Secondary School Toolkit: Promoting Connectedness
The purpose of this resource is to provide educators with strategies to increase connectedness and student sense of belonging to their school. Strategies target multiple levels of influence including attitudes and knowledge as well as the social and physical environments.
Toolkit Links:
Evidence for School Connectedness (PDF) Overview of Activities (PDF)
Toolkit Activities
Curriculum Teaching and Learning
Highlights of the Toolkit
Curriculum related activities that can be used in the classroom and school to enhance student sense of belonging and connectedness.
Activities to support school and classroom leadership and student engagement.
School level initiatives to create supportive environments.
Announcements and health walls.
Contact Us
To contact the School Health Team at the Middlesex-London Health Unit, please email healthyschools@mlhu.on.ca or call 519-663-5317 ext. 9010.
Date of creation: September 25, 2017 Last modified on: March 9, 2020
Secondary School Toolkit: Promoting Connectedness (PDF) 
Curriculum Teaching and Learning
School and Classroom Leadership
Student Engagement
Social and Physical Environments
Home, School and Community Partnerships