Focusing on a whole child approach supports comprehensive development—academic, social, emotional, and physical—leading to healthier, more engaged, and successful students. It promotes lifelong well-being and resilience. 

The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model enacts a whole child approach to education, offering a comprehensive student-centered framework that creates healthier school communities for both students and staff. 

How Schools Can Use the WSCC Model
The WSCC model focuses on 10 interconnected components, including health education, physical activity, school nutrition, and employee wellness. Its goal is to ensure that every child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged while addressing the well-being of school staff.

To learn more about the WSCC model and how components like school nutrition, health services, physical activity, and health education (and more!) all intersect to support students both in and out of the classroom, check out this brief video clip: “The WSCC Model Explained.” As Lynne Shore, Food Services Director in Willamina School District, reminds us: “We are all educators… We are all cogs in this great big wheel that is making the school work and the community work and education work.”

10 Components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model:

1. Health Education
2. Physical education & Physical Activity
3. Nutrition Environment & Services
4. Health Services
5. Social & Emotional Climate
6. Counseling, Psychological & Social Services
7. Physical Environment
8. Employee Wellness
9. Family Engagement
10. Community Involvement

Upcoming Events & Conferences

Triennial Review 101: OHS Webinar

April 30th | 1 hour | Register here!

Oregon Healthy Schools is excited to present a back-to-basics training on the Local School Wellness Policy Triennial Review process!

Training Highlights

• Understanding the nuts and bolts of the Triennial Review process and requirements
• Best practices for engaging stakeholders and tracking progress
• Tools and resources to streamline the review process

Register here to attend the webinar on April 30th at 2:00 PST. A recording of the webinar will be available as well.

The Oregon Society of Health and Physical Educators (OSHAPE) and ODE’s Oregon Healthy Schools is presenting two upcoming webinars to support Physical Education:

Supporting Physical Education For All Students – Wednesday, April 30, 2025, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Register here!

This training will:

• Review information on the legally required minutes for physical education
• Offer suggestions on how to make physical education more inclusive
• Provide examples of differentiated learning techniques and
• Cite examples for proper assessment of integrated or specialized adaptive PE

Getting Prepared for the New Oregon Physical Education Standards – Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Register here!

All academic content standards are updated approximately every seven years. ODE, in consultation with a statewide advisory panel, has spent the last year determining what our new standards should be.

This webinar will:

• Guide participants through the proposed Draft 2025 Oregon Physical Education Standards
• Explore and discuss what guidance is needed to help teachers be ready to implement the new standards by the 2027-28 school year

OregonASK Spring Conference

April 26th, 2025 | Canby Grove Resort in Canby Oregon

Join educators and community partners from across Oregon at the OregonASK Spring Conference! This year’s theme, Fostering Growth and Connection, will bring together afterschool and summer professionals from across the state for a day of inspiration, learning, and meaningful collaboration.

Learn more and register here!

• School Nutrition Programs Training(s) (ODE): A comprehensive list of upcoming trainings and available training topics related to school nutrition programs.
• School Wellness: Strategies for Success (ODE): An overview of the importance of school wellness and helpful resources you can use to support your school wellness efforts.
• Building a Caring and Connected School Community: Establishing a Caring Presence (Alliance for a Healthier Generation): In this foundational session of a 3-part series, participants will gain an understanding of the critical roles that belonging, engagement, and connectedness play in a student's educational experience (register to view).

• Strategies for Using the WSCC Framework: Evidence-based strategies and promising practices that schools have developed using the WSCC framework to promote student health before, during, and after school.
• Evidence-Based Strategies for School Nutrition and Physical Activities: CDC identifies evidence-based strategies that district and school leaders can use to improve the nutrition and physical activity environments.

• Funding Opportunity! Looking to boost your staff well-being programs? Check out the Education Employee Well-being (EEW) Multi-Year Grant: This grant provides multi-year, tiered funding, and individualized support to help your organization develop your employee well-being program. Applications due the second Friday of April.