Introduction to
The Elementary School
Health Program


Reaching all Learners, Engaging Multiple Intelligences, Making Connections, Promoting Wellness and Strengthening Community Ties


What is Health? Why is it important? Does it matter if I learn it? Understand it? Will it affect me now and in ten or twenty years? Will it affect my family and community as well? How can I live a healthy life?


The Elementary School has as its intention to build a Comprehensive School Health Program. The level of curriculum connections to other disciplines as well as role model, parental and community involvement reflects that goal.

Care is made to communicate and build relationships with parents, staff and the community to bring interesting, challenging and creative lessons to the students which can broaden their awareness of the interrelationships and depth of Health and Wellness.

The structure of this web site is for the wide audience of parents, students, staff, administrators or any other interested community member. It offers both a visual and descriptive glimpse into the program.

The Health Program was first implemented in the Elementary School in 1994. The town of East Haddam had great vision to show support for early intervention and prevention. Parental and community support has always been outstanding. The hundreds of student surveys have shown that children have really enjoyed and benefited from The Health Program.

I hope this web site offers clarity, support, inspiration, appreciation and joy not only for the work of those involved with the program but also for the potential of these children and their
willingness to learn and create positive change for themselves, family, community and world.

As this site develops it will include student articles, artwork, animations and streamed video from student projects. It will include many bells and whistles and interesting things to explore. The links will offer class review of work for students and parents as well as further links for research and curriculum connections.

Feel free to send in any comments. I enjoy and appreciate them. Carol Ann Migatz

   
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