Through the Healthy Eating in Halton Schools program, schools have come up with innovative ways to promote healthy eating:
- Tecumseh Public School ran a “catch you eating healthy” contest.
- Georgetown’s Christ the King Catholic Secondary School held a “muffin-a-day giveaway”.
- Gladys Speers Public School hosted multicultural food days.
- Acton District High School created a community garden.
- Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School started an Iron Chef Cooking Club.
- White Oaks Secondary School also started a cooking club and created unique recipes.
- Oakwood Public School prepared healthy snacks and created a cookbook.
- St. Andrew’s Elementary School offered healthy snacks for intramural events.
- St. Vincent’s Elementary School worked on healthy fundraising.
- St. Ignatius of Loyola High School’s grade 12 students learned how to prepare healthy foods. They also taught grade 2 students at St. Joan of Arc Elementary School about food and nutrition.
- Oakville Trafalgar High School students hosted a “Feed your Brain Campaign” during exams.
- Iroquois Ridge High School ran a similar program offering healthy snacks and drinks during exams and literacy testing.
- Blakelock High School produced a nutrition rap song and a play. The school also produced a video on organic farming, food availability and the loss of Halton’s rich agricultural land to development.
For a full description of the program, click here to download.
This description includes pictures from some of the school projects. (Please note: this pdf is just over 23MB in size therefore if you have a dial up connection to the internet, it will take a while to download)
The Halton Healthy School Nutrition Environment Committee and the Nutrition Action Grants are funded by Choices 4 Health. For more information about Choices 4 Health and its funded programs, visit choices4health.org or call the Choices 4 Health Coordinator at 905-825-6000 ext. 7344.
