Journey to Excellence

Healthy Balanced Living

The goal, Healthy Balanced Living, supports the unique philosophy of Adventist education. Essential core elements clarify and expand the goal statements and are intentionally infused into a curriculum that teaches students to:
Each student will:
Accept personal responsibility for achieving and maintaining optimum physical, mental and spiritual health.


  • Recognize that God’s ideal for quality living includes a healthy lifestyle.
  • Incorporate into one’s lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God.
  • Avoid at-risk behaviors.
  • Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports.
  • Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities.
  • Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being.
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