan, and the United Dairy Industry of Michigan.Please join us in welcoming the following schools to the BHC:PHS program this school year: Our […]
Wishing you a Safe and Healthy Holiday Season
As 2022 comes to a close, we cannot help but reflect on all that we have accomplished with each and every one of our schools, community partners, donors, colleagues, and friends. Project Healthy Schools is celebrating its 18th year creating healthy school environments across the state of Michigan. We would not be here without each […]
Did You Know? (November 2022)
PHS is currently hosting a Healthy Bingo Contest! This fun and engaging contest is being held during October and November. All PHS schools who have been with the program for at least one full academic year or longer are eligible to participate (1st year schools are not eligible). The bingo card has 25 spaces that […]
October is National Farm to School Month
In celebration of National Farm to School Month, the PHS team took a field trip to visit the University of Michigan Campus Farm on Wednesday, October 12th. The campus farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens is a student-driven multi-stakeholder living learning lab for sustainable food systems work built around principles of food grown by students for […]
Wellness Grant Awarded to Nine PHS Schools
Please join us in congratulating the following schools who 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 –Youth Roller SkatesHillman Junior & Senior High School – Playground Trio Musical […]
PHS and Partners Investigate the Impact of COVID-19 on School Meals
In partnership with MCORRP, PHS is excited to share our collaboration on an NIH-funded research study with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). This study, titled “Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 on School Meals: A Mixed-Methods Phenomenology of Rural, Suburban, and Urban Nutrition Directors” will give the teams of University of Michigan […]
Thank You for Your Support!
Project Healthy Schools participated in the University of Michigan’s Giving Blueday on March 16th. We surpassed our goal of 35 donors and had a total of 50 donors graciously donate to our program. Thank you so much to everyone who helped to spread the word about our program with your friends, family, and colleagues. Your […]
Did You Know? We’re Launching a New Wellness Champion Portal Website!
PHS will be unveiling a new PHS Portal for our participating schools and wellness champions in Fall 2022. This new platform will be very user-friendly, and we are currently conducting focus groups to gather feedback from current wellness champions. Get ready for a completely new and improved PHS Portal this fall!
Did You Know? We’re on TikTok!
Blue CPHS has recently expanded our social media presence. We have joined the world of TikTok (pause for applause)! Please connect with us by searching for Project Healthy Schools on this new engaging platform where we will take you behind the scenes into the world of school health and wellness. If you haven’t already, please […]
Embrace the Great Outdoors with Forest Bathing
In our last newsletter, we empowered you to spring into action by increasing your daily physical activity as our temperatures slowly improved. Now that summer is on the horizon, how can we further take advantage of the amazing Michigan summer weather and utilize the great outdoors to enhance our physical and mental health well-being? Surround […]
