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Working Towards a Healthier High School – 6 Steps for Students
Want to make your school healthier? Remember, it's a team effort where students,
school staff, parents and community partners can all work together.
As a high school student, you can play a key role making your school healthier. You know the issues that impact you and the kinds of activities that will be interesting. You can provide:
Fresh ideas
and candid responses about current activities;
A better understanding of the needs and interests of students; and
Encouragement for more students to get involved.
Ready to make your school healthier? Here's how!
Step 1 –
Get Started
What healthy schools activities are happening at your school? Start by using
the School Scan to identify them. Then establish a healthy schools committee
to carry out your activity.
Tips:
Talk to school
staff about starting a healthy schools initiative. They can provide guidance
about school procedures and the protocols for making decisions.
Contact your student council or student trustee association about coordinating
activities with another school or to find out if there are resources already
available.
Understand which health-related topics are most important. Invite students to
a meeting or ask them to fill out a survey.
Step 2 – Do Your Homework to Determine Important Areas
Talk about the issues impacting students at your school. Look for resources
in your school, community, and across the province to help with the activity
you have chosen. Start by reviewing the web links and student ideas on each
health-related topic.
Tips:
Identify people
who have expertise in the health-related topic, such as school staff, your local
health unit or community partners (local police, St. John's Ambulance, MADD).
Organize a meeting with students from other schools to share healthy schools
initiatives and learn from their successes and challenges.
Make a list of potential health-related topics you are interested in and focus
on one area.
Step 3 – Develop a Plan
After choosing a healthy schools activity, develop your plan of action:
Timeline
Budget
Responsibilities
How you will implement the plan.
Use the Planning Template to record and track the progress of your healthy schools
plan.
Tips:
Get input from
other students, school staff, and community partners (where appropriate).
Identify the steps and timelines to accomplish your goal.
Post a copy of your completed plan for all students to see.
Provide your school principal and staff representative with a copy.
Step 4 – Make it Happen
Encourage other students to participate in your plan. Keep everyone up-to-date
to generate awareness and enthusiasm for your initiative. Schedule time throughout
the year during school assemblies and meetings to recognize and celebrate what
you are doing.
Tips:
Use PA announcements,
school newspapers, websites and posters to make everyone aware of your initiative.
Schedule meetings to allow students and staff to share successes and brainstorm
new ideas.
Share what your school is doing with your school board, local media or the Ministry
of Education. Write an article, take pictures or offer to do a presentation
about your healthy initiative. Give yourself some credit!
Step 5 – Review and Identify Next Steps
After your healthy schools initiative is complete, think about what you have
done to see if you achieved your goals. Use the reflection section of the School
Profile to record your thoughts and identify possible next steps:
Starting a
whole new healthy schools activity, or
Building on the same initiative by enhancing or expanding on the activity.
Tips:
Organize a
wrap-up meeting to talk about the successes and challenges of your initiative.
Share the comments you received about your initiative with other students.
Identify what you would do the same and what you would do differently next time.
Establish a healthy schools committee for next year. Identify potential student
leaders and recruit new students to join the committee.
Step 6 – Celebrate Your Success
By celebrating your success as a team, you keep everyone focused and enthusiastic!
Celebrations can increase student awareness of the healthy schools initiative
and may encourage other students to get involved.
Tips:
Communicate
what you have achieved through PA announcements, school newsletters, a presentation
to the school board, or by meeting with associate schools.
Recognize everyone involved with a certificate, plaque, or even a T-shirt.
French-Language
TV Gets Its Own Voice
McGuinty Government Making TFO Independent
Ontario is strengthening French-language education and culture by giving autonomy to TFO, the province's French-language educational broadcaster.
Today, the Ontario Legislature passed Bill 55, which will officially make TFO a self-governed broadcaster, with a French working environment and a board that's reflective of Ontario's French-language communities.
The new Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority (TFO) is a Crown corporation. TFO separated its operations from its sister station TVO last year but legislation was needed to make TFO's independence permanent.
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To strengthen francophone culture in Ontario, TFO airs educational programming for young people, documentaries, current affairs shows and other programming that reflect Franco-Ontarian communities in all their diversity. TFO also produces online and multimedia materials to complement classroom learning for teachers and Ontario's 90,000 French-language students.
Quotes
"Our Franco-Ontarian communities deserve a strong and independent voice
to communicate with each other and the world. Today, we made that voice permanent,"
said Education Minister Kathleen Wynne.
"We now have a broadcaster that is run by Franco-Ontarians, for Franco-Ontarians. And it's here to stay," said Madeleine Meilleur, Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.
"I am touched by the outpouring of support for TFO from the Franco-Ontarian community. Our education partners told the government they need an independent TFO and the government listened," said Claudette Paquin, CEO of TFO.
"TFO is a vital service and it's now in a better position to support our students and teachers no matter where they are in the province," said Paul Taillefer, president of the Association des enseignantes et enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO).
Quick Facts
Most of Ontario's French-language elementary and secondary school teachers regularly
use TFO's programming in the classroom.
TFO started broadcasting (as part of TVO) on January 1, 1987, and reaches 400,000
Ontario households.
The new TFO has 130 employees and an annual budget of about $23 million per
year.
Learn More
Find out about TFO's mission, programming and multimedia content. (French only)
Explore SOS Devoirs, TFO's homework help website. (French only)
Read about TFO's three new awards. (French only)