Benefits of using Health eTools for Schools

Here are 10 reasons why your district should consider using Highmark Healthy High 5 Health eTools for Schools:

1. Complies with federal and state mandates for wellness policies
2. Supports and streamlines the implementation of wellness strategies
3. Enhances physical education, and incorporates physical activity and nutrition education without increases in instructional time
4. Supports annual growth screenings, plotted on CDC gender-specific growth chart for trend analysis and reporting to parents
5. Integrates with existing Student Management Information Systems to reduce duplicate entry of student health information
6. Complies with federal and state nutrition policies
7. Extends impact of the school nurse as health educator by freeing time now spent on record keeping and other tasks
8. Strengthens the role of nutrition service professionals as nutrition educators/advocates
9. Increases interdisciplinary collaboration and reduces 'silo' among Wellness Teams and Coordinated School Health Council participants
10. Provides dynamic tools for wellness policy creation, implementation resources and communications strategies.