Growing Healthy Schools Month (GHSM) celebrates how schools are creating healthy places for all students.
During the annual celebration, schools coordinate inspiring activities to engage students on nutrition, the environment and being active.
This year, the theme is “Thriving Together.” Each week OSSE will highlight a specific topic that supports student wellbeing and relates to this theme including;
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Nutrition
- Outdoor Learning and Environmental Literacy
- Physical Education
How to Participate
Step 1: Take the Pledge
All it takes is 5 minutes!
Pledge your commitment to championing a healthy school for students! By pledging your participation, you agree to complete at least one activity aligned to the theme “Thriving Together” this October with students.
After taking the pledge, your school will be designated as a 2023 Healthy Schools Champion and receive a certificate.
OSSE will create the 2023 Growing Healthy Schools Month participation map, which will live on the OSSE website and highlight all District schools that are working to create healthy places for our students.
Step 2: Share an Activity
After taking the pledge, you may use the same form to share an activity that you did with students or submit any example showing how your school committed to creating a healthy place for students during the month of October. Submissions will be shared with the public.
We encourage schools to share activities that best suit your school community. A list of activities and morning announcements are linked below to help to identify student activities.
Download a full list of activities and announcements here.
Step 3: Stay in Touch!
We encourage you to share how you are celebrating Growing Healthy Schools Month on social media using the hashtags #GHSM23. Please contact the Growing Healthy Schools Month team at [email protected] with any questions.