A child’s personal capacity to overcome adversity depends as much on the social and physical environments that facilitate personal growth as it does individual motivation and mindset. Drawing on advances to the science of resilience, this chapter explores the many ways that schools (as one of the most important parts of a child’s social ecology) can create the psychological, social, and institutional supports that help build the resilience of their students. With case examples from different school boards, the chapter shows how schools can assess resilience, respond to students’ needs, and create the opportunities for all students, regardless of their ability, to thrive. Practical tools that can be used during student case conferences are included. Among these are a method to review both a student’s level of risk and the protective factors available to address these risks, as well as a tailored approach to identifying the many potential factors necessary to help different students thrive. These tools help shift perceptions of students from their problem behaviors to the strategies that student’s use to cope when they lack resources. A resilience-enabling perspective of positive student development draws attention to the support students need from multiple, co-occurring systems, including educators, school staff, caregivers, volunteers, coaches, and others in a student’s community. Specifically, schools that build resilience show the capacity to create social and physical environments that enhance student wellbeing, provide students with access to many diverse protective factors, and emphasize cultural sensitivity when developing resilience-promoting programs.