September 28, 2018
For Immediate Release
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UPPER MARLBORO, MD – Arrowhead and High Bridge elementary schools were named to the “America’s Healthiest Schools” list by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national organization that empowers children to develop lifelong, healthy habits.
More than 460 schools nationwide were honored, including five from Maryland.
“It is important for students to build lifelong healthy eating and physical activity habits,” said Dr. Monica Goldson, Interim Chief Executive Officer. “We applaud Arrowhead and High Bridge for creating a total learning environment that emphasizes wellness, nutrition and regular physical activity.”
Arrowhead and High Bridge, located in Upper Marlboro and Bowie, respectively, earned the bronze-level national distinction by successfully meeting a rigorous set of criteria for serving healthier meals and snacks, offering high-quality health and physical education and empowering school leaders to be healthy role models. Both schools met or exceeded federal nutrition standards for school meals and snacks, offer breakfast daily, implemented wellness policies and updated progress annually and provide students with at least 60 minutes of physical education per week.
All schools on the “America’s Healthiest Schools” list participate in the Healthy Schools Program — one of the nation’s largest school-based childhood obesity prevention initiatives — which has worked with more than 42,000 schools serving over 25 million students since 2006.
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