Hi, my name is Wyatt Morris, and I am a junior at Vanoss High School. Today I am discussing Elevate Student Health, one of the two YAHL campaigns.

My fellow YAHL Leadership Team member, Maddie Law, and I spoke with our school board to discuss our wellness policy and how we can make improvements to become comprehensive, improving our students' mental and physical health. The Elevate Student Health policy model highlights access to clean drinking water, healthy and nutritious foods and increased physical activity throughout the day.

Why should we care about comprehensive school wellness policies? Well, if a school has a comprehensive policy, students will feel and be healthier because they will have access to all of the things they need to be successful in school: water, nutritious foods and physical activity. Studies have shown people who are healthy have higher and faster cognitive brain function. Elevate Student Health promotes and helps students to become healthier and the best they can be through improving school wellness policies to make them comprehensive.

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By: Wyatt Morris, Vanoss High School

Making a Difference

Where I would like to make a difference for the Elevate Student Health campaign is within my school and town...

Start Making Healthy Choices Now

I can take what I have experienced to help change school policies and educate the youth to make changes for the better sooner...

Support in Adopting Healthy Habits

I want to help youth understand that it is okay, and that we can support them in adopting healthy habits...

Continued Hard Work Through Policy Change

I've learned that no matter how good, all policies have room to improve...

Enhancing School Wellness Policies

I’ve seen firsthand how crucial this is for our students, especially since so many of us are athletes, whether in school or outside of it...

Happier, Healthier Oklahoma

I help advocate for the Elevate Student Health campaign where we work with schools to update wellness policies...

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