Blog

HSC’s blog is here to help you stay up to date on the movement for healthier schools. Visit often to read about exciting work in Chicago and across the country.

Healthy Schools Campaign's Guillermo Gomez
June 28, 2018

A Big Thanks to Guillermo Gomez
Chicago Public School students at lunch
June 21, 2018

Improving School Food with Parents + Chicago Public Schools
Latino students playing soccer on the Space to Grow schoolyard at Gunsaulus in Chicago
May 29, 2018

Supporting Student Health + Wellness with Space to Grow
colorful numbers painted on a schoolyard play surface
April 10, 2018

How Morrill Is Adding Health + Wellness to its School Improvement Plan
student at Wadsworth Elementary in Chicago looking at camera
December 14, 2017

Making Progress in a Challenging Year
Prosser High School students chefs posing with fresh produce at Cooking up Change 2017 in Chicago
November 21, 2017

Prosser Wins Cooking up Change with International Inspiration
Cooking up Change student chefs wearing a chef jacket with Aramark logo standing in front of the Washington monument in Washington, D.C.
November 14, 2017

Why Cooking up Change Inspires School Food Provider Aramark
Chef Mark Steuer of Funkenhausen
October 31, 2017

Welcoming Chef Mark Steuer as a Cooking up Change Judge
October 24, 2017

Working to Get the Lead Out of Schools
popsicle sticks with activity breaks written on them for physical activity in the classroom
October 10, 2017

An Inspired Way to Track Physical Activity in the Classroom
young student eating fresh lettuce from a school garden in Chicago
October 9, 2017

More Illinois Students Can Eat What They Grow
Chicago students physical education
October 2, 2017

CPS Maintains Commitment to Daily PE + High Food Standards