Student success depends on many factors. The health of the students, teachers, staff, and families is one very important component.

Kelly Miller MS has healthy school food, a school nurse, mental health professionals, a physical education program and after school physical activities all contributing to creating a well school community for students to be better and healthier learners.

A program called Community Voices for Health delivers additional programs for students, teachers and families in order to contribute to the development of a self-sustaining wellness program.

Wellness at Kelly Miller. Did you know?

• Kelly Miller MS was one of two middle schools in DC to earn the silver level USDA HealthierUS School award in 2010.  
• Kelly Miller is one of only a few middle schools in DC to have meals made from fresh, non-processed ingredients prepared by DC Central Kitchen as part of the Healthy Schools Act.
• Kelly Miller students have created a garden for outdoor learning experiences about how food grows.
• Kelly Miller has a weight room for sports teams and teachers to use for strength training.  

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 Community Voices for Health

Community Voices for Health is a school-based program that engages middle school children, teachers, staff and families in advocating for a healthier community through experiential, empowering learning opportunities. The program includes:

Kids Take Action:
KTA is a youth empowerment program that uses a combination of group discussion and performance-based activities to teach students to advocate for change that improves their ability to make healthful lifestyle choices. The program end product is a film of each student  group singing, acting, teaching and dancing about food justice issues.

Teachers Take Action:
TTA is a program that focuses on supporting the personal health of teachers and instructing them on how to integrate health into each of their classes.

Families Take Action:
FTA provides opportunities for families to learn more about health, nutrition and food in order to best develop a healthy home environment.

For additional information visit American University www.american.edu/seth  

Community Voices for Health is a project of the School of Education, Teaching and Health at American University with generous funding from Kaiser Permanente Foundation, United Way and General Mills. 

Upcoming Events

Register for all programs by emailing  cvhealth@american.edu

Teacher and Staff Personal Training: Thursdays, Feb 2 - April 29
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Teacher and Staff Cooking Class:  
Thursday    April 26,   2012         
3:30pm - 5:30pm

Spring Fling
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9am - 1pm

School Garden work
Thursdays 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Past Events

Pedometer Challenge:
Novermber 21 - December 19, 2011

Healthy Lunch Breaks for Faculty and Staff: Tuesdays and Thursdays, November 17 - December 20, 2011, during lunch periods in staff lounge

Student After School Yoga Class:
Mondays, November 21 - December 19. 2011

Parent Nutrition Classes:
Thursday, November 17 and December 1, 2011
7pm - 8pm

All events are at Kelly Miller Middle School. For more information and to register -
email cvhealth@american.edu 
call 202-885-3054