St. Paul’s students buoyed by Project 11
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A school closure due to winter weather usually brings joy to students’ hearts, but that wasn’t the case for all St. Paul’s Collegiate students on Jan. 30.
Prairie Rose School Division’s decision to keep school doors closed and buses off the road on Jan. 30 prevented 45 Grades 7 and 8 St. Paul’s students and their three teachers from attending the Project 11 Mental Wellness Summit at Winnipeg’s Bell MTS Place.
The event was projected to include 4,100 students from 74 participating Project 11 schools in 20 Manitoba school divisions to celebrate the empowerment and well-being of youth. However, bad weather led to rural students being unable to attend.
St. Paul’s Collegiate Grade 7 teacher Lindsay Bouchard is one of three teachers who took Project 11 training last fall and who have led the program in Grades 7 and 8 at the school in Elie.
“It’s a really fun program to run in your class because it’s video-based,” she said, adding that the students would be disappointed about missing the summit event.
Project 11 is inspired and created in honor of No. 11, Rick Rypien, a former Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose player who died by suicide. It is available to support students in kindergarten to Grade 4 (English or French) and in Grades 5 to 8 (English) with virtual tutorials educating students about mental wellness.
Weekly lessons and daily activities are designed to help support students and teachers in bringing mental health awareness, along with positive coping skills into their lives. In addition to the mental wellness lessons, there are over 160 daily activities promoting healthy lifestyle practices that teachers can access and incorporate into their class including art, music, fitness and food themes.
Bouchard said the 15 weekly lessons help students develop positive skills. “They (the videos) often involve a Winnipeg Jets player. They get students talking, and they’re not afraid to share.”
“It just brings positivity into the classroom.”
For more information about Project 11, see https://www.projecteleven.ca
Andrea Geary
St. Vital community correspondent
Andrea Geary was a community correspondent for St. Vital and was once the community journalist for The Headliner.
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Andrea Geary
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Andrea Geary was a community correspondent for St. Vital and was once the community journalist for The Headliner.
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