Northeast Elementary awarded $50,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield

Having a healthy lifestyle is always a priority, an organization in Mississippi is awarding the top healthiest school in Mississippi.

Northeast elementary school was presented today with the healthy school award from Blue Cross Blue Shield with a check for $50,000. The nurses who applied for the award talk about what it means to their school.

“We are extremely excited that we have accomplished this.”

“Yea, we are excited for our children that we will be able to implement maybe some health equipment for our kids and give them a foundation.”

The nurses were able to tell us what one of the most important things they hope to accomplish

“We want to be able to health this age know that being healthy is important and to start some good health routines”, stated Jennifer Brent and Sheri Shelby

One of the nurses provided us with some of the things the money will go towards for the students.

“We are looking at doing some workout equipment around the track and some nutrition.”

When asked what made them want to apply for the grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthy school they stated.

“When we looked at the awards they wanted to focus on a school that had already shown a priority of health, wellness, and fitness. ”I felt we had already addressed a lot of those issues and we had things already.”

A representative from Blue Cross Blue Shield informed us of just what the healthy school award is.

“Blue Cross and Blue Shield developed the healthy school awards program to recognize and reward schools that are developing policies and programs to help support healthy lifestyle habits.”

I asked the representative how do they go about picking the school they consider healthy.

“ With the healthy school awards program, we select the schools that have made the most strides to create a healthy school environment.”

The Blue Cross Blue Shield representative says that they awarded two schools this year for the healthy school award.

“Northeast elementary along with Bell academy were the 2 schools this year that were recognized as healthy schools.”

The healthy school program by Blue Cross Blue Shield has been rewarding healthy school awards since 2014 to continue to help schools implement health programs and policies among their students by providing a $50,00 grant.