Ever Active Schools Program Initiatives

Initiatives Browse the initiatives below and click on the links to the right for more information.
Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere (SHAPE) Everyday, throughout Alberta, students are being driven to school when they could be using an active form of transportation.Communities ans schools see increased traffic congestion and potential safety concerns. Parents are concerned for their child's health and safety. SHAPE promotes several events throughout the year to help schools bring awareness to and promote active transportation. International Walk to School Week: October 4-8, 2010 Winter Walk Day: February 11, 2011 Bike to School Day: June 1, 2011	SHAPE
Power 4 Bones Power4Bones (P4B) is an innovative, free 7 week web-based bone-health program that encourages Grade 5 students in Alberta to take care of their bones. The program responds to research in Alberta that shows that a significant number of Alberta teens have suboptimal eating and activity behaviors that may impact the development of strong bones. Power4Bones consists of a variety of educational activities and is cross-curricular. It helps teachers meet Alberta curriculum expectations in many subject areas, including language arts, health and wellness, physical education, math and fine arts. The core P4B activities are based on multiple learning styles and on educational and health promotion theories. Feedback from teachers and students on the program has been outstanding. teachers appreciate the program's flexibility as it fits perfectly with the grade 5 curriculum. Students love the program and are excited that it builds student leadership and school spirit by it's peer-lead approach. Registration for the P4B program is free! Follow the link on the right.	Power4Bones
Catch the Spirit of Sports Week in Canada! 44,044 students and 160 schools are registered to BE PART of Sports Week! Get involved and register your current event. WHO: Grades K -8 WHAT: Plan your own mini Canada Games to take place anytime during Sport Week in Canada WHERE: At your own school or in your community WHEN: September 13-17th, 2010. Kick the year off right and join hundreds of schools across the nation by engaging your class in a Canadian movement of physical activity. Participate in this national Sports Week by hosting your own Canada Games Day at your school! Take part in an exciting, full-day sports and educational experience that mirrors the Canada Games. Schools like yours are participating all across Canada!	Register your event
Sports Day in Canada presented by: CBC Sports, ParticipACTION and True Sport. September 18th, 2010 will be the first ever Sports Day in Canada. It will be a culmination of a week of sporting events and festivals, celebrating grassroots sport stories, engaging citizens in physical activity and rallying organizations to provide participatory in communities across Canada. Get involved and register your current event. Sports Day in Canada will provide significant opportunity to showcase sport in Canada through broadcast and public relations opportunities. For more information, please contact: Leslie Blachford Manager, TrojanOne Tel: 416.355.2683 Email: leslie.blachford@trojanone.com	Register your event Sport Day Invitation
Physical Activity for All - The Alberta Centre for Active Living is pleased to announce the launch of a new website that promotes the inclusion of all people in physical activity and healthy living! This website is designed to support practitioners and individuals to work toward real, positive changes.	Physical Activity for All!
Alberta Youth Olympic Symposium - a chance for 40 Alberta high school students to meet and learn about the Olympic movement and how Olympic values can be translated at the local level.	www.ayos.ca
Alberta Health and Wellness has a number of resources available in limited supply. These include: posters, Steps to a Healthier You and more. To view resources available, click on the Healthy Alberta link to the right. To order, click on the email address.	healthyalberta.com health.u@gov.ab.ca
Healthy Hearts: An initiative of the Black Gold Regional School District, designed to help parents and teachers connect with resources that will help create and maintain a healthy learning environment. The Healthy Hearts Research Team and volunteers from the Alberta International Region are attempting to set the record for the World's Longest Indoor Soccer Game on May 20-22nd, 2010	Healthy Hearts World's Longest Soccer Game
Everyone Jump! Kids Changing Diabetes: this opportunity for Grade 5 classrooms raises awareness of the importance of regular physical activity and healthy eating in preventing Type 2 diabetes. All Alberta Grade 5 classrooms are eligible to register! Get your registration in soon!	OPHEA's Everyone Jump
Celebrating Excellence: Students in Grades 4-12 are invited to describe in 150-650 words how they pursue leadership and strive for excellence in sports, art, culture, education or community involvement. 166 student will be rewarded with an exclusive trip to Vancouver! 83 Runners up will receive a laptop!	ATCO's Celebrating Excellence
Fitness Circuit Charts - All session handouts, now available!	Elementary Handout Secondary Handout Healthy Active Living Text