Bryan Bell

Health and Success in School are Interrelated.

Schools cannot acheive their primary mission of education if students and staff are not fit physically, mentally, and socially.

The present and future health, safety, and well-being of all students is the concern of Bakersfield City School District. Schools, in partnership with families, have a duty to help prevent unnecessary injury, disease, and chronic health conditions.

Supporting Healthy, Productive, and Capable Students

A Coordinated School Health Program enlists all the resources of a school and its community to improve students health and learning. It organizes them so that they work together in a systematic way.

Some of the benefits of a Coordinated School Health Program that have been observed are:

Increase in attendance.
Increase in general wellness so that students are better able to learn.
Increase in staff attendance and morale.
Increased cost effective use of resources due to decreased duplication of resources.
Increase in parent and community involvement.
Improved positive school environment.
Decrease in discipline problems and disruptive behavior.
Lower teen pregnancy rates.
Decrease in smoking among students and staff.
Delayed onset of high risk behaviors such as: use of alcohol, other drugs, and sexual involvement.

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Health and Success in School are Interrelated.

Supporting Healthy, Productive, and Capable Students

Click on each of the links below to learn more about the areas that contribute to healthy successful children in Bakersfield City Schools.

Coordinated School Health Program

Immunizations and Medications at School

School Based Occupational and Physical Therapy

Family, School and Community Partnerships

School Health Advisory Committee

Health Literacy

Calendar of Scheduled Events

Health Services Staff

Links and Resources

Current Topics in School Health

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