Coordinated School Health

Coordinated School Health (CSH) connects physical, emotional, and social health with education through eight inter-related components. This coordinated approach improves students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and schools working together. Coordinated School Health works with many partners to address school health priorities. Simply put, healthy students are better learners.

Health Education
Health Services
Nutrition

Food Services assures access to a variety of nutritious, affordable, and appealing meals in school that accommodate the health and nutrition needs of all students. In addition, WCS schools have nutritional programs and health education that help students develop skills and habits in selecting nutritionally appropriate foods, and services as a resource and link with nutrition-related community services and educational programs.
Physical Education/Physical Activity

Physical Education is a planned, sequential prek-12 curriculum program that follows national standards in providing developmentally appropriate, cognitive content, and learning experiences in a variety of physical activity areas, such as basic movement skills; physical fitness; rhythm and dance; cooperative games; team, dual and individual sports. WCS has incorporated an activity bus that contains activities and games to promote physical activity within the student and staff population.
Healthy School Environment

The Healthy School Environment component relates to the quality of the physical and aesthetic surrounding; the psychosocial climate, safety, and culture of the school; the school safety and emergency plans: and the periodic review and testing of the factors and conditions that influence the environment. WCS continually assesses and updates the school environment to provide a safe learning environment.
School Counseling, Psychological and Social Services
Student, Family, and Community Involvement
School Staff Wellness

Teacher and other school employees are charged with educating and caring for one of our most precious assets – our students. Therefore, it is imperative that student employees are supported in their efforts to stay healthy and active so they can do their job most effectively. WCS offers our employees a positive work environment to provide our students with the best education possible.

Teachers meet once a month in the Grassland Middle School library for yoga taught by GMS Art Teacher Alli Taylor.

Health Science Students Explore WCS Heart Healthy Bus

Williamson County Schools, in collaboration with Williamson Medical Center, proudly unveiled its new Heart Healthy Bus September 22 at Independence High. The bus will travel from school to school throughout the year to provide "heart-healthy" training supplies to WCS students and staff. After the ribbon was cut, representatives from Williamson Medical Center joined students in the IHS health science program for CPR training, blood pressure screenings, AED training and "Stop the Bleed" demonstrations.

Coordinated School Health Activity Bus

Loaded with lots of fun games and activities, the bus will travel to each elementary school in the district with the goal of getting students to be active and healthy.

Tennessee’s Coordinated School Health Initiative

The Tennessee Department of Education works in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement Coordinated School Health (CSH) in Tennessee. Based upon passage of The Coordinated School Health Improvement Act of 1999, Chapter 554 and the subsequent 2006 Public Chapter 1001, CSH was created and funded with state budget dollars to implement CSH to all school systems in Tennessee. Funds support the development of a local infrastructure to promote health and wellness for all students and staff and thereby decrease barriers that prevent students from achieving their full academic potential. For additional information visit The Department of Education Coordinated School Health website.

SOAR into Student Academic Achievement with a Free Game of Mini-Golf

Williamson County Schools (WCS) Coordinated School Health Program is proud to announce an exciting program with SOAR Adventure where students can earn a free game of mini-golf.

Elementary students have many opportunities this year to earn free games of mini-golf. Students who achieve a letter grade of “A” in any one subject on their report card and/or are recognized by a staff member earn a free game of mini golf to be redeemed any time before June 30, 2023 at SOAR Adventure in Franklin. This is also true for students in Kindergarten and first grade who receive either a “3” or an “S” in any area of their report card. Students will receive a "ticket" to take to SOAR Adventure to be redeemed for the free game. One parent or guardian must be with the student or group of up to 5 total students. Parents or guardians do not have to play if they do not want to, and there is no charge if they do not play. If they want to play, they can pay the adult fee and play along with the students. Students will have the opportunity to win up to up to 8 free games throughout the school year!

Gary Anderson
Executive Director Health and Safety
615-472-4004

Mandi Thompson, BSN, NCSN
District Nursing and CSH Supervisor
615-472-4028

Ashley Filippo-DeGuire, RN, BSN
School Health Coordinator
615-472-4157

Kim Haynie
Health Services Department Assistant
615-472-4086