There’s a culture shift at work in a Health Empowered school. From “Eat Drink Move” banners in the hallways to video step-routines in classrooms, students visiting the lunchtime Taste Truck or Student Health Advocates serving up homegrown fruits and vegetables. Wherever you look, young minds and bodies are being energized by healthy foods and activity breaks throughout the day.

Often the changes start small – ensuring fresh drinking water is always within reach, or that recess is available to every student, every day.

Over time, other nutrition and fitness objectives are layered in, like eye-catching displays of fresh fruits or salads at the front of the cafeteria line. One school might start an after-school walking club while another switches to physical activity-based fundraisers, instead of selling candy or magazines.

Each Health Empowered school looks different, depending on which healthy eating and exercise goals they’re pursuing, but all are backed by coaching and support that lasts throughout the relationship.