Student Well-Being Goal: |
Goal: To build a framework of strategies that addresses the social, emotional, and academic needs of all students, particularly those facing attendance challenges.
Targets: · Decrease the number of students who indicate that school makes them feel stressed or anxious most of all of the time to less than 30%. · Decrease the number of students missing more than 10% of their classes to no more than 25% of students. · Increase the number of students who indicate that they are learning how to care for their mental health to more than 60% of students.
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Strategies and Actions: |
As a school we plan to focus on the following strategies and actions this year:
Run the Adopt-A-Student program. Each staff member adopts 5 students - Purposeful connections on a regular basis (ie. 2 mins for 10 days). Improve attendance tracking, follow-up, and support for students with poor attendance. Offer a Flex Program for student struggling with attendance - Smaller class size and self-paced learning. Encourage regularly discussion about Mental Health in classes – Not just in PHE. Host info sessions and support for parents on wellness, mental health, best practices for parenting, substance use, online threats, etc. Teach/discuss the importance of Self-Care – What does this look like? How to make personal wellness a priority? Activities that promote discussion and foster Self-Care. Teach stress and self-management strategies – Not just in PE or LR. Provide cheaper meal options to students on a more regular basis ($5) Look into starting a peer tutoring program. Provide mini-wellness lessons for classroom teachers. Host Student Voice Meetings to gather more specific student input and feedback. Create a Wellness Bulletin Board and a Wellness Tip of the Week on TV’s and/or announcements - with prizes. Set up a Homework Club for students that need some extra academic support. Host a Wellness Fair for students in collaboration with community partners. Provide Pro-D for staff on strategies to help students build resiliency.
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Data to Inform/Support Student Well-Being Goal: |
Attendance Data:
Student Learning Survey Results - Mental Health Questions April 2025:
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Data Analysis/Narrative: |
There is a significant number of students that leave Jackson each year for an alternate form of schooling. (Storefront, Home School, private school, provincial Online School, etc.). These students are usually struggling socially, emotionally, or mentally with anxiety, poor mental health, behaviour challenges, bullying, etc.
Poor attendance is often the first sign that students are struggling. The attendance data included indicates the significant number of students at Jackson struggling with their well-being and sense of belonging.
Based on the Student Learning Survey Mental Health results, Indigenous students are struggling significantly more that non-Indigenous students (ie. when asked to describe their mental health, only 33% of Indigenous students had positive responses compared to 48% of non-Indigenous students).
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