Believing that it takes a community to save a life, North College Hill launched a month-long, community-wide effort to raise awareness about suicide & mental health.
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Category: Schools
North College Hill garden is true community effort
WeTHRIVE!, schools, businesses, & organizations worked together to build the North College Hill School and Community Garden.
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Three Rivers focuses on mindfulness, movement & brain breaks
Three Rivers School District wellness team is bringing mindfulness, physical activity, and brain breaks to the classroom to help students and teachers THRIVE! Three Rivers is a WeTHRIVE! school district.
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21st Century grant helps Lockland students THRIVE!
Good things are happening in Lockland Schools! Through a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, the district is transitioning to become a Community Learning Center. They now have a full-time school resource coordinator, Stefanie Craven.
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How we THRIVED in 2018
At the annual WeTHRIVE! Recognition Event in December, we celebrated more than 50 communities, schools, child care providers, and champions for their commitment to improving health, safety, and vitality across Hamilton County in 2018. In preparation for this event, I took a trip down memory lane to think about how…
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Students lead education on tobacco policy
Last spring, Taylor High School students successfully advocated for the Three Rivers School Board to make the district 100% tobacco-free. Now they are educating people about the new policy and teaching middle school students about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
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Addyston, North Bend go tobacco-free after hearing from Three Rivers students
Taylor High School students stood up and spoke out against tobacco. As a result, village property in the WeTHRIVE! communities of Addyston and North Bend is now tobacco-free, including e-cigarettes and other vaping devices.
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Mt. Healthy City Schools | School Spotlight
Mt. Healthy City Schools has been a WeTHRIVE! school district since March 2017. The district’s wellness team started in 2006, but was re-energized two years ago under the leadership of Fredrika Richardson, the district’s food service director.
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The jelly donut list: Encouraging students to make the healthy choice
Over the past year and a half as a teacher at North College Hill Elementary School, I have had problems with students not having a pencil when it is time for class. We also have a great bakery in North College Hill, so I began the “jelly donut” fund. Every time a…
Read moreWinton Woods students create anti-tobacco radio spots
Winton Woods High School students Elijah Parker and Jada Davis are best friends who are using their voices to fight tobacco use. With help from WeTHRIVE!, PreventionFIRST!, and the Underground, they created and recorded anti-tobacco radio spots that air on 101.1 FM The Wiz. The Underground in Forest Park runs a free…
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