Healthy Schools is a program of the Women for a Healthy Environment and was created to act as a resource-rich information hub for the school community, including parents, teachers, staff and administrators. Since 2010, WHE has delivered curricula in the classroom to schools across Southwestern Pennsylvania (SWPA). Through technical assistance, Healthy Schools ensures that environmental risk factors are identified and eliminated in school buildings. The program provides information, support and hands-on assistance so that the region’s children can thrive and learn to their fullest potential in a healthy, sustainable, toxic-free learning environment. Healthy Schools is designed to empower the school community to take an active role in creating healthy learning environments. By providing tools, guides and other resources, our program acts as a bridge between communities and their schools, effectively creating an advocacy network capable of bringing about social and policy change throughout the school system. Healthy Schools increases awareness in the school systems about environmental health factors and supports policies that directly correlate to improved health outcomes and academic performance by engaging the school community.
