The Healthy and Wise High School Program offers a comprehensive and coordinated health approach that accommodates a school’s schedule and provides teachers, students, and parents up-to-date health and fitness information every year. An extension of our monthly and middle school programs, the high school program includes additional lessons that address required high school health standards and benchmarks.

Published in the traditional Healthy and Wise publication format, this program is available in an online format only. The program is appropriate for grades 9-12 and can be taught during a health or PE class. Healthy and Wise is a  comprehensive curriculum that offers an abundance of articles, stories, and activities for High School students and their families.  

Eight Coordinated Health Components Include: 

Health Education - (Nine Units - 38 lessons) that cover required health standards with an emphasis on the importance of physical activity and nutrition in every unit.  The curriculum is available online.  All units have teacher instructional guides, correlations, and unit tests. Lessons can be printed and copied for students or students can access and use the curriculum online in classrooms or computer labs.

The Healthy and Wise Strength, Conditioning, and Wellness Guide - A 36-week lesson guide provides daily physical education lessons, NASPE Standards, and additional individual activities.  Each week provides activities that address the major components of fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, and muscular strength and endurance).  Sports skills and opportunities to apply new skills learned are integrated throughout the year.  Weekly wellness lessons from the Healthy and Wise Monthly Issues are included in the PE lesson plans and ensure that nutrition and other important health topics are covered, even if students are not currently in a health class. 

Health Services – A School Nurse Participation Plan gives suggestions and ways that the school nurse can reinforce health concepts that fall in her/his area of expertise. 

Nutrition Services – High School concepts are included in the Cafeteria Council’s Plan.  Food Service assessment and planning tools help district staff continuously evaluate their nutrition and cafeteria environment and help develop action plans for improvement.  

Counseling/Psychological/Social Services – A Counselor Participation Plan gives suggestions and ways that the school counselor can reinforce health concepts that fall in his/her area of expertise. 

Healthy School Environment – Lessons that address the health and safety of the school environment are included in the program. 

Health Promotion for Staff – The Healthy Educator Checklist allows educators the opportunity to reflect on their own health behaviors so they can not only teach health concepts, but serve as role models as well. The Healthy and Wise Staff Wellness Days suggest nutrition, health, and physical activity tips that can help structure a professional development day filled with many healthy options. 

Family/Community Involvement – Home Connection Activities are included in each lesson.  An introduction letter to parents and ongoing activities and assessment tools help teachers increase and evaluate parental involvement.  Suggestions for community guest speakers and opportunities for students to participate in community wide health and fitness initiatives are suggested in the instructional guides. 

 *The Healthy and Wise monthly issues offer additional grade level activities in the instructional guides and should be used with the Healthy and Wise Strength, Conditioning and Wellness Guide to continuously teach and reinforce current health concepts, topics, and observances.