School Health Advisory Council Guidebook: An Interactive Guidebook for Improving Academic Achievement through School Health

Louisiana Department of Education. P.O. Box 94064, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064. Tel: 877-453-2721; Web site: http://www.louisianabelieves.com

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Academic Achievement; School Culture; Educational Environment; Student Welfare; School Districts; Holistic Approach; Alignment (Education); Children; Adolescents; Community Involvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; State Legislation; Physical Activity Level; Nutrition; School Policy; Advisory Committees; Social Development; Emotional Development; Physical Education; Teamwork; Health Education; Change Strategies

The purpose of this guide is to assist Local Education Agencies (referred to as "districts") and schools with creating an effective and efficient school health team--representing all ten components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, that focuses on the improvement and sustainment of a healthy school culture. This guide is aimed at ensuring districts and schools are aligning their team's efforts to the WSCC model as well as federal and state school health guidelines and laws. Recognizing that integrating school health into academics can be overwhelming and schools in general are overloaded, this guide is intended to provide simple yet necessary steps and resources to reduce the challenge of creating a healthier school culture. [This report was prepared with Well Ahead Louisiana. Funding for this guidebook was provided through Louisiana's Healthy School Communities grant.]

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