Every month, students either participate in a workshop or attend a speaker presentation. Each session is 55 minutes and the class periods are shortened to accommodate for OHbreathe. Most sessions, one grade will listen to a speaker while the rest are in workshops. Some exceptions to this include important speakers that will benefit the whole student body leading to multiple grades attending the speaker or not having any speaker leaving all grades in workshops.

Workshops

Weeks before the session, the grades participating in the workshops fill out a survey to help make sure the students are in one of their top choice activity. Our workshops range from coloring to dance, from yoga to P.E. games; some of these run monthly while others only reoccur a couple times a year. One main criteria that all of the workshops meet is that they are accessible to do at home. They do not only benefit the student body, but the teachers as well as the two come together to learn new techniques to help de-stress at home.

Speakers

From world renowned speakers to past alumni to current students, the speaker portion of OHbreathe leaves  students with advice, insight, tips, and more. Although the sessions only last an hour, we try to find speakers that will leave an impact. Our main focus is on mental health, growth, and ways to help the student body. In the past, we have had a panel of alumni share with students about their time at Ottawa Hills High School, what they did to help with the push for academic success within our community, and what they are doing now. Current upperclassmen high school students have gotten with small groups of underclassmen to discuss what to expect in their next 4 years, share insight on how to flourish in high school, and to answer any questions. The boundaries for our speakers are loose as long as they fall in the lines of our mission.