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BOOST YOUR IMPACT! Donate today through Birdies for Kids
We are excited to be a participating charity in Shaw Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink. 100% of your donation goes to APPLE Schools, which will go directly to supporting a healthy future for kids who need it the most. This opportunity also allows all donations to be matched up to 50%, so your donation…
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Now Available: APPLE Schools Digital Learning Modules
APPLE Schools has released the first of a series of digital modules to boost your knowledge of our scientific and award-winning approach to making kids healthier. Whether you just need a refresher or you’re a newbie, “Introduction to APPLE Schools” will give you the basics about building a healthy school community!
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Opinion: Healthier habits for kids key to cutting chronic disease in Alberta
The Edmonton Journal published an op-ed piece written by our board chair, Lory Laing, about APPLE Schools’ key role in improving worsening health habits. “As post-pandemic health trends worsen, Apple Schools’ intervention is needed more than ever to ensure kids learn the skills and knowledge required to make healthy decisions in a fast-changing world.”
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APPLE Schools Once Again Celebrating Recognition as a Global Top 100 Innovation
The APPLE team is thrilled to announce that APPLE Schools has been selected by HundrED as a top 100 global education innovation of 2023 for its proven impact on almost 30,000 vulnerable students each year! APPLE Schools was chosen from more than 3,000 international innovations due to its innovative expertise and ability to create a…
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Leaves of Change: June 2022 Donor Newsletter
It’s the end of the school year and we have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for – see for yourself!
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Leaves of Change: March 2022 Donor Newsletter
Our March 2022 donor newsletter is hot off the press! Check out the celebratory happenings in the APPLE Schools world since September 2021.
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13 schools join the APPLE community!
We are so excited to announce that 13 new schools, called APPLE ally schools, officially joined the APPLE Schools community. This increases our annual impact to 87 schools, reaching almost 30,000 students! What is an APPLE ally school, you ask? Each ally school comes equipped with an enthusiastic and experienced principal who has previously led an APPLE…
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Implementing CSH Through APPLE Schools
Since APPLE Schools started working with Aurora Middle School in Lac La Biche, Alberta, in 2016, the school has made tremendous leaps in creating a healthy culture and really embedded healthy choices in all corners! A big shout out goes to the dedicated health champion in the school, Colleen Moghrabi, who has contributed this wonderful…
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APPLE Schools helps kids become healthier for life
The University of Alberta highlights APPLE Schools’ 15 years of tremendous impact on student health across Canada. The article celebrate some key figures involved in our success, particularly around the research that makes APPLE Schools a one-of-a-kind game changer in the health promotion world!
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We are pleased to share our 2020-21 impact report!
Regardless of the ongoing pandemic, APPLE Schools has been able to thrive. We have continued to support 75 school communities, and we have been looking ahead and cementing the building blocks for reaching even more children across Canada. Please enjoy an update of our impact and plans moving forward!
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Join us this Giving Tuesday to support healthy kids for life!
November 30 is Giving Tuesday. This is the first year we are taking part in it to rally our community and engage our supporters. Tell your community – for every gift $20 or more, Canada Helps will add $2! $20 can enhance a recess bin, class taste test, or purchase mental-health focused books for a…
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Fuel Up for Lunch
A new school year means new routines, and routines require embracing some positive habits. One of those new-school-year habits includes packing a nutritious and wholesome (and delicious!) lunch. Here’s how!
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A warm welcome from the executive director
Welcome back for another busy and exciting school year! My hope is that you feel rested, recharged and ready to be a part of the fun energy, the positive challenges, and everything else in between that comes with life at an APPLE school community. Our staff has been working diligently to prepare for the year…
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APPLE Schools’ guide to implementation is now available
Have you ever wondered how we work with school communities to improve their culture around health? We are so excited to unveil our guide to implementation called Building an APPLE School – a roadmap to sustainable healthy school communities. Our team has spent the last four years working with stakeholders from schools, research teams, First…
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Want to build a healthy school? Just ask the experts
Thanks to HundrED for highlighting APPLE Schools as part of a series promoting healthy habits to students for World Health Day. We submitted an article touting the secret behind APPLE Schools’ success – school communities!
