Part 3 - Healthy Food Quiz Challenge - June 2016 aimed to grades 6,7,8 A fun, music-themed quiz to inspire thought towards healthy eating and lifestyle choices, with prizes given for participation

2. Healthy Treats Cooking Club A series of small group sessions hosted by parent volunteers to teach healthy snack and meal options that kids can prepare themselves, allowing kids to try out these new recipes. This program was run one day a week during first meal break over several months.

3. "Fruit and Veggie Friday" This program morphed (due to volunteer and food availability) into Soup Thursday, with parent volunteers making fresh vegetable-oriented soup for all students on most Thursdays for the second half of the school year. Several mugs were donated to the school by 4imprint.ca for this program and can be signed out by students.

4. "Healthtastic Smoothie Club" This program was run by parent volunteers and our public health nurse to provide fresh-made healthy smoothies and smoothie recipes one day a week for many weeks in the second half of the school year.

#### PRO Grant night

In the spring of 2015, our previous Principal (Mrs. D. Kent) and current Vice-Principal (Mrs. C. Velcich) aided the Council in applying for a PRO Grant designed to bring parents out to the school to learn about technological aids and their role in education. The grant was approved and our event on May 11, 2016 was named "Appies and Apps", and helped illustrate various applications available to students of all grades in a variety of areas of educational growth. In order to encourage parent attendance, the grant helped cover costs for child care providers at the school during the event, the cost of bus passes as per advance requests and for refreshments focussing on fresh fruits and vegetables. Several teachers were in attendance at multiple stations, demonstrating several apps and providing information to aid in their use. Parents were encouraged to bring their own devices so that demonstrators could help download recommended free apps if desired. There was good attendance to the event (approx 85 people) and very positive feedback regarding the value to those present.

#### Annual Turkey Dinner

This annual pre-Christmas event at Queen Elizabeth School has become a beloved tradition for all involved. A full turkey "dinner" with all the fixings was prepared and served for all students, teachers and a few special guests as a lunch on December 16th, 2015. The dinner was organized by Mme Coccimiglio (teacher), with a team of volunteers made up of parents and teachers. The event was funded by donations from Queen Elizabeth School, student families and School Council fundraising. The event served approximately 250 people and was a great success.

#### Breakfast Program

This program, which provides breakfast to any student in the school who is interested, started in the second week of school in September and ran through the whole school year. Our Vice Principal, parent volunteers and student volunteers prepared and served healthy options to approximately 80 students each morning both in our breakfast room and in the classrooms as well. This program is funded through School Council fundraising, Algoma Family Services funding, as well as corporate and community donations. Of note, this