Here at Elevate Student Health, there has been GREAT progress over the last month. In March, YAHL members successfully held Elevate Student Health’s first three meetings with their respective principals. During these meetings, YAHL youth members educate principals on what Elevate Student Health is, the importance of having strong wellness policies and how they can partner. Principals can partner with Elevate Student Health and show their support by signing and filling out a pledge card to create a healthier school environment. Principals can support local change in their schools and be a champion for updating policy changes at the school district level that will ultimately impact the entire school community.

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A HUGE thank you to principals at Adair, Chelsea, and Tyrone High Schools for signing a pledge card to make their schools healthier! YAHL members that spoke with their principals share insightful and positive expirences. Ben from Chelsea High School states:

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“My principal was very interested…. He liked the idea of pushing healthy choices out in the school, and all in all he seemed to have really gotten the message the YAHL program is trying to push!”

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YAHL youth members Lilith and Paige at Adair High School got their principal to commit to adding physical activity breaks throughout the day, and YAHL youth member Elizabeth at Tyrone High School met with her principal for over an hour!

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Our youth are engaged and advocating both for themselves and for future generations, and our principals have been more than supportive. This is how lasting change will happen: Through our youth leading the way, one conversation and one principal at a time.

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By: Alex Handfinger, Senior Account Manager

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