Community Partnerships

What Is a Chill Zone?

Offer your students, staff and program participants an escape from their busy days and daily stressors with a designated space for them to hang out, chill, and recenter themselves. A Chill Zone creates an area for anyone at your school to take a moment to practice mindfulness, self-awareness, connection and relaxation.

Practicing mindfulness has been proven to improve focus and increase thoughtful reactions to stressful situations. Promote a healthy mindset at your school and partner with Change to Chill. We will help you create the perfect Chill Zone for your school.

See what features other schools have added to their Chill Zones, then get started creating your very own with these helpful tips and tricks!

2020-2021 Change to Chill School Partnership

Change to Chill™ has selected 16 more schools throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin to partner with to implement the Change to Chill School Partnership during the 2020-2021 school year! For the first time, the partnership was extended beyond high schools to include middle schools.

The Partnership will include Change to Chill trainings for school staff, tailored communications for parent engagement, funding for a “Chill Zone”, and a summer internship opportunity for two students at each school.

Continued support will be awarded to Change to Chill School Partnership schools form our first and second cohorts.

The schools awarded the Change to Chill School Partnership for 2020-2021 include:

Buffalo Middle School – Buffalo, MN

Cambridge Middle School – Cambridge, MN

Faribault Area Learning Center – Faribault, MN

Faribault High School – Faribault, MN

Forest Lake Middle School – Forest Lake, MN

Hastings Middle School – Hastings, MN

Hidden Oaks Middle School – Prior Lake, MN

Isanti Middle School – Cambridge, MN

Meyer Middle School – River Falls, WI

Orono Public Schools – Orono, MN

Red Rock Central High School – Lamberton, MN

Rockford High School – Rockford, MN

Saint Francis High School – Saint Francis, MN

Southwest High School – Minneapolis, MN

Stillwater High School – Stillwater, MN

Twin Oaks Middle School – Prior Lake, MN

2019-2020 Change to Chill School Partnership

Change to Chill™ has selected 16 high schools throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin to partner with to implement the Change to Chill School Partnership during the 2019-2020 school year!

This year, the Partnership will include Change to Chill trainings for school staff, tailored communications for parent engagement, funding for a “Chill Zone”, and a summer internship opportunity for two students at each high school.

Continued support will be awarded to 2018-2019 Change to Chill School Partnership schools.

The high schools awarded the Change to Chill School Partnership for 2019-2020 include:

Blaine High SchoolBraham Area High School – Braham, MN

Buffalo High School – Buffalo, MN

Burnsville High School – Burnsville, MN

Ellsworth High School – Ellsworth, WI

Fridley High School – Fridley, MN

Hastings High School – Hastings, MN

Henry Sibley High School – Mendota Heights, MN

Hudson High School – Hudson, WI

Jordan High School – Jordan, MN

Monticello High School – Monticello, MN

Northfield High School – Northfield, MN

Plum City High School – Plum City, WI

Sleepy Eye High School – Sleepy Eye, MN

Springfield High School – Springfield, MN

St. Louis Park High School – St. Louis Park, MN

2018-2019 Change to Chill School Partnership

Beginning fall of 2018, Change to Chill™ was proud to partner with 9 high schools throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin to implement the Change to Chill School Partnership. This first-of-its kind initiative combined student, parent and school staff components – which included Change to Chill trainings, tailored communications, student focus groups, a peer mentoring program and funding for a “Chill Zone” – to promote and support a culture of mental well-being in each school.

To access the Peer Mentoring Guide for this program, click here.

The high schools awarded the Change to Chill School Partnership for 2018-2019 include:

Arcadia Charter School – Northfield, MN

Cambridge-Isanti High School – Cambridge, MN

Coon Rapids High School – Coon Rapids, MN

Harding High School – St. Paul, MN

Hopkins High School – Hopkins, MN

Maple Lake High School – Maple Lake, MN

New Ulm High School – New Ulm, MN

River Falls High School – River Falls, WI

Shakopee High School – Shakopee, MN