We are so very pleased to share with our community that Good Shepherd is an APPLE Ally School. APPLE Schools is a health promotion project with the vision of healthy kids in healthy schools. The organization works across British Columbia, northern Alberta, Manitoba, and Northwest Territories to improve the lives of thousands of students annually, targeting their healthy eating, physical activity, and mental health habits.
The APPLE Schools organization works with each APPLE ally school to transform its community through an approach called comprehensive school health (CSH). CSH empowers school communities to lead boldly, choose wisely, and embrace health at every turn.
What does an APPLE ally school look like? We empower students to make healthy choices and work with them to create positive experiences. All healthy initiatives reflect our school's specific needs. Initiatives can include:
• Monthly wellness campaigns
• Wellness challenges
• Movement breaks
• Non-food rewards
• Mental health education
• Healthy classroom celebrations
• Foods lessons
• Health-focused student leadership opportunities
• A focus on positive physical, social, emotional and mental well-being
• Teaching and learning through a positive health lens.
Want to support your child's wellness at home?
• Help establish a regular bedtime routine, ensuring that your child gets 9-12 hours of sleep
every night.
• Pack lunch together with your child, including only “Choose most often” and “Choose
sometimes” foods.
• Have frequent conversations with your child about everything that they are involved in
and about how they are feeling.
• Ensure a healthy balance between screen time and activity time.
• Make time for outdoor and physical activities.