Mission

To assist schools and organizations toward improving the health, nutrition and safety of students so they may benefit from the educational process and achieve their full potential.

What is school health?

According to the American School Health Association (AHA): All the strategies, activities, and services offered by, in, or in association with schools that are designed to promote students' physical, emotional and social development make up a school's health program.

The Paradise Valley Unified School District works with students, their families, and the community to provide these strategies, activities and services.

A coordinated school health program include several, if not all, of the following:

• a healthful environment, nursing and other health services that students need to stay in school
• nutritious and appealing school meals
• opportunities for physical activity that include physical education
• health education that covers a range of developmentally appropriate topics taught by knowledgeable teachers
• programs that promote the health of school faculty and staff and counseling
• psychological and social services that promote healthy social and emotional development and remove barriers to students' learning