Trousdale receives bronze for Healthier Schools Challenge
Hoping to promote healthier schools,TSBA partnered with the State Department of Education’s Office of Coordinated School Health to offer a Tennessee’s Healthier Schools Challenge award program.
57 school systems across the state successfully completed the challenge.
Marisa Hunter, Trousdale County Health Council, said, "It was really nice to receive this award."
“We are utterly impressed with the partnership of The Tennessee School Board Association and the State Department of Education – Office of Coordinated School Health who have come together to teach our children the important connection between healthy behaviors and their academic success. To help advance this good work, we whole heartedly support the Tennessee Healthier School’s Challenge program and we commend those that have taken the time to help make a difference in the health and well-being of our children,” said CEO for United Healthcare Scott A. Bowers, plan president with United Healthcare Community Plan.
The Healthier Schools Challenge was a voluntary, statewide initiative recognizing school systems for their participation in merging health with academics to create student success.
This initiative was designed to motivate school board members, school administrators, faculty, staff, parents and students to create healthier school
environments, encourage adoption of healthy behaviors and promote the connection between health and academic success. The Healthier Schools Challenge includes twelve possible criteria to complete. There were 57 systems that completed at least 8 out of the 12 criteria.
Platinum Level (11 out 12 criteria completed):
• Perry County
• Anderson County
• Cumberland County
• Gibson County
• Humboldt
• Johnson City
• Kingsport
• Lexington
• Lincoln County
• Oak Ridge
• Oneida Special
• Polk County
• Roane County
• Rogersville
• Scott County
• Sevier County
• Washington County
• Weakley County
Gold Level (10 out of 12):
• Bradford Special
• Dyersburg
• Greene County
• Greeneville
• Hamblen County
• Hawkins County
• Johnson County
• Lawrence County
• Maury County
• Meigs County
Silver Level (9 out of 12):
• Alcoa
• Athens
• Bells
• Decatur County
• Fentress County
• Giles County
• Grainger County
• Hancock County
• Henderson County
• Knox County
• Lake County
• Lauderdale County
• Lenoir City
• Maryville
• McMinn County
• Newport City
• Obion County
• Shelby County
• Stewart County
• Sweetwater
• Warren County
Bronze Level (8 out of 12):
• Blount County
• Bradley County
• Dayton City
• Crockett County
• Dyer County
• Sullivan County
• Trousdale County
• Union City