Wellington Heights promotes positive mental health, wellness throughout May
MOUNT FOREST – Students at Wellington Heights Secondary School (WHSS) learned about mental health and wellness throughout the month of May in support of Mental Health Awareness Month.
Coordinated by guidance head Jessica Rowden, along with the WHSS mental health committee, staff organized Mental Health Mondays throughout May, which culminated in Mental Health Activity Day on May 25.
On May 4, staff handed out free fruit to students at the beginning of the day to encourage students to eat a good breakfast to start each day.
Additionally, Student Council provided ice cream sundaes to students during lunch time.
On May 11, fruit was distributed once again during the morning, and learning videos and lessons related to mental health were shared by teachers to their students during class.
At lunch time, students and staff were invited to participate in karaoke in the cafetorium, and prizes were handed out to participants.
Throughout the week of March 19 to 22, a free brunch was provided to students by Rowden and family studies head Heather Reed.
Each day a different grade was invited to the cafeteria for a breakfast wrap, fruit and hashbrowns as a way of promoting the importance of healthy eating.
On May 25 staff organized a wide variety of different wellness activities across the school, and all students were invited to participate in an activity for an hour during Mental Health Activity Day.
Activities included playing board games, participating in a scavenger hunt, working out in the weight room, playing sports and lawn games in the gym and on the playing field, making crafts, colouring, reading, playing music, watching a movie with popcorn, rock painting, cooking gourmet ramen, and playing string games.
