Stay Connected to the Healthy Schools Movement in BC
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There are plenty of ways to stay connected to the healthy schools movement!
Follow DASH BC on social media for all of your healthy schools news and happenings.
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Grant Opportunities
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Deadline: July 15th, 2018
Deadline: August 24th, 2018
Deadline: September 15th, 2018
Deadline: October 15th, 2018
Deadline: October 18th, 2018
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View other healthy school grant opportunities
here.
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Have a Great Story? We Want to Hear It!
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We want to hear your Healthy Schools Stories!
Educators, students and community members across the province are working hard to create healthier schools and school communities.
Sharing your stories can help support and inspire others and viewing stories from other schools can do the same for you.
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Submitting an Article for the Newsletter
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How would you like to promote your organization's message to members of the health and education sectors across B.C.?
To learn how to submit an article for the Healthy Schools BC Newsletter, please visit the Healthy Schools BC website
here
for submission dates and guidelines.
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Video of the Month
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Are you looking for ways to provide your students with more responsibility while also simultaneously teaching them useful lifestyle skills?
The
"Real World Learning: Running a Business at a School" video by
Edutopia shows that there are many ways to engage students within the classroom, school, and school community and provide them with innovative, fun, and unique learning opportunities.
Students at
Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School: A String Theory School in
Philadelphia, PA, work in a café on the school campus as part of their business class. This learning opportunity empowers them to learn many useful skills, such as stocking and maintaining inventory, scheduling, customer service, marketing and communications and various other
workplace, businesses and entrepreneurial skills. They can then use the skills learned to help them in their everyday lives, as well as in the future, after graduation.
Check out the video
here and learn more about Edutopia
here.
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The Healthy Schools BC Newsletter is brought to you by DASH BC.
Our vision is
that ALL children and youth in B.C. will realize their full potential as healthy learners who feel connected and engaged in their community.
We are a non-profit society that inspires our partners and stakeholders to improve the health and learning of students in BC by promoting, supporting and facilitating a healthy schools approach.
Click here to visit our website
for further information
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DASH BC
1111-1030 West Georgia Street
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June 21st Is National Indigenous Peoples Day
Celebrate the heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis
June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day! Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day at your school by learning about Indigenous Peoples, becoming more involved in the Indigenous community, and incorporating Indigenous culture into the school environment. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2HncwDv.
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Get Ready to Walk and Wheel!
Registration now open for the 2018 Walk and Wheel to School Week event!
DASH BC is excited to announce that our
11th annual Walk and Wheel to School Week (iWalk) will be held from
October 1st to 5th, 2018. Register now to receive a free Walk and Wheel to School Week package to help your school organize the best event of the year! Find out more:
https://bit.ly/2M5MAzQ.
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Action Schools! BC Update
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Update Regarding Action Schools! BC for the Upcoming School Year
Action Schools! BC supports and resources will not be offered during the 2018-19 year
During the next school year, the Ministry of Health will be focused on developing an enhanced approach to student health that supports well-being across physical, mental, and social health domains. While this engagement and program redesign work occurs, Action Schools! BC supports and resources will not be offered during the 2018-19 year. Find out more:
https://bit.ly/2JhbKNY
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Action Schools! BC Update
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A Year in Review for Action Schools! BC
Highlights from the 2017-18 Action Schools! BC Program
It has been an incredible year for Action Schools! BC. Check out highlights from the 2017-18 Action Schools! BC Program. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2LtKUPg.
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June 3rd to 9th Is Canadian Environment Week
Outdoor classrooms increase positive relationships, enhance social-emotional learning, and provide opportunities to engage in hands-on, experience-based learning
This June, in honour of Canadian Environment Week from June 3rd to 9th, celebrate the environment at your school. Use outdoor classrooms to incorporate learning and exploring the outdoors, to increase connection to nature and to enable school connectedness. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2LtcDQo.
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Daily Nutrition in the Alternate
Story from Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School
School staff at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School created a nutrition program that allowed students to take part in a daily cooking class where they learned how to budget, plan, and prepare a variety of healthy, simple and filling meals. They were also given lessons on the importance of healthy eating and nutrition. Through this program, students were able to increase their health and well-being as well as improve their academic learning and behaviours. Find out more:
https://bit.ly/2q7Wg3i
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Each month, we highlight different Healthy Schools Stories. Have a story you would like to share? We want to hear from you! Click
here to view the Healthy Schools BC Stories Map to read more stories and to submit your own.
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Healthy Schools Resources
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Stigma-Free Zone School Program
Empower young people to create and sustain stigma-free environments in their schools that will instil awareness, understanding and acceptance
The Stigma-Free Zone School Program by the Stigma-Free Society offers students the opportunity to claim their school as a 'Stigma-Free Zone', an environment where youth refrain from actions that may cause harm to the emotional well-being and confidence of others and that provides a safe space where all people can exist free of ridicule, harassment and bullying. Find out more:
https://bit.ly/2sD3NZf.
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Healthy Schools Resources
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Living Life to the Full for Youth
A course on mental health promotion and resilience by the Canadian Mental Health Association is available for youth at no extra cost
Living Life to the Full for Youth, an evidence-based resilience skills course from the Canadian Mental Health Association, will be delivered at select B.C. schools free of charge. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2JnXkrx.
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Collaborative Action: A National Symposium for Child Well-Being in the Middle Years
Taking place from August 20th to 21st at UBC
The Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) will be hosting Collaborative Action: A National Symposium for Child Well-Being in the Middle Years from August 20th to 21st at UBC. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2xQepci.
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