Building Hope in Pueblo
Through Whole Child Education

What is Whole Child Education?
Educating the whole child involves many layers. It not only addresses the traditional academic subjects such as reading, writing, math, the sciences and the arts, but it also speaks to healthy bodies, healthy minds, and healthy hearts. It supports 21st Century learning objectives and works to build stronger businesses by graduating students who are prepared for the world of work and/or college. Whole child education is about promoting healthy families and developing a support network within the community that can be sustained.

This map helps define the initiative's overall goals and is used to guide the processes as the effort evolves. The task is to help create real and long lasting growth for Pueblo through whole child education with family and community support.
For More Information on the Safe Haven Project,
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SS/HS Video
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School Culture and Student Achievement:
So What's the Link?
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students
"Show Me How" Video.
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For More Information on Understanding
and Accessing Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services, click here.

For More Information on Family
Engagement and Positive Behavioral
Interventions and Supports, click here.
The Federal Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative has funded more than 365 urban, suburban, rural and tribal areas nationwide since 1999.  This grant is the result of a unique collaboration among the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice and was created in response to rising concerns about youth violence, substance abuse, and school safety.  Each grant site determines how funds can best be used within the community to link new and existing services.  Partnership between schools and communities creates a coordinated, cooperative effort that recognizes the complexity of these issues and their root causes.  Using programs and services that have a proven track record of success, as well as strategies for both prevention and intervention, the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative helps reduce the risk factors that come between children of all ages and their ability to learn - and to stay safe and healthy.