Programs
HL Areas of Focus
Advocacy
- Does Your School District Have a SHAC?
- Texas PTA Healthy Lifestyles
- Texas Action for Healthy Kids
- Partnership for a Healthy Texas
- Texas School Health Advisory Committee
- Texas Education Service Center School Health Specialists
Childhood Obesity
- How Obesity Harms A Child's Body
- Obesity in Texas
- Gaining Costs, Losing Time - The Obesity Crisis in Texas
- Does drinking beverages with added sugars increase the risk of overweight?
Family and Community Involvement
- National Standards for Family-School Partnerships | PTA
- School-Family Partnership Strategies to Enhance Children’s Social, Emotional, and Academic Growth
- Practical Ways to Engage and Motivate Volunteers (coming soon)
- What All Volunteers Need (coming soon)
Health Education
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Vaccines
- Coordinated School Health Components - DASH/HealthyYouth
- Texas Education Agency
- Texas Department of State Health Services
Nutrition
- Food For Thought
- Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn
- Foods Sold in Competition with USDA School Meal Programs
- Texas Department of Agriculture - Square Meals
Physical Fitness
- Recommendations for Offering Physical Activity Outside of the School Day
- Recommendation and Research on Recess and Physical Activity: Impact on Student Health and Academic, Social and Emotional Development
Staff Wellness
- Provision of wellness programs for staff
- School Wellness Guide: A Guide for Protecting the Assets of Our Nation's Schools