Healthy students are better learners and better-educated individuals are healthier. A healthy school is one that consistently strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for learning, playing, and working.
Students will have many opportunities in every aspect of their school experience to foster their healthy physical, mental, social and intellectual development.
Northern Health supports the Comprehensive School Health Framework, an approach to healthy schools that links health and education professionals, families, and surrounding communities to promote the health of people in the school setting.
View a short video about Comprehensive School Health
- Public Health Agency of Canada - Best and promising practices and program planners for promoting school health.
At school entry (4-6 years of age) students are offered vaccinations against Tetanus/Diptheria/Pertussis/Polio, Chickenpox and any childhood vaccinations that may be overdue. Kindergarten immunizations are offered through Primary Care Homes; information is sent home regarding dates and times.
- Grade 6 consent form (PDF)
- Grade 9 consent form (PDF)
- Preparing your child for immunization (PDF)
- Anxiety BC - Resources for educators, youth & families
- Bullying & Harassment Assessment Toolkit for schools
- Canadian Public Health Association Resources - Bullying Prevention
- Child & Youth Mental Health Resources
- Foundry BC - Local youth care hub (Prince George and soon to be in Terrace!) and online information, peer support, apps and tools
- Information about Trans Health Services - PHSA Trans Care BC
- Mental Health Toolkit - Joint Consortium for School Health
- Ministry of Education Child & Teen Mental Health
- Northern Health - Mental Health & Substance Use
- Resources for School Professionals
- Safer Schools Together Training Resources
- School Connectedness Action Guide
- Well Ahead Child & Youth Wellbeing Program - McConnell Foundation
- Alberta Health Services Teaching Sexual Health - Lesson plans
- Interior Health Sexual Health Teaching Toolkit - Includes lesson plans & other links (PDF)
- NH Elementary School Sexual Health Manual - A Guide for Grade 4-7 Teachers includes lesson plans (PDF)
- Options for Sexual Health - Information and services
- Options for Sexual Health Education Resources - Professional development opportunities for teachers
- Scarleteen - Sexuality and relationships information for teens & emerging adults by youth, for youth
- Sex and U - Information & Resources from the Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada
- School Based Sexual Health Education (PDF)
- Won’t Get Weird - Network of organizations & individuals who “won’t get weird” when you need to talk about sexuality or sexual health
- Canadian Centre on Substance Use – houses lots of reports and information on substance use trends, practices from a prevention, and harms reduction approach
- Get Cannabis Clarity - Provincial Cannabis Website
- Here to Help BC – Detailed information on substances, guides and pamphlets on safer consumption, youth consumption, ways to talk to youth, and families
- Kelty Mental Health Resource hub – has a broad range of mental health and substance use information for children, youth and families
- Northern Health - Mental Health & Substance Use