Virtual Healthy Schools

At a glance

  • CDC’s Virtual Healthy School (VHS) is an interactive tool that shows schools how to support students' health and academic achievement.
  • This tool relies on the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework.

Overview

The Virtual Healthy School (VHS) shows—using familiar school scenes—how schools can support students' health and academic achievement. Enter VHS.

The VHS is designed for:

  • K–12 school staff.
  • State and local departments of health or education staff.
  • Agencies with an interest in meeting the needs of the whole child.

Parents and community members play a key role in supporting our children’s health, learning, and participation in school. These adults, too, can benefit from the VHS as we work together.

Virtual healthy school home page with different color classroom doors for the different portals to the interactive tool.
Virtual Healthy School.

How to use the VHS

Meet Principal Paul, of Jefferson School, and tour the virtual campus. Use the school map to learn how we’ve made this virtual school a healthier place for students and staff.

You can:

  • Click on any of the doors in the school map or the community map to view different scenes and classrooms.
  • Hover over the objects or characters—in the scene or in notepad titles—for examples of how to improve school health.
  • Get detailed “How to Use” instructions anytime by clicking on the Principal Paul chat head (top right of your screen).

Have fun exploring!

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Content Source:
Division of Adolescent and School Health; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)