FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 13, 2013

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

19 MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WIN TOP HEALTHY SCHOOL HONOR

Nineteen Miami-Dade public schools are being recognized as the healthiest schools in the nation by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. They will be honored at the Healthy Schools Program Forum on September 29-October 1, 2013 in Little Rock, Ark.

Schools are eligible for Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum National Recognition Awards based on their level of achievement, school meals, health and physical education and employee wellness. The honorees are as follows:

Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary     
Gateway Environmental K-8            
Glades Middle                                    
Howard Drive Elementary                
Kendale Lakes Elementary               
Miami Edison Senior High                 
Miami Heights Elementary                
North Hialeah Elementary                
North Miami Elementary                   
Palm Springs Middle                                                
Palmetto Elementary                        
Pinecrest Elementary                        
Redland Middle                                  
Robert Russa Moton Elementary      
South Hialeah Elementary                 
West Hialeah Gardens Elementary   
Zelda Glazer Middle                           
North Beach Elementary                   
Shadowlawn Elementary  

Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Silver

 

Established in 2006, the Healthy Schools Program was launched in 231 schools in 13 states to address the growing rate of childhood obesity. The program is currently in more than 18,000 schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association designed to create a system that makes healthy choice the easy choice.

 

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