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HealthierUS School Challenge

 

 

CDE urges you and your school community to consider engaging in the HealthierUS School Challenge. The challenge is designed to recognize schools that have created healthier school environments through the promotion of nutrition and physical activity. There are four award levels: bronze, silver, gold, and gold with distinction. Each level receives national recognition and a check! The highest level yields $2,000.

By supporting your schools' participation in the challenge, you are taking the first step to improving the overall wellness of each and every student. The criteria for the HealthierUS School Challenge is aimed at improving the health of children by improving the quality of food served, providing nutrition education, and providing physical education with opportunities for physical activity.

Let's work together to make Colorado the first state in the country to have all of its schools receive a HealthierUS School Challenge award!

 

Resources

 

If you are working on a HealthierUS application, please contact:

 

Heather Schoen

Senior Consultant                                       

Colorado Department of Education             
Office of School Nutrition                            

1580 Logan St. #760                                   

Denver, CO 80203                                      

Ph-303-866-6871 | Fax-303-866-6133

schoen_h@cde.state.co.us

 

 

For additional information, E-Mail: nutrition@cde.state.co.us