The UMove Challenge

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In early May of this year, PHS Staffer Jacob Robidou began a physical activity challenge with the following Detroit Schools: University Prep Science and Math University Prep Academy University Prep Art and Design The challenge was set up to help motivate both students and staff to move more on a daily basis. It runs from […]

Project Healthy Schools makes an impact in the Upper Peninsula

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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) has a higher percentage of individuals living in poverty than the state average and several counties also have obesity rates above the state average. In 2014, The University of Michigan’s Project Healthy Schools(PHS), with support from the Superior Health Foundation and the Building Healthy Schools partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield […]