Mission Statement To promote and maintain healthy lifestyle choices in Oklahoma through preventive, community-based school health education programs for students, their families, and faculty.

About Schools for Healthy Lifestyles

The Schools for Healthy Lifestyles (SHL) program was developed in 1997 by the following partners and major sponsors.

• Oklahoma City - County Health Department
• Oklahoma City Public Schools
• Oklahoma County Medical Society
• Oklahoma State Department of Education
• Oklahoma State Department of Health

Without the generous help of these and many other donors and community partners, the program would not be possible.

Four key areas addressed in this program:
	Promoting physical activity and fitness
	Nutrition education and awareness
	Tobacco use prevention
	Safety and injury prevention

Benefits to participating schools:

	$1,000 grant award		Adopt-A-Doc Partnership
	Public recognition, certificate, and school banner		Ongoing technical assistance and support
	Lifeline newsletters		Educational ideas and materials
	Link to community resources and presenters		Assessment materials and Fitnessgram Kit
	Intense training at the Summer Health Institute		Health and physical education curricula

"Exercise and recreation...are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary, because health is worth more than learning." ~ Thomas Jefferson

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