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Healthy Schools

Check out our NEW video to help you navigate the educators section of our website to find all our great evidence-based resources for your classroom, school and families.

Health and education are linked. Healthy young people are better learners and are more likely to complete their education. Those with a good education are more likely to have better health status. This page details the Healthy Schools Program.

The Important Role of Schools

Promoting well-being is one of the core goals of the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Achieving Excellence vision.  Schools are tasked with developing learning environments that promote and support student well-being – to focus not just on academic success, but also on the whole child so that they may reach their full potential.

The New HPEPH Healthy Schools Program

This program has been developed based on input from local educators, principals, support staff, and school board staff. 

With the Healthy Schools program, schools will receive:

The Healthy Schools Toolkit

The purpose of this resource is to assist schools in creating a healthy school environment by providing strategies, tips and tools that focus on a comprehensive approach to school health. The Healthy Schools Toolkit will guide you through a four step process to help you along your healthy school journey. A comprehensive Healthy Schools approach is the most effective method to address the needs of children, families, schools and communities. This integrated approach to health promotion gives students numerous opportunities to participate in, observe and learn positive health attitudes and behaviours.

Healthy Schools Toolkit

Click the image above to browse the toolkit to learn more.

Image of cover of Healthy Schools Secondary Resource.

Click the image above to download the action team resource for secondary students and teachers.

Tools to use with the Healthy Schools Toolkit.

Click image above to download the toolkit tools.

Want to get started?

Connect with us by filling out the Healthy Schools Program contact form.

Together we can create healthy school communities!

Monitoring and evaluation

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News, Research and Reports RELATED TO: Educators

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COVID-19 vaccines in HPE

Eligible individuals can receive their vaccination at many participating local pharmacies by contacting the pharmacy directly. Please visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for location and registration information.

Vaccine ordering for health care providers

Vaccine orders for routine immunizations and STI medications continue to be available through HPEPH by using our vaccine order forms; however, please note that our vaccine delivery/pickup procedure has changed. For the most up to date pick up schedule please visit hpePublicHealth.ca/vaccine-orders-info-healthcare-providers/.