Welcome

Welcome to the Pine Ridge School Counselling website!

Pine Ridge School is a Kindergarten to Grade 8 school in Southern Manitoba Canada. This website is presented by the school guidance and counselling team. It serves as a resource to connect with students and families about mental health topics that can affect our population. The goal is to help all of our students thrive and live healthy and happy lives! Please take a look around and hopefully you find some helpful information. If you are a member of the Pine Ridge School community and want to talk to a counsellor, please contact us at school!


  • Autumn Peltier
    Autumn Peltier is a clean water advocate from the Anishinabek Nation in Wiikwemikoong Unceded Territory, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She was born on the 27th of September, 2004. Peltier was appointed the Anishinabek Nation Chief Water Commissioner in April 2019. (Autumn Peltier | The Canadian Encyclopedia, n.d.) Autumn Peltier fights for… Continue Reading Welcome
  • Residential School History
    This weekend, news came out about the remains of 215 indigenous children found buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. This news is heartbreaking and hard to hear, but the past needs to been seen and heard. The residential school system in Canada needs to be talked about more… Continue Reading Welcome
  • Thrival Kits
    This year in guidance, we are really excited about using Thrival Kits! This is a program we have been working with in grades 4-6. Thrival Kits are designed to help teachers promote positive mental health practises in their classroom daily. As a guidance team, we have been helping teachers implement… Continue Reading Welcome
  • Parent Learning Nights
    Our first Parent Learning Night on Positive Self-Talk was a success! We were able to share some resources with a few parents and hopefully, they find these strategies useful in the future. We are hoping to have more of these nights, so be sure to sign-up! We are hoping to… Continue Reading Welcome
  • Our First Post
    Welcome to the Pine Ridge School Counselling Website!!! We are excited you’re here and hope you find some useful resources for supporting student mental health. We have made this website as a way to share mental health supports with parents and students in our school community. We hope you find… Continue Reading Welcome