SETTING THE STAGE
At the start of the 2004 to 2005 school year,Bronx Healthy Hearts recruited 6 schools to participate and be the first to establish
Wellness Councils in their schools. Fortuitously,
1 of the schools, Public School 28,
had a school-based health center run by
Montefiore’s School Health Program. The Region
1 Health Director worked closely with
the school health program, and welcomed the
Healthy Hearts program into the region. As a
result, in October 2004, the 3 directors from
Montefiore’s School Health Program, Region
1’s Office of School Health, and the Healthy
Hearts Program met to discuss program goals,