Asthma Friendly School Awards

The 2012 Asthma Friendly School Award Application is now open!
CLICK HERE to apply!

Applications are due May 4, 2012.

The Chicago Asthma Consortium's School Task Force wishes to recognize schools in the Chicago area that make significant efforts to provide children with asthma the support needed to keep their asthma under control and to be fully active in school.

As stated by the Centers for Disease Control in their document Strategies for Addressing Asthma within a Coordinated School Health Program, "Asthma-friendly schools are those that make the effort to create safe and supportive learning environments for students with asthma."

The Asthma Friendly School Award Program is a voluntary program where schools may seek recognition for the many efforts they are making to support children with asthma. Recipients will be receive an award suitable for displaying.

A printable version of the 2012 application is available, but
only online applications will be accepted this year.

Congratulations to the 2011 Asthma Friendly School Award Recipients!

Gold Award
Rachel Carson Elementary School
Salmon P. Chase Elementary School
Grover Cleveland Elementary School
Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy
Countee Cullen Elementary School
Charles Gates Dawes Elementary School
Stephen F. Gale Elementary Community Academy
Nathanael Greene Elementary School
Stephen K. Hayt Elementary School
Gurdon S. Hubbard High School
Phillip Murray Elementary Language Academy
William P. Nixon Elementary School
Florence B. Price Elementary School
William H. Ray Elementary School
St. Barbara Elementary School
St. Michael School
Douglas Taylor Elementary School

Silver Award
Josephine C. Locke Elementary School
St. Barnabas Catholic School
Woodlawn Community Elementary School

Bronze Award
Daniel R. Cameron Elementary School
Charles W. Earle Elementary School
Richard Henry Lee Elementary School
Little Village Academy
James Russell Lowell Elementary School
Martin A. Ryerson Elementary School