HealthTeacher

For the first time in our nation’s history, children can expect to live shorter lives than their parent’s generation. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control continues to publish shocking statistics that paint a gloomy picture of our children’s future health. To help reverse the tide, Sisters of Mercy Health System is committing millions of dollars over five years for health education in schools in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

The program, called HealthTeacher, a health literacy program that provides online health lesson plans and resources for educators focused on improving health from kindergarten through 12th grade. For more than a decade, HealthTeacher has been used with great success in some of the nation’s largest school districts. Mercy’s partnership is a first for HealthTeacher – partnering with an entire health system. More than 100 school districts, representing 370,000 students, have already signed on in the three-state area.