SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS

A coordinated approach to school health and safety improves students’ wellbeing, increases safety, and cultivates the capacity to learn through a collaborative focused effort of families, schools, and the community.  According to the California Department of Education and the Health Framework for California Public Schools, “coordinated school health is a schoolwide approach and commitment that supports and integrates eight components. These components work together to develop and reinforce health-related knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors and make health an important priority at school. The components are linked in a mutually supportive, cooperative system focusing on children's health issues and the development of health literacy. No single component will achieve the level of health students need to support academic achievement. A coordinated approach to school health improves students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, schools, and communities working together.”