Celebrate National Nutrition Month During March

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March is National Nutrition Month National Nutrition Month is an annual campaign created 50 years ago in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. During the month of March, everyone is invited to learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical activity habits. This year’s theme is “Beyond the Table”, […]

Support Colleagues and Help Kids on Giving Blueday

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Support Colleagues and Help Kids on Giving Blueday Project Healthy Schools will be participating in the University of Michigan’s annual Giving Blueday on Wednesday, March 13th. This one-day (24 hour) fundraising campaign is designed to raise awareness and important funds to support amazing work happening across the university. Project Healthy Schools is honored to participate […]

8 New Middle Schools Join Building Healthy Communities

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The 2023-2024 school year brings 8 new schools to the Building Healthy Communities: Engaging Middle Schools through Project Healthy Schools program, a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the 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 […]

Did You Know? (January 2023)

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Did You Know? Project Healthy Schools and Blesch Intermediate School in the Upper Peninsula were spotlighted within a U-M Media article called “This is Michigan”. Please check out the written article here and supporting video here. We are so excited to share our school success story with everyone! Did You Know? The PHS Wellness Grant […]

Melissa Boguslawski Represents USA at Weightlifting World Championships

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PHS Program Manager, Melissa Boguslawski, competed and represented the United States of America in early December at the 2022 IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Orlando, Florida. This is an annual international competition where each country sends a selected number of masters Olympic weightlifters to compete against other lifters from around the world. Melissa placed […]

Say Hello to Blue, Breckenridge’s Therapy Dog

A Breckenridge student posing with a therapy dog at their school. The student is sitting in a chair and the dog is sitting next to him while the student pets the dog's back. The student is smiling while looking at the camera.

Blue is a 4-year-old Labrador retriever who has been coming to work since he was 8 weeks old. He is a trained and certified facility therapy dog who serves the students and staff at Breckenridge Middle/High School. He is based in Mrs. Willman’s room (his owner and handler) but is utilized by the entire school. […]

10 New Middle Schools join Building Healthy Communities

PHS team members posing with Quest Academy staff and wellness champion(s). In front of them on a display table is servings of apple slices for the wellness initiative they are holding at the school. Each student gets to taste a slice of three different apple varieties including Fuji, Gala, and Honeyscrip.

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

holiday celebration graphic of the PHS team with illustrations of snow, evergreen trees, snowmen, deer, and some penguins sledding. They are posing together, most of the staff are wearing "ugly sweaters" in the spirit of the winter holidays. They are smiling and looking into the camera.

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)

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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 […]

Wellness Grant Awarded to Nine PHS Schools

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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 […]