Ontario Healthy School

Fuel Program

Highgate’s Healthy School Team in partnership with York Region Public Health and the Ontario Dairy Farmers has implemented a 5-Day universal student nourishment programs.

The Fuel Day Program will support our school in providing nutritious food to our children on a daily basis. The central objective of this program is to support the healthy development of children so they are arriving at school ready to learn. This program supports initiatives to increase levels of school readiness among young people and provide a healthy environment at Highgate. The program also compliments efforts to reduce rates of childhood obesity and the incidences of overweight children.

ALL students at Highgate will be provided a healthy snack that focuses on one of the four food groups from Canada’s Food Guide. Some examples of our snacks might include an apple, cheese string, bagel, milk, or banana. 

York Region Food For Learning along with the Ontario Dairy Farmers will be subsidizing the majority of the cost for the healthy snacks. However students are encouraged to pay a portion of the cost to carry the program.

 If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Healthy Schools Team at 905-477-1019.

Breakfast Program

In partnership with Breakfast Clubs of Canada and the York Region Food for Learning program and to promote the importance of eating a daily nutritious breakfast, Highgate Public School is continuing the Blast Off with Breakfast Program. By offering a balanced meal, a safe environment and, social and emotional support to young people, other breakfast programs reported the following benefits:

        ·        Improved behaviour and increased concentration, leading to greater achievement 

        ·        Improved attendance and punctuality

        ·        Improved social skills and confidence to interact with children and adults

        ·        Reduced bullying through increased cross-age/peer-group communication

        ·      Increased understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels

        ·      Renewed interest in curriculum subjects

The Blast Off with Breakfast Program is a FREE program open to ALL students in the school.

Blast Off with Breakfast Schedule (Monday – Friday):

For health and supervision reasons (attendance, allergies, etc.) your child must be enrolled in the school breakfast program before participating. If you are interested in enrolling your child into the Blast Off with ​Breakfast Program, please return the registration form sent home with your child or call us at 905-477-1019.  

​Together we can make the healthy choice the easy choice!