Organizations like ours try to learn from our experiences, both the successful and not so successful ones. This is a way of assessing our effectiveness and sharing information. It is an important process for the growth of any organization. In doing so, we have recorded some of our learning process around the concept of a "learning history."

We went back to the source of the School Health Partnership – the people who created it, those who developed the concepts and formed the process, those who nurtured its growth. We tried to capture and convey the experience and insights of these people. The result of this new form of assessment, a Learning History, is put forth on the pages that follow. We believe that what we have learned will help you to develop and implement a successful School Health Partnership for your community or organization. We hope that this learning history will encourage you plant a seed of hope and watch it grow.

Memorial Health System staff members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have regarding this process. Please feel free to call us at (574)647-7115.

Phil Newbold

CEO, Memorial Hospital/Health System