Mental Health & Well-Being
APRIL 5, 2022 -- Wanting to ensure she addresses racism in a meaningful and authentic way, Cassandra Rieger, Grade 3 teacher at George Lee School, welcomed one of her student’s parents who offered to come in and speak with the students about Black history, experiences and racism in general.
Melodie McDonald, a Jamaican-Cuban dance instructor, joined the Grade 3 classroom to lead some activities that would help the students truly understand how we are all the same inside and how easily we can be hurt by the words and actions of others. One of the activities reinforced how we may see ourselves as beautiful but how our self-image can be easily damaged by external factors.
MARCH 31, 2022 -- Anxiety, worry and stress are something we all feel, and sometimes we may need help. Mental health supports are available to help you if and when you need it. Listed below are some helpful resources.
HealthLine 811 - offers mental health and addictions service, including 24/7 crisis support, advice to help manage a caller’s situation, information and connection to community resources.
MARCH 30, 2022 (Updated) -- Parents/caregivers are invited to attend this in-person event to learn more about mental health and strategies to support the well-being of children, youth and families.
NEW DATE: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Campus Regina Public Auditorium
For details, please CLICK HERE.
MARCH 29, 2022 -- The Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum (SACHM) is a provincial organization whose primary purpose is to celebrate, explore, research, document and preserve the history, heritage and contributions of people of African ancestry.
SACHM has a virtual museum on their website that contains information about the contributions of African and African-descent persons in Saskatchewan over the last 100+ years. They also provide speakers for schools and other institutions throughout the year.
MARCH 29, 2022 -- Keilyn Howie, Grades 1/2 teacher at Thomson Community School, was recently interviewed on CBC Radio about the importance of teaching Black history. The episode, entitled “Teaching Black History to Grades 1 and 2 Students,” aired on March 6, 2022 on “Saskatchewan Weekend” with Shauna Powers.
Program description: Growing up in Regina, Keilyn Howie didn't see many other Black kids in her classroom. Now as a teacher with Regina Public Schools, she’s sharing Black history with her students. They might just be in Grades 1 and 2, but as you’ll hear, Keilyn has found a way of bringing history to life in fun and accessible ways. She joins host Shauna Powers to explain.
March 28, 2022 -- Every Regina Public Schools web page has a translate function. It is located on the bottom right of every web page. Use this function to translate an entire web page to a preferred language.
To translate a document from a link - these documents are either Word or PDF documents.
