Award of Excellence in School Health

The Award of Excellence in School Health will be offered in 2008. Details will be unveiled at the REACH Conference.

If you have feedback about this process, please contact DaNelle Jenkins at 859.341.4264 ext. 2098 or via e-mail at DaNelle.Jenkins@ky.gov.

2006 Awards

Three schools received the award at the 2006 REACH conference, held on February 23. Silver Grove School in Silver Grove, Ky.; Cline Elementary School in Cold Spring, Ky.; and Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Ky.; were recognized for their efforts to provide a coordinated approach to school health by forming strong partnerships with community organizations and resources, providing short physical activity breaks throughout the day to get kids up and moving, working with nutrition services to improve the health of the meals served, removing unhealthy food and drink items from vending machines and replacing them with lower fat/sugar items and milk and water.  Photos of each of staff from each of the winning schools are below.

	Silver Grove School was one of three winners of the Northern Kentucky Health Department’s Award of Excellence in School Health for 2006. From left, Jennie Gearhart, Senior Health Educator with the Northern Kentucky Health Department; Julie Kaeff, Family Resource Center Coordinator at Silver Grove; and Carol Clements, School Nurse at Silver Grove.
	Cline Elementary School was one of three winners of the Northern Kentucky Health Department’s Award of Excellence in School Health for 2006. From left, Shelli Wilson, Principal at Cline; Kim Visse, Assistant Principal at Cline; Sandy Bunting, School Nurse at Cline; and Jennie Gearhart, Senior Health Educator with the Northern Kentucky Health Department.
	Dixie Heights High School was one of three winners of the Northern Kentucky Health Department’s Award of Excellence in School Health. From left, Jennie Gearhart, Senior Health Educator with the Northern Kentucky Health Department; and Bonnetta Cook, Nurse at Dixie Heights.