Welcome Back!

Check out what Healthy Schools has to offer for the 2025-2026 school year.

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Program Updates:

Staff professional development
Presentations updated
Attendance grant option
New pedometers available
Meal prep series in January & April
Banners available!

Program Offerings Flyer

Mark your calendars for this school year's activities, workshops, and events!

Save the Date Flyer

Fall Steering Committee

October 23, 2025

AtlantiCare LifeCenter

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Registration Link

Funding Opportunities

The 2025-2026 Healthy Schools, Healthy Children Grant Application is now open!

Grant Guidelines

School Health Survey

Due November 21, 2025

School Health Survey Worksheet

School Health Survey Link

Grant Application

Due December 5, 2025

Grant Application Worksheet

Grant Application Link

Every year, our partner schools host their own creative school-wide events and AtlantiCare Healthy Schools wants to support your efforts with a stipend of

up to $200.

Flyer Link

Request Link

It's time to put your wellness initiatives in action! Activities will earn your school points that convert to funding up to $300 to continue your efforts year-round.

TYSWIW Flyer

TYSWIW Extra Activities

Student, Staff, Family Engagement

Click on the links below to view and request a variety of our programs:

Presentations

Request Link

Staff Professional Development

Request Link

Chefs In the Classroom

Request Link

Narcan Boxes

Request Link

High School LifeCenter Field Trip

Request Link

Kids 360/Fit Families

Request Link

Student Wellness Programs

Request Link

Staff Wellness Challenges

Request Link

Bullying Prevention Poster Contest

due September 26, 2025

Healthy Recipe Contest

due November 7, 2025

Winter PSA Video Contest

due January 30, 2026

Green Mustache Photo Contest

due March 27, 2026

Keys to Mental Wellness Contest

due May 1, 2026

*Media Release Form

School Nurse Lecture Series 1

Emergency Care at School for Injuries

Kathy Abel, DNP, APN

Nurse Practitioner

Orthopedic Surgery

October 28, 2025

5:00-6:30pm

Virtual via Zoom

Flyer

Registration Link

*Email us to request nurse notepads & asthma education sheets

School Wellness Committee

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

American Heart Association

YAB Flyer

Application Link

School Health NJ Website

Let's Stay in Touch!

Stay up to date with the latest Healthy Schools news!

To subscribe for text message alerts, text HEALTHY to 79455

*Msg & Data rates may apply

Check out the updated blogs on our website featuring grant projects of some partner schools!

Healthy Schools, Healthy Children New Jersey (NJ), AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township

Every year we realize that there are changes in your school staff. Please complete the form below so we can make sure to stay in touch about upcoming initiatives and programs. Your school will be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card for completing and submitting the School Contact Information Form by 12/15.

School Contact Information Form

Thank you!

Monthly Highlights

#BeThe1To is the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s message for National Suicide Prevention Month and beyond, which helps spread the word about actions we can all take to prevent suicide. For more info, check out: 988lifeline.org

Additional Resources:

Order FREE 988 Print Materials

Prevent Suicide NJ for School Communities

Atlantic Prevention Resources

AtlantiCare Resource Chart

SEL Tips & Tools

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Welcoming Families Back to School

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Back to School Resources

Child Mind Institute

Back to School Dos & Don'ts for Families

Action for Happiness

Monthly Wellness Calendars

Attendance Works

Strategies for Schools

Making Caring Common

Relationship Mapping Tools

Breathing Tracers

A great tool to offer students to keep on their desk for the future or when they need to practice self-regulation.

How to Make a Friend

The links below provide tools to help students initiate conversations and begin making meaningful connections to support them all year long.

Focusing On Friendship

Find A Friend Bingo

Calendar Inserts

Resources

AtlantiCare’s Family Planning

AtlantiCare's Family Planning Educator, Jenna Bechtel, is available for a wide variety of age-appropriate presentations. Programs on hygiene, puberty, abstinence, and responsible sexual behavior are just a few topics.

Please contact Jenna if you would like to schedule a program for your school or if you are in need of Menstrual Hygiene products.

For more information regarding AtlantiCare's Family Planning services, you can find an updated list here: English and Spanish.

Jenna Bechtel, BS

Outreach Educator & Operations Coordinator

jbechtel@atlanticare.org

NJAPHERD Annual Convention

Join the New Jersey Association for

Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance at their next annual convention

February 23-24, 2026, in Princeton!

Link

The Walking Classroom

FREE Health Posters!

Link

Farm to School

Join the New Jersey Department of Agriculture for a monthly tasting of some of New Jersey’s best fruits and vegetables! Whether you feature items in taste tests from the school garden, or classroom lessons featuring local produce, we want YOU to join in this delicious fun!

Link

Sustainable Jersey Grant Funding

2025-2026 Grant Information

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), as a Sustainable Jersey for Schools program Underwriter, is contributing funding to support a Sustainable Jersey Grants Program cycle for school districts.

Link

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at healthyschools@atlanticare.org.