School Health | Vermont Department of Health
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School Health
White River Junction
WIC (White River Junction)
Family and Child Health
Active and Healthy Communities
Worksite Wellness
School Health
Immunizations
Infectious Disease
Community Prevention Programs
Tobacco Prevention
Emergency Preparedness
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
We work to improve the health and well-being of school-aged children across Northern Windsor and Southern Orange Counties. We support supervisory unions, school districts, community organizations, students and their families by helping with high-impact strategies that make a difference in health.
Local Education Agencies
Hartland in the
Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
Hartford School District
Orange East Supervisory Union
Orange Southwest Unified Union District
Rivendell Interstate School District
School Administrative Unit #70
White River Valley Supervisory Union
Windsor Central School District
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
Our school liaison is a nurse who works with schools, families and community partners in our region to improve health outcomes for school age children. The school liaison provides support to school nurses and works to promote wellness for the whole school community. We promote use of the School Nurse Manual and School Health Index as well as school wellness teams using the
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child framework
, farm to school programs and
Safe Routes to School
. We can assist with development of school policies and can help find grant opportunities to support this work.
The
Safe Routes to School program
helps make walking and biking to school safe and easy options to promote physical activity for children. The program can help your school develop a travel plan and identify structural needs such as sidewalks, signs and walking lanes. We can help you initiate and maintain programming to support use of the routes. This could include a weekly walking school bus, where children are dropped at a common location and walk together to school, or it could include walk/bike to school days. Wendy, our school liaison, is a Safe Routes to School Champion. For more information, visit the
Safe Routes webpage
.
School Nursing
We assist school nurses so they can better support student and family access to health services. Learn more about
how we work with school nurses
.
Today’s students come to school with more challenges related to health and learning than ever before.
Essential School Health Services
focuses on improving student outcomes, school attendance, the mitigation of challenges such as chronic health conditions, complex medical needs, and other barriers related to social determinants of health, such as poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, food and housing insecurity, and lack of health care.
Access to Care
We help schools support access to medical care and promote medical and dental homes for children and youth. We support school and health care provider relationships and sharing health records. We support efforts to ensure families know recommended times for well-care visits, and what to expect at the visits following
Bright Futures guidelines
.
The
802 Smiles Network of School Dental Health Programs
connects Vermont's various school dental health programs under one umbrella. Its goal is to eliminate oral health disparities and improve oral health for all Vermont children.
Learn More
Dental Health Care in Vermont
Health Care and Screening Guidelines
Health Care for Children & Youth in Vermont
Immunizations - K-12 School Nurses and Administrators
Vermont Health Connect
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Health Department and the Vermont Agency of Education sponsor the Vermont
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
. The YRBS was developed by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, injury and social problems among middle and high school students. We share this public health data with schools and communities to promote response to decrease risk behaviors.
We encourage schools to use YRBS data to make decisions about how to support student health. One way to do this is the
Getting to Y program
, which is an opportunity for students to take a lead in bringing meaning to their own Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, and to take steps to strengthen their school and community.
Resources for Wellness
We help schools get grants to support proven strategies such as
Farm-to-School
, and
Girls on the Run
. Find out more about
strategies to improve health of Vermont’s school-aged children
.
School Wellness Teams promote and integrate health and develop policy in the school. The school liaison is a consultant and cheerleader to help the Wellness Teams navigate the process, and we encourage the use of data and evidence-based practices to achieve outcomes. One example of success is the Farm to School program at Thetford Elementary, which is looked to by many as a model program, and which benefitted from school liaison support.
Health Hub
Medicaid Administrative Claiming
We help local education agencies to meet the objectives of the Medicaid Administrative Claiming agreement.
Learn More
A Guide to Smart Snacks in School
(a USDA guide)
Adolescent Health in Vermont
Asthma & Lung Disease
Child Care and Early Learning
Healthy Non-food Rewards
Healthy Schools - Environmental Health
Local School Wellness Policy Action Implementation Tool
Nutrition/Physical Activity Guidance for Schools and Child Care
Prevent Domestic and Sexual Violence
School Wellness Policies
School-age Health Performance Scorecard
Screen Time & Activity
Vermont Youth Groups Tobacco Control Work
(OVX and VKAT)
3-4-50 Prevent Chronic Disease
Contact Us
Solenne, Public Health Nurse
Phone: 802-281-5028
[email protected]
Last Updated:
February 27, 2025
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Translations for you
School Health
White River Junction
WIC (White River Junction)
Family and Child Health
Active and Healthy Communities
Worksite Wellness
School Health
Immunizations
Infectious Disease
Community Prevention Programs
Tobacco Prevention
Emergency Preparedness
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
We work to improve the health and well-being of school-aged children across Northern Windsor and Southern Orange Counties. We support supervisory unions, school districts, community organizations, students and their families by helping with high-impact strategies that make a difference in health.
Local Education Agencies
Hartland in the
Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
Hartford School District
Orange East Supervisory Union
Orange Southwest Unified Union District
Rivendell Interstate School District
School Administrative Unit #70
White River Valley Supervisory Union
Windsor Central School District
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
Our school liaison is a nurse who works with schools, families and community partners in our region to improve health outcomes for school age children. The school liaison provides support to school nurses and works to promote wellness for the whole school community. We promote use of the School Nurse Manual and School Health Index as well as school wellness teams using the
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child framework
, farm to school programs and
Safe Routes to School
. We can assist with development of school policies and can help find grant opportunities to support this work.
The
Safe Routes to School program
helps make walking and biking to school safe and easy options to promote physical activity for children. The program can help your school develop a travel plan and identify structural needs such as sidewalks, signs and walking lanes. We can help you initiate and maintain programming to support use of the routes. This could include a weekly walking school bus, where children are dropped at a common location and walk together to school, or it could include walk/bike to school days. Wendy, our school liaison, is a Safe Routes to School Champion. For more information, visit the
Safe Routes webpage
.
School Nursing
We assist school nurses so they can better support student and family access to health services. Learn more about
how we work with school nurses
.
Today’s students come to school with more challenges related to health and learning than ever before.
Essential School Health Services
focuses on improving student outcomes, school attendance, the mitigation of challenges such as chronic health conditions, complex medical needs, and other barriers related to social determinants of health, such as poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, food and housing insecurity, and lack of health care.
Access to Care
We help schools support access to medical care and promote medical and dental homes for children and youth. We support school and health care provider relationships and sharing health records. We support efforts to ensure families know recommended times for well-care visits, and what to expect at the visits following
Bright Futures guidelines
.
The
802 Smiles Network of School Dental Health Programs
connects Vermont's various school dental health programs under one umbrella. Its goal is to eliminate oral health disparities and improve oral health for all Vermont children.
Learn More
Dental Health Care in Vermont
Health Care and Screening Guidelines
Health Care for Children & Youth in Vermont
Immunizations - K-12 School Nurses and Administrators
Vermont Health Connect
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Health Department and the Vermont Agency of Education sponsor the Vermont
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
. The YRBS was developed by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, injury and social problems among middle and high school students. We share this public health data with schools and communities to promote response to decrease risk behaviors.
We encourage schools to use YRBS data to make decisions about how to support student health. One way to do this is the
Getting to Y program
, which is an opportunity for students to take a lead in bringing meaning to their own Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, and to take steps to strengthen their school and community.
Resources for Wellness
We help schools get grants to support proven strategies such as
Farm-to-School
, and
Girls on the Run
. Find out more about
strategies to improve health of Vermont’s school-aged children
.
School Wellness Teams promote and integrate health and develop policy in the school. The school liaison is a consultant and cheerleader to help the Wellness Teams navigate the process, and we encourage the use of data and evidence-based practices to achieve outcomes. One example of success is the Farm to School program at Thetford Elementary, which is looked to by many as a model program, and which benefitted from school liaison support.
Health Hub
Medicaid Administrative Claiming
We help local education agencies to meet the objectives of the Medicaid Administrative Claiming agreement.
Learn More
A Guide to Smart Snacks in School
(a USDA guide)
Adolescent Health in Vermont
Asthma & Lung Disease
Child Care and Early Learning
Healthy Non-food Rewards
Healthy Schools - Environmental Health
Local School Wellness Policy Action Implementation Tool
Nutrition/Physical Activity Guidance for Schools and Child Care
Prevent Domestic and Sexual Violence
School Wellness Policies
School-age Health Performance Scorecard
Screen Time & Activity
Vermont Youth Groups Tobacco Control Work
(OVX and VKAT)
3-4-50 Prevent Chronic Disease
Contact Us
Solenne, Public Health Nurse
Phone: 802-281-5028
[email protected]
Last Updated:
February 27, 2025