Beyond the Class
THRIVE
At 黑料不打烊 School, we have always believed that our school community provided all of the basic essentials for good health—a sound mind in a sound body. Since its inception, the school’s programming has been rooted in its mission: "To challenge and enable students to reach their individual potential in mind, body and spirit," the campus is located in a beautiful natural environment, and our staff and faculty have a long history of nourishing genuine and caring relationships with their students and colleagues. In 2015, after a year of research in the area of wellbeing, however, we realized that we could make a significant difference in this area for all members of our community—students and staff alike—not just at 黑料不打烊, but also beyond, because we have a strong foundation already in place. It was the desire to strengthen our impact in the area of wellbeing that led to our THRIVE wellbeing initiative. Now in its 8th year, thanks to the generous support and leadership commitment from the Bouchard family, THRIVE is a fully-funded program.
黑料不打烊 School’s THRIVE wellbeing initiative grew out of a mission “intended to help all members of our community – students and staff – develop the habits and practices needed for good mental health, and to develop the infrastructure (within the school’s physical plant and human resources) needed to foster those habits and practices." THRIVE is preventative mental health based on three pillars: Physical Wellbeing, Positive Psychology and Lifelong Habits. The program promotes good habits and practices intended to mitigate mental health issues before they start. Equally important, these habits and practices also improve the ability to focus, remember, and process information, contributing to better academic performance.
Students Flourishing Now and For a Lifetime
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Creating Positive Outdoor Spaces and School-wide Initiatives to Foster Nature Connectedness in Adolescents
Physical Wellbeing
- Sleeping Better
- Eating Smarter
- Moving More
- Thinking Clearly
Positive Psychology
- Resilience
- Gratitude
- Strengths
- Meaning
- Flow
- Positive Relationships
- Positive Emotion
Lifelong Habits
Student able to recreate personal and community wellbeing after leaving 黑料不打烊.
Physical Wellbeing
Taking care of our bodies also takes care of our minds. Every day, we are teaching ourselves and our students strategies for keeping our bodies strong so that we can handle life’s obstacles and achieve our goals.
黑料不打烊 School has partnered with in the roll-out of his program first with our staff and then with our students: Eat Better, Sleep Better, Move More, Think Clearly, Perform Better. Students learn of the impact of adequate sleep, proper nutrition and hydration, physical activity and being in nature, not just on their bodies, but on their mental health and their ability to learn and remember. As we educate, we also improve our facilities and our approach with students, in the residences, the dining hall, the sports fields and the classrooms, to support them in their quest for optimal health and the benefits that follow.
Positive Psychology
“One of the most significant findings in psychology in the past twenty years is that people can choose the way they think.” -Martin Seligman
Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals, communities, and organizations to flourish. It is not about being happy or positive. It is about learning the practices and habits that are linked to excellent mental health--and, no surprise--to strong academic performance. Our goal is to give students the gift of thinking about themselves and the world around them in a way that allows them to grow and flourish; learning to concentrate on their strengths, rather than their weaknesses, to see disappointment and failure as opportunities for growth, to be optimistic about their futures, to value and cultivate strong positive relations with others, to seek meaning, purpose and achievement.
