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Purpose of the Healthy Active Living (HAL) Team at AY

To promote healthy active living at AY in order to encourage & support the mental, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social health of all students at AY through the use of education and hands-on opportunities.

Mental Health Programs – in addition to educational workshops, we try to offer activities that can help build into students’ “toolboxes” such as:  Mindfulness, Yoga, Fitness Classes, and other practical, “hands on” activities

Physical Activity Programs – aim is to include and encourage students who do not typically take part in athletics or phys-ed classes, and to introduce students to fitness activities that can be found in the community (lifelong learning) and fun non-traditional high school activities.  All AY students and staff are welcomed and encouraged to take part in HAL activities.

HAL Certificate – encourages students to stay physically active and promotes mental wellness through education & participation in a variety of activities and courses found at AY.  This certificate can be earned by the time students graduate and can be used on resumes, bursary/scholarships and post-secondary applications.

Recent Activities

  1. Mental Health Workshops – Wellness Matters, Neurodiversity & Empathy, Wellness 101, How to Help a Friend, Stress Management, and more!
  2. Come & Play Days – outdoor lunch time activities. Come and choose an activity to do with your friends!
  3. Holiday Drive & Fundraising for CHEO’s Aakuluk Clinic for Indigenous Children & their Families
  4. Free Open Skates at JC Arena – borrow skates & a helmet from AY, or bring your own.
  5. Free Self-Defence Classes – learn how to be assertive, stand up for yourself, and get out of tricky situations
  6. Spring Egg Hunt Orienteering Event – learn how to orienteer and look for chocolate eggs in the school yard and surrounding areas!
  7. AY Sports & Games Day – join as an individual or as a team and play sports and games during school time!
  8. Destress Days – sign up for workshops that will help you in various aspects of your life, from time management, to mental health, to fitness activities.
  9. Keep Playing Project – equip students with sports/game/active equipment to use over the summer (to keep)
  10. Fundraising Activities for new equipment, programs and classes – Online silent auction, PHE Canada Partnership activities, school activities
  11. Lunch Time Events – dodgeball, outdoor volleyball, floor curling, Come and Play Days, Fitness Classes, etc.
  12. Curling Workshop – a half day activity where we go to the Nepean Sportsplex and learn how to curl!
  13. Free Fitness Classes – kickboxing, spinning, dance fitness, and more!
  14. Helped with Terry Fox Walk/Run (Twoonie for Terry) – ran water station and DJ station for event
  15. PHE Canada Partnership – helped created physical literacy video for teacher training, and ran the ReBOOT program for Girls and Non-Participants to encourage more participation in fitness activities.

Would you like to join the HAL Team and become a Fitness Ambassador?

  • The HAL Team meets every 1-2 weeks in person, and communicates through email on a fairly regular basis.
  • Fitness Ambassadors help promote and run HAL activities at AY.  Examples of possible tasks are: creating JTV ads, passing along social media content, painting banners for the Pit, creating posters for the hallways, volunteering at HAL activities, and taking part in various HAL activities.
  • Fitness Ambassadors can also help at other events held at AY such as Grade 8 Parent Night.
  • Fitness Ambassadors can choose which activities suit their interests and schedule (just because you join the team, does not mean that you have to take part in everything!). 
  • Come on out and have some fun with the HAL Team this year!  You can also earn volunteer hours for lunchtime meetings and work towards your HAL Certificate upon graduation!