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Award recognizes healthy schools
Gov. Mike
Rounds challenges
South Dakota’s
public schools to compete for a Governor’s Healthy School Award in
the 3rd annual competition. Winners receive a $5,000
award.
“Obesity continues to be an issue for young people around the
country and here in South Dakota,” said Gov. Rounds. “We know that healthy students learn better,
and this program recognizes schools that actually try to
improves their students' health.”
Winners will
be selected in four categories: elementary school, middle
school/junior high, high school, and school district. The top
candidate in each category will receive $5,000 and a
Healthy
School banner.
Schools will
be judged on eight key components, including: health education,
physical education, health services, nutrition services,
counseling/psychological and social services, healthy school
environment, health promotion for staff, and parent/community
involvement.
An application form is available online. (Note: This
is not a grant award; it is a recognition of outstanding
programs.) Requests for applications must be made by public
school superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals or
assistant principals. The deadline for submitting applications
is May 1. For more information, call the Coordinated School
Health Program at (605) 773-3261.
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