SCHOOL HEALTH INDEX
LETTER OF SUPPORT

Date: _________________________

I, ____________________________, as principal of ____________________________ School, support the school health team in implementing the School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide (SHI). I understand that the SHI will help our school assess and improve our policies and programs related to physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco-use prevention, asthma, and unintentional injury and violence prevention.
I understand that the implementation of the SHI will result in the development of a School Health Improvement Plan. I will support the school health team in its efforts to implement the action plan to the extent feasible for our school.


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