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Ohio’s recent Whole Child newsletter, podcast focus on health

12/12/2022

This fall, the Department partnered with the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) to host a quarterly Whole Child Podcast and create the Whole Child Newsletter.

In the latest Whole Child Podcast, Setting the Groundwork for Healthy Schools, Ohio education leaders delve into the Healthy tenet of Ohio’s Whole Child Framework. The episode highlights how schools and districts can coordinate health resources and implement policies and practices that foster health to help students grow and thrive. Jennifer Vargo, director of the Department’s Office of Whole Child Supports, hosted the podcast and the participants include:

  • Reem Aly, executive director of the Ohio School-Based Health Alliance;
  • Lindy Douglas, Special Programs coordinator and Whole Child coordinator for Alexander Local Schools; and
  • Joseph Spiccia, superintendent of Wickliffe City Schools.

The winter edition of the Ohio Whole Child Newsletter also addresses the topic of health. The newsletter includes a recording of the latest Whole Child Network Webinar featuring Fort Frye Local Schools sharing strategies to address multiple facets of school and community health. To suggest contributions to the newsletter, email wholechild@education.ohio.gov.

To stay up to date on whole child news, visit the Whole Child Publications webpage.