School gardens like this one at Lafayette Elementary School in Washington are ready for spring preparation and planting, but of course now sit untended under the shadow of COVID-19. While the pandemic may have forced unparalleled “physical distancing” on the population, it has generated many more forums of innovative online social connection than ever. Our […]
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Survey: Wellness Studies “a significant difference”
First implementations of the Wellness Studies Program at four NJ middle schools bring favorable assessment A survey of middle school students attending four schools in Cumberland County NJ who participated in the spring 2019 semester in our Wellness Studies Program showed significant improvement in their appreciation for multiple health-improving activities that are at the core of […]
Mindfulness: Total Immersion?
At the K-12 McLean School in Potomac, MD outside Washington, DC, mindful qualities define almost every aspect of the school experience, for students, faculty, staff and parents. Mindfulness is a cornerstone of the transformative environment evolving at McLean School. Gratitude, Heartfulness, Empathy, and Positive Thinking are all mindfulness lessons taught in McLean’s classrooms. The continuation and […]
#WholeHealthED 2018 Symposium Video Comments
Thanks everyone for your interest in our Project! Here is our mid-summer update. Our first convening June 15 at Georgetown University in Washington, brought together a unique group of specialists all working to improve the health of children but who have never had occasion to meet previously: coordinators of K-12 school gardens, mindfulness, nutrition and […]
The Journey and the Destination
The WholeHealthED Journey Begins at the Inaugural Symposium: June 15, 2018 Our goal of providing students a competency in health during their years of formal education took an important first step June 15 at Georgetown University, at WholeHealthED 2018, our inaugural symposium for leaders in school wellness programs and healthcare services and programs devoted to […]
A Whole Health Era Unfolding
“Whole Health Learning” is part of a broad societal response to the intractable presence of overwhelming conditions of ill-health faced across America; conditions that have thus far outrun conventional medicine’s – and society’s — ability to redress them, notably: obesity, especially in childhood, that sets the population onto the path of chronic illness the debilitating […]
