APPLE Schools

A young student holding books and an apple — Apple Schools

APPLE Schools Vision

Healthy active people thriving in healthy school communities.

Walter and Gladys Hill School has been a proud Apple Schools member since its founding school year in 2014.

Young children running under a parachute — Daily Physical Activity

APPLE Schools Mission

APPLE Schools will empower school communities to make the healthy choice the easy choice. Students' active living and healthy eating habits will be supported through sustainable changes to school, home and community environments. Our Purpose:

To improve healthy living habits of students.
To increase knowledge about healthy living for parents, students, teachers and the school community.
To apply and sustain Comprehensive School Health in school communities.
To sustain capacity for healthy environments in school communities.

a student lunchbox containing healthy fruits and vegetables — Choose Most Often Foods

As an Apple School, WGH practices the following:

All school-provided meals, snacks, etc. adhere to Alberta Health Services nutrition guidelines for "Choose Most Often" or "Choose Sometimes" foods.
Our school office has a selection of fresh apples, oranges, bananas, etc., for our students who need a snack during the day.
Daily Physical Activity (DPA) is promoted and practiced in all grades.
Monthly bulletin boards highlight different healthy habits every month, such as getting proper sleep, eating nutritious foods, and being physically active.
We have an APPLE School Health Champion, leads our school with our APPLE Schools partnership. They do several amazing things for our school, such as issuing wellness challenges, organizes events such as Winter Walk and the Terry Fox Run, bringing wellness partnerships into our school, completing our wellness action plan, and more.

APPLE Schools

APPLE Schools Vision

APPLE Schools Mission

As an Apple School, WGH practices the following:

Check out the following links for more information:

Parent Teacher Interviews

Registration

Walter & Gladys Hill Education Plan

WGH School Handbook 2025-26

PEAK Athletics

Reggio KG & ECDP

Walter and Gladys Hill Public School