HEALTH AND WELLNESS - A LITTLE RECOGNITION GOES A LONG WAY!
Dairy Farmers of Manitoba in partnership with Physical and Health Educators of Manitoba (PHE MB) is recognizing and encouraging students to develop positive attitudes and behaviours, healthy living practices and community involvement for success later in life.
 
Do you have a student (or an organized group of students*) in your elementary or Jr./Sr. high school who is an outstanding member of your school community? A student who demonstrates positive attitudes and contributes to the health and wellness of your school community? Encourage them to keep up the good work by celebrating their model behaviour and commitment to health. Nominate them to receive a Wellness of the Whole: Student recognition award.

congratulations to our 2018-2019 WOW AWARD WINNERS!

Drayson Day (Linwood School)
-Dagim Kebede, Caitlin Friesen, Kylie Wilson (Lavallee School)
-Clarie Myers, Faith Bilawka, Raya Smith, Chloe Gibb (Oak Bank Elementary)
-Aryan Patel (Acadia Junior High School)
-Brooklyn Franklin, Madeline Johnson, Katie Dornn (Forrest Elementary School)
-Leadership Group (Ecole Stanley Knowles School)
-Wynn Leflar (Morris School)
-Fatima Khan (Victor Wyatt School)
-Minitonas Leadership Team (Minitonas School)
-Trayce Baron (Tanner’s Crossing School)
-Coehen Noel (Whyte Ridge Elementary School)
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Nomination Procedure

Eligibility: Access to this recognition award is a benefit of holding a Physical and Health Educators of Manitoba (PHE MB) membership. Nominating schools must have at least one PHE Manitoba member in residence. 

The nominee must be a current student (or a group of students*) attending a Manitoba elementary, middle or high school.

See Criteria for the WOW Student Recognition Award

  • One nomination per school year for elementary and middle school (applies to grade 7 and 8 students not on the semester system) *
  • One nomination per semester for Jr./Sr. high school (First semester: Sept-Feb, Second semester: Feb-June)*
  • *In a k-12 school, one nomination from k-6 and one nomination from 7-12 per school year

NOMINATION

Nominate a student (or a group of students*) using the on-line nomination form available on the PHE Manitoba website. The nomination form can be found here.

Nomination check list
  •  School Information
  •  Nominator (teacher, administrator, staff person or volunteer) name and contact info
  •  Nominee name(s) (student/group) and grade
  •  Identify which 3 positive attitudes (in any area: healthy eating, active living, and/or positive social environment) are demonstrated by the nominated student (or group of students*).
  •  Provide a brief description of (50 word or less):
            1. how the nominated student (or group of students*) contributes to the health and wellness of the school
            2. how the student (or group of students*) demonstrates the positive attitudes identified
            3. how much time the student (or group of students*) spends contributing to the health and wellness of the school

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