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Join the Healthy School Movement

Schools across Colorado are forming health and wellness teams, focusing on creating healthy schools and promoting healthy lifestyles. PTA support and leadership can help these teams be successful. Each school has a unique culture and, depending on their community’s needs, may have different areas of emphasis, such as the following:

  • Healthy school nutrition programs
  • Mental health and suicide prevention initiatives
  • Social emotional health and equity education opportunities
  • Access to opportunities for play, physical education, and movement in the classroom
  • School security initiatives, safety education programs, crisis prevention and response
  • Vaping, nicotine, marijuana, and other substance misuse prevention
  • Safe and healthy use of digital media and technology
  • Climate advocacy and action, sustainable energy, and healthy earth programs
  • Immunizations and communicable diseases prevention
  • Healthy school celebrations, family events, and non-food rewards
  • Healthy fundraisers
  • Healthy snack programs

Health, Wellness, and Safety Committee

Colorado PTA’s Health, Wellness, and Safety (HWS) Committee advocates for youth and families and provides resources to support a healthy school environment and foster health, wellness, safety, and equity for students and families across the state. The committee promotes a whole child strategy using the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model recommended by the Colorado Department of Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The framework uses an integrated, collaborative approach to address barriers and supports related to health and learning.

Mental Health Support for kids and families