Wellness Program

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to prepare students to strengthen their social skills and awareness by guiding students to realize a greater sense of self and build strong relationships in multiple areas of their life. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that helps to build social skills in the areas of digital citizenship, email etiquette, social media presence, self-reflection, accountability, cultural competency, inter-personal skills, and self-advocacy.

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to strengthen students’ intellectual abilities beyond the classroom by focusing on reinforcing critical thinking skills and encouraging increased engagement to prepare them as leaders both at Gwynedd and beyond. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that helps students to better understand their learning styles, pushes them to foster their curiosity, and gives them opportunities to speak-up, understanding that pushing their boundaries may force them to have to learn how to navigate failure. Ultimately, the goal is for students to better understand their strengths and weakness and seek out help when needed. 

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to motivate students to build life-long habits of regular movement, to increase nutritional knowledge particularly as it pertains to women’s health, and to make the connection between physical and mental health. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that emphasizes the importance of physical activity across all four grade levels as well as education about women’s health issues, nutrition, healthy body image, and safe behaviors. 

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to foster strong individual and community minded emotional intelligence by instilling in our students a growth mindset that contributes to a successful school life balance while in high school, in planning for college, and for success in the future. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that pushes students to identify their character strengths and that promotes the importance of consistent self-reflection. The goal of this programming is help students develop a positive attitude while at the same time being able to identify and express a wide variety of feelings in an appropriate manner including education on how to manage strong emotions such as anger or fear in a healthy way.   

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to expand students’ sense of purpose and meaning in life by helping them to build a strong spiritual foundation that is based on the Mercy charism. This aspect of the Wellness Program focuses on prayerful mindfulness and the importance of making time for themselves despite their busy lives. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that emphasizes the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy, provides service opportunities, reflects the importance of the celebration of liturgy as a community, and provides opportunities for spiritual self-reflection through retreats.   

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to increase student awareness about creating a lifestyle that contributes to sustaining the Earth’s natural environment and helps to reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to the sustainability of the school. This part of the program highlights one of the Critical Concerns of Mercy. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that makes students aware of resources, gives them opportunities to contribute to sustainability with hands-on efforts, and encourages them to make use of the school campus.    

The GMAHS Wellness Program seeks to increase student exposure to and understanding of financial literacy and a variety of occupational fields. To achieve this, GMAHS has programming that provides directions in basic financial literacy for high school, college, and beyond.  Additionally, programming related to this aspect of the Wellness Program provides regular opportunities for students to interact with alumnae in a variety of occupations with a focus not just on the job but in the path taken to achieve goals.