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Healthy Schools

How Do Schools Participate?

Step 1: Identify your school's healthy activity

The school principal, students, parents and school staff are encouraged to work together to identify at least one healthy activity. Schools can start a new activity or build on an existing one. (Schools are encouraged to work with community partners.)

Step 2: Complete and sign the acceptance form

The school principal, school council chair and student representative (where applicable) work together to complete and sign the acceptance form (PDF, 580 KB).

Step 3: Submit the completed form to your school board

The school must send the completed acceptance form (PDF, 580 KB) to the school board – to the attention of the Director of Education.

Step 4: Review the Healthy Schools Recognition Program Acceptance Forms

The Director of Education (or authorized school board official) will review the acceptance form. He or she will confirm the initiatives are appropriate and consistent with board policy and guidelines. This also gives the school board the opportunity to see what great things schools are doing before it is posted on the Ministry of Education's website.

Step 5: Submit the form to the Ministry of Education

The Director of Education (or authorized school board official) will be responsible for forwarding the school's acceptance form (PDF, 580 KB) to the Ministry of Education.

The school board can send the form in three different ways:

By email: healthy.schools@ontario.ca

By fax:(416) 325-4344

By mail:
Healthy Schools and Student Well-Being Unit
Ministry of Education
15th Floor, Mowat Block
900 Bay Street, Toronto ON M7A 1L2