Building a Lifelong Interest in Staying Active

Allan Hardy, Principal
It is encouraging to see that our students are physically active. Participation in athletics is one way students keep active Greenwood. Students in Grades 7 through 9 remain active through participation in compulsory Health and Active Living (HALE) classes. More than half of our students in Grades 10 and 11 take an optional health and physical credit, which focus on personal fitness or large group games.
 
Next year we have added a third HALE elective which will enable students to earn a credit that specializes in either volleyball or basketball. Our new workout room and additional gym space will create other opportunities for students to be physically active during the lunch hour and morning break. Sam Clark, one of our teachers, is being released from some of his teaching duties next year to ensure these programs receive the appropriate direction and support.
 
We know that habits formed in school can last for life. One other way parents can help their children develop a lifelong interest in being physically active is by allowing students to walk or cycle to school. A recent editorial in the Globe and Mail summarized nicely the benefits of having students walk to school. I realize this suggestion is not always practical for students who live a considerable distance from the school, or when returning to school from an after-school practice. However, with the promise of warmer temperatures, it is something for students and parents to consider, even if the walk is to or from the school to the Davisville TTC Station.
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Greenwood College School

443 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, ON M4S 2L8
Tel: 416 482 9811
We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.
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