Results Hot Topics Calendar Newsletter Resources Funding Data Related links Disclaimer . To download a full print copy of the Guidelines document, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your computer. December 2000 Acknowledgments and credits Greatness resides in every child and it is our task to uncover it. This guide for Coordinating School Health Programs is designed to serve as a partner document to both the Maine Learning Results and the Healthy People 2010 objectives. Its purpose is to describe what constitutes a healthy and protective school, one in which students' potential to learn is supported by school and community efforts to help them become healthy, productive citizens.
Healthy children make better students, and better students make healthy communities.
Combining the best in prevention with the best in education gives every student the best possible chance to succeed in life despite the challenges he or she may face outside the school doors. Students' physical, social, and emotional development should be regularly assessed in conjunction with academic achievement assessment. There is a need to coordinate school health programs so that all public schools meet common standards and have a united purpose in supporting every student's health and academic achievement. These guidelines serve to focus discussion and movement toward consensus on the role schools play in supporting the health of students and school employees. The solution requires collaborative efforts among schools, families, the larger community, social institutions, and most importantly students themselves.