Health Is Academic Start-Up Grants
 The Mississippi Department of Education's (MDE) Office of Healthy Schools has launched the Health is Academic initiative to promote health and wellness in Mississippi's public schools. Our goal is to support and promote nutrition and increased physical activity that impact student achievement. In order to achieve this goal, school districts must develop, sustain and expand on positive changes in the school nutrition and physical activity environments in order to offer and promote healthy choices for students. Schools have been identified as a key setting to address child health problems by providing many opportunities to engage children in healthy eating and physical activity and by reinforcing healthy diet and physical activity messages. Therefore, MDE is soliciting competitive applications from Mississippi schools to receive “Health is Academic” Start-Up Grants to promote and implement a healthy school environment by encouraging students to adopt healthy lifestyles and lifelong wellness. The overall goal of this grant is to form a School Health Council, conduct a pre- and post-assessment and implement at least one sustainable intervention.
"Health is Academic" Start-Up Grants
The Office of Healthy Schools launched the "Health is Academic" initiative to promote health and wellness in Mississippi's public schools. The goal of the initiative is to support and promote nutrition and increased physical activity that impact student achievement.
Through a competitive grant process thirty schools were selected to receive $3,000 over a one-year period to form a School Health Council, conduct a pre- and post-assessment and implement at least one sustainable intervention. For more information call the Office of Healthy Schools at (601) 359-1737.
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