The Apple Schools Foundation
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Mission Statement
APPLE Schools will inspire and empower school communities to lead, choose, and be healthy by recommending and supporting measurable and sustainable changes.
About This Cause
APPLE Schools (A Project Promoting healthy Living for Everyone in schools) is an innovative school-focused health promotion initiative. Our project improves the lives of over 33,000 students annually in 100 schools across Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Manitoba by improving their healthy eating, physical activity, and mental health habits. APPLE Schools transforms school communities through an approach called Comprehensive School Health (CSH). CSH empowers school communities to lead, choose and be healthy. Students in APPLE Schools take ownership of their own health and demonstrate: - 35% increase in physical activity - Students eat 10% more fruits and vegetables - Students have fewer mental health visits to the doctor during adolescence - Are nearly 40% less likely to be obese than in comparison schools APPLE Schools focuses on data to ensure accountability and drive results. Each school’s action plan is continuously improved based on metrics from the previous year. Data from student pedometers, parent surveys, focus groups and interviews all help assess the success of each school’s plan. Since 2007, APPLE Schools has invested over $25 million in vulnerable student populations to prevent chronic diseases related to childhood overweight and obesity. It is estimated this investment will save over $215 million through avoided future health care costs, improved academic achievement, enhanced mental wellbeing, and better quality of life. Shifting the paradigm from treatment of chronic illness and disease to prevention and sustainability. APPLE Schools is a student- centred, cost-effective, evidence-based project that is unique in Canada, giving students positive experiences that translate into a lifetime of healthy living. Our project has been recognized by the Public Health Agency of Canada on the Canadian Best Practices Portal and by the National Cancer Institute on the Research-tested Intervention Programs website. Research has shown that students in APPLE Schools have better nutrition habits, are more physically active, and are more likely to be a healthy weight than other students across Alberta. They are better learners and score higher on academic tests. Healthy kids are happy kids and happy kids are ready to learn.