Healthy Choices

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Healthy Choices Program Under Construction!

The Healthy Choices Program, previously offered to grades 7 and 8, will not be offered this school year. The Health Promotion Department is currently reviewing the existing program and will be exploring other strategies to address health promotion and the prevention of chronic disease, injury and substance abuse. During the exploratory phase, schools will be consulted in order to determine ways to better meet the needs of the school population.

In the meantime, we are still committed to delivering equitable service to all schools in our Tri-County area. Due to the large number of schools and our limited staff, we are unable to fill teachers’ requests for classroom teaching at this time. However, we are able to offer resources to assist you in addressing some of the same material covered in Healthy Choices and the Health and Physical Activity curriculum.

We have Teacher Resource Packages available on the following topics:

Drug use and Abuse	Grades 1 to 8
Sun Safety Grades	Grades 1,4,5,8
Physical Activity	Kindergarten to 8
Injury Prevention	Kindergarten, 1,2,3,4,6
Smoking	Kindergarten to 8
Nutrition	Kindergarten to 8
Body Image	Grades 1-8

To request a package please contact Lynda Earl at Lynda.earl@healthunit.org or at (613) 345-5685, ext. 2215.

If you have any questions or concerns about the Healthy Choices Program or the review process, please contact Tawnya Boileau, Public Health Nurse at tawnya.boileau@healthunit.org or at (613) 345-5685, ext. 2226.

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