Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being
In 2025-2026, our approach to well-being shifted based on up-to-date research from leading 
mental health experts. Our focus on skill development through productive struggle and embracing 
challenges helps students build capacity, competence and confidence. 
Leveraging research while staying in tune to the needs of our students, we encouraged staff to 
work with students to support sturdiness, durability and anti-fragility. 
“I believe that we are the only school who is working to help students directly understand that 
performing routine, habitual, daily organizational actions – being on time, organizing lockers, setting 
up schedules, doing homework, meeting deadlines, etc – is supportive of one’s well-being,” says 
Tony Costa, Vice-Principal, Student Support and Well-Being.
Looking back on Venture 
Further Together 2021-2026
“We have been incredibly responsive, 
using research and trends to inform our 
initiatives. For example, we took the lead 
in the CIS in banning mobile devices in 
school. After that, many other schools 
followed. One school leader indicated to 
me at a conference last year that ‘once 
Greenwood did it, it was easy for us to 
follow’.” – Tony Costa 
Looking ahead:
Our Social Workers and Nurse, in partnership 
with all staff, will connect with students to 
promote sturdiness and what that looks like 
at Greenwood. We will also invite our parent/
guardian community to learn more about our 
well-being approach and its benefits, and 
continue to create opportunities for community-
building and belonging – all important aspects 
of well-being.
Other Key 2025-2026 Achievements:
• 	 Partnered with external organizations and speakers for educational sessions focused 
on student well-being for students, staff and parents/guardians.
• 	 Joined the Social Institute for use in the Grade 7/8 Adviser program. Key information 
known as “Huddles”  were sent home to families to support conversations about 
online health, social media consumption, etc.
• 	 Greenwood’s Social Workers and Nurse led health-oriented lessons in Health & 
Physical Education and Adviser classes on topics such as caffeine consumption, teen 
gambling, energy drink consumption, and the importance of sleep.
Page 12 | Greenwood College School Annual Report 2025–2026

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