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Healthy Schools

School News - Key Resources

heart button Healthy School Action Tool
The HSAT is an online assessment to help your school determine ways to create a healthier school environment. If you represent a Michigan school and want to determine what you can do to improve your school's health, visit the HSAT website and find out how to complete the assessment.

heart button A healthy school environment gives students clear and consistent messages, accurate health information, and ample opportunity to apply it. The Healthy School Action Tools (HSAT) website provides access to online tools to help your school create a healthier school environment.  Visit the online HSAT training presentations on MI Streamnet:
Facilitator Training
HSAT Overview Training 

heart button  Michigan Tools for Healthy Schools
Is a local-level needs assessment tools to support Coordinated School Health.

heart button  Michigan Healthy School Success Stories  
This website encourages schools to share their successes, be recognized for their efforts, and inspire other Michigan schools.  The website includes an easy online form for submitting success stories, and enables schools to review published success stories by topic for proven ideas.  Visit the website at  http://mihealthtools.org/schoolsuccess/  to learn more about this program. 

heart button  Other Key Resources for Healthy School Environments:
This website provides links to key policy and environmental resources for schools.  http://mihealthtools.org/schools/Default.asp?tab= Resources

heart button  School Based Health Centers
School Based Health Centers: Resources for identifying & assisting individual students who could benefit from help with weight.


heart button  SPLASH (Shaping Positive Lifestyles & Attitudes through School Health) is a project funded by the USDA which focuses on a set of behavioral outcomes to improve the dietary quality for those with a limited budget and resources. With the funding, SPLASH is able to provide low income schools that have a 50% or higher free and reduced lunch population with a comprehensive health curriculum (Michigan Model), a physical education curriculum (Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum), teacher training, and monies for nutrition education and outreach events.  If you are a qualifying low income school and would like to join the SPLASH project, contact your Regional School Health Coordinator or click below to reach the SPLASH website. 

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