Health
Promoting
Schools
How can it work for
you?
What is HPS?
• Health promoting schools is a holistic and
comprehensive approach to promoting
health that integrates health promotion
within the whole context of the school.
School Health is…
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Youth Engagement
Physical Activity
Healthy Eating
Social Inclusion
Emotional Wellbeing
Social Justice
Benefits
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Student Achievement
Literacy
Citizenship
Cohesive Communities
Healthy Families
School Connectedness
Employability
Great things are happening
everyday in your schools that meet
the criteria of HPS.
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Outdoor Classrooms
Greenhouses
Youth Health Centers
Healthy Foods at School Programs
Alternative Learning Opportunities for
students (student PLC’s)
• Community and Family involvement
What does HPS look like at your
school?
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Funding to support programs
Resource people
Action Team
Tools and processes to help identify
priority areas
• Create action plan
• Implementation