St. Mary's County School Health Council

Welcome to the St. Mary's County School Health Council site.  The Council represents a cooperative venture between the St. Mary's County Public Schools and the St. Mary's County Health Department and is based on the ten components of the "Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child" model.

The Council acts in an advisory capacity to the St. Mary's County Board of Education on health issues that potentially impact students, their families and employees of the St. Mary's County Public Schools.

Healthy St. Mary's Partnership

The Healthy St. Mary's Partnership (HSMP) is a community-driven coalition of partners working together to improve health in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

The coalition mobilizes members through four action teams to address the priority health issues in St. Mary's: Access to Care, Behavioral Health, Healthy Eating and Active Living, and Tobacco-Free Living.

Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child

Please take two minutes to view a video that explains the importance of a collaborative approach to learning and health.

The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model combines and builds on elements of the traditional coordinated school health approach and the WSCC Components by:

• 1. Responding to the call for greater alignment, integration, and collaboration between education and health to improve each child's cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development.

• 2. Incorporating the components of a coordinated school health program around the tenets of a whole child approach to education.

• 3. Providing a framework to address the symbiotic relationship between learning and health.