Hawai'i Island Wellness

This Page is intended to be a resource bank for all educators involved in the wellness community.

Wellness is the encompassment of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal.  It is imperative that wellness is pursued and improved proactively in schools.  That it is not seen as one more thing to add to the school staff’s plate, but that wellness is the plate itself. The vision is to start with the development of School Wellness Committees that actively engage their school community in the pursuit of overall wellness.  Through small achievable steps, these committees can begin to reshape the culture and climate of their schools.  By partnering with external agencies such as Blue Zones these wellness led initiatives begin to gain momentum and support.  Once the basic needs of a school’s population are met, then the academics will follow.