Welcome to Oak Ridge Schools Coordinated School Health!

Coordinated School Health is an effective approach designed to connect health (physical, emotional and social) with learning. CSH improves children’s health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and the schools working together. Oak Ridge School CSH encourages healthy lifestyles, provides needed supports to at-risk students and helps to reduce the prevalence of health problems that impair academic success.

The involvement of parents, families and community is the glue that binds the CSH. Full involvement of these entities as partners in the educational process provides valuable input, increases the commitment of all partners and ensures positive educational and health outcomes.

Coordinated School Health is not a program, but is a systematic approach to promoting student health that emphasizes needs assessment; planning based on data, sound science and analysis of gaps and redundancies in school health programming; and evaluation.

The CSH approach consists of eight major components. By definition, all Coordinated School Health Components work together to improve the lives of students and their families. Although these components are listed separately, it is their composite that allows CSH to have significant impact. The eight components include: health education, health services, counseling, psychological and social services, nutrition, physical education/physical activity, school staff wellness, healthy school environment and student/parent/community involvement.

For the 2022-2023 school year, Oak Ridge schools has three main goals:

1. Oak Ridge Schools will reduce its current childhood obesity percentage by 1% (For more information obesity visit our Student Wellness Page).

2. Oak Ridge Schools will improve the Mental Health of our students and staff by providing various high quality resources and activities designed to increase access to mental Health providers, reduce stress, increase coping skills and improve their overall well-being.

3. Oak Ridge Schools will offer education and program activities to decrease vaping and drug use among ORS students (For more information on Vaping visit our Student Wellness Page ).

Oak Ridge Schools Coordinated School Health is committed to reaching these goals through education, advocacy and action.

Check out the Latest Updates with our Monthly Newsletters

2022-2023 Coordinated School Health Highlights and Activities

PE Teachers US Tennis Association Training

The US Tennis Association provides Professional Development and equipment to ORS PE Teachers.

Quality Physical Education

Quality Physical Education occurs daily in Oak Ridge Schools. Teachers focus on teaching skills needed for students to live a healthy lifestyle.

Quality Nursing Services

Quality Nurses services are provided throughout all of Oak Ridge Schools.

Math and Movement

Math and Movement is used before school each day at Willow Brook Elementary and in after school programming. Math and Movement allows students to learn math skills through movement!

2022 ORS Staff Field Day

A fun, healthy way for staff to be together!

UT Extension provides Tasty Days and Nutrition Education for ORS students!

Woodland students participate in 4 weeks of Tasty Days on Fridays in November. Each week students had the opportunity to try new fruits and vegetables.

UT Extension provides the Rudy Racoon Nutrition Education to WBES After School Students.

New Lu Interactive Playgrounds installed at all 4 Elementary Schools!

New Lu Interactive Playground Systems being used in PE class at Glenwood Elementary. These systems are designed to supplement and enhance our Physical Education programs, as well as, provide a great way to incorporate academics with physical activity!

Mental Health 101 EmPowering Families Event held in November

Mental Health Association of East TN provides a Mental Health 101 course for parents and guardians.

Turkey Trot 2022

2022 Turkey Trot Press Release

We had 214 participants run in this year’s event!

ASAP of Anderson conducts Vaping Education Classes for ORS students

East TN Children’s Hospital Provides Ongoing CPR training for ORS Staff and Students

East TN Children’s Hospital providing CPR training to students in the Transition School to Work program.

Becky Miller at East TN Children’s Hospital provides ongoing CPR training to staff in Oak Ridge Schools to ensure we are prepared should an emergency arise.

Upcoming Events:

  • Ongoing- 2022-23Winter Farmer’s Market

  • Jan 30th- Feb 3rd, 2023- Rethink your Drink Competition Between Schools

  • Vaping Prevention Week February 13-17th at all ORS Schools, including “Navigating Life through the Vaping/Drug Epidemic for Parents/Guardians”.

  • EmPowering Families – Parent Engagement Events- Jan 2023-May 2023

Community Partners

Tennessee Coordinated School Health connects physical, emotional and social health with education through eight inter-related components. This coordinated approach improves students health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and schools working together. Coordinated School Health works with many partners to address school health.

ASAP of Anderson County- ASAP’s mission is to prevent and reduce substance misuse among youth and adults in Anderson County. This organization promotes/provides the Middle/High School Youth Ambassador Program, “Red Ribbon Week” activities, “I AM ONE” campaign, promotion of proper medication disposal, and medicine lock boxes.

Lion’s Club of Oak Ridge and Clinton

The Oak Ridge and Clinton Lion’s Club provides ORS students with free Vision screening.  Members volunteer their time to conduct hundreds of vision screenings each year and also support students who are in need of glasses.

ADFAC supports our community in many ways.  They provide assistance to families in need and also help provide students with Optometry  vouchers.

UT Extension- helps Tennesseans to improve their quality of life and solve problems through the application of research and evidenced-based knowledge about agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, and community development. This organization provides “Cooking Matters” classes, “Rudy Raccoon” 3rd grade after school program, and helps support ORS programming.

East Tennessee Children’s Hospital-In partnership with ETCH, ORS offers CPR/AED training to staff free of charge. We are thankful for their continued partnership and training.

Well Child is a new service now available to ORS students!  Parents can now fill out a packet to request that their child receive a physical and/or Optometry exam by a Well Child certified Nurse Practitioner and/or Ophthalmologist.  Well Child will be coming into all ORS schools during the 2022-23 school year.