School Mental Health Promotion Calendar: your month-by-month resource guide

Last updated: April 25, 2026

This at-a-glance calendar designed for grades 7-12 highlights mental health promotion and literacy resources that align with days and themes of significance in schools.

Why is this resource guide important?

This at-a-glance calendar designed for grades 7-12 highlights days of significance with connections to mental health, as well as themes that may be important in school communities. 

How might I use this resource guide?

The calendar offers opportunities to embed mental health promotion and literacy within the daily life of schools and provide supports when students may be seeking them. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of the events and themes that may be significant to boards and school communities. The calendar may be customized with additional themes and adapted for other grades.   

For more ideas about how to integrate mental health learning into the school year:  

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• Take one of our online MH LIT courses. These courses provide foundational information that can be used to support the mental health and well-being of students.

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Awareness and allyship

Building connection and community (includes newcomer students)

Digital technology

Mental health (including everyday strategies)

Mental health supports (including supports for war / conflict / world events)

Mental illness

Substance use

Suicide prevention

Suicide prevention is more than a one-day event. It is the daily work schools do to promote student mental health and well-being. It also involves everyone in the building knowing when, where, and how to seek support. Before moving on to the resources, take a moment to reflect on the following:

• How does our school promote daily wellness and help every student feel a sense of belonging, worth and achievement?
• Do all school staff know about our board suicide prevention, intervention and postvention protocol?
• Do all school staff know the warning signs for suicide?
• If there is a young person they are worried about, do staff know how to respond and the pathway to support?
• Is there an opportunity to review this information at a staff meeting, even for a few minutes (knowing repetition is helpful for learning)?
• What have we shared with students about seeking support for themselves and for a friend? In our school, do students know who the helpers are? Do they know which doors are always open and which school staff can receive them?

Stress (including test and exam stress)

Supporting 2S/LGBTQIA+ students

Supporting Black students

Supporting Indigenous students

Supporting students accessing special education services and supports

Transition