NEW NEWS

Community Service

Red Cross Club
Amy Neylon, Health Educator, Advisor
Activities this year!

{Red Cross Talent Show Donation}

The Williamsport Area High School's Red Cross Club sponsored a Talent Show on April 16th to benefit the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.  Pictured above is Joy Hanner, Executive Director of the American Red Cross being presented a check for $500 from club members Kassandra Snook (President), Christina Eisner (Vice-President) and Antoinette Dade (Talent Show host).


{Red Cross Club Members}

The members of the WAHS Red Cross Club organized many worthwhile activities this school year including a school talent show, AIDS awareness campaign and Scrubby Bear lessons to local kindergartners.




CONGRATULATIONS !

Pennsylvania Health Educator of the Year

Secondary: Leslie Whitehill

{Leslie Whitehill}

Marvin E. Stoner, President, PSAHPERD, Leslie Whitehill, Award Recipient and Lynne Hamelton, Vice President, Health Education, PSAHPERD

Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

Leslie Whitehill received her Bachelor of Science in 1979 from Penn State University and a Master’s Degree in 1980 from Purdue University. Her professional experience includes appointments at Penn State University, James Madison University, and The Williamsport (PA) Hospital and Medical Center. She currently serves as a Health Educator and Health and Physical Education Department Coordinator at Williamsport Area High School along with a concurrent joint adjunct appointment at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Ms. Whitehill has made numerous professional presentations and has a number of publications focusing on HIV education, role of parents in sexuality education, and healthy sexual decision-making. She has been a Health Education faculty member for the Pennsylvania Governor’s Institute and serves as Assistant Project Coordinator for the Health Education Assessment Project (HEAP) for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. She was awarded the 2006 Outstanding Health Educator by the American School Health Association. In addition to her professional service, Ms. Whitehill serves her community in a variety of ways. She has served on numerous boards in her community and currently serves as Mayor of the Salladasburg, PA Borough.

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HEALTH CLASSES & FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE CLASSES COMBINE TO CELEBRATE " THE GREAT PA. APPLE CRUNCH DAY"

On Wednesday, October 24, 2007 the 6th and 7th grade health classes along with the Family & Consumer Science classes celebrated the "Great PA. Apple Crunch Day". Each year this special event helps to encourage young people to generate a balance of healthy eating and active lifestyle choices. Students learn that eating at least two servings of fruit each day will get them on a path to a healthier lifestyle.

In celebrating the "Great PA. Apple Crunch Day", students took an "apple break". Each student received an apple to eat during their health and Family & Consumer Science classes. The apples were purchased through Wentzler Fruit Farms. A special Thank you to Dr. Carol Watson for the pick-up and delivery of the apples.

Students also received a pamphlet about the various apple types that explained their health benefits as well.
We encourage all families to eat healthy and to choose a healthy lifestyle.

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2006/2007 NEWS



Congratulations!!!!!!!

Janice Todd has been selected as the teacher of the
year. With this nomination she will represent the whole Williamsport Area school District in the PA Teacher of the year competition. She was a unanimous candidate from all the elementary schools and will represent the district.

A big honor that a Health and Pysical Education teacher was nominated.

Ms. Leslie Whitehill, coordinatior for Health and Physical Education in WASD, was awarded the Outstanding School Health Educator of the Year from the American School Health Association (ASHA). The award was presented to her on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at the American School Health Association National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Jackson Elementary School

Sport Stacking Speed Stacks

Janice Todd

One of the fastest growing new sports in the country has been taught at Jackson Elementary School for the past five years. A recent university study confirmed that cup stacking improves hand-eye coordination and reaction time by 30%. Not to mention the kids love it! Everyone is given the opportunity to work at and improve their level of skill with each up and down stack of the cups.

Why do I teach Sport Stacking?
o Children actively exercise the brain/body connection with each challenge promoting coordination, ambidexterity and hand-eye skills.
o Gives students the opportunity to use both sides of the body and the brain promoting bilateral proficiency.
o It encourages students to set goals by establishing personal records and reinforce perseverance and practice ethics as a way to improve those scores.
o Reinforce the value of teamwork and the never give up attitude in life.
o To have a lot of FUN!

The 1st-3rd grade students will stack during the latter half of October and 4th and 5th grades throughout the month of December. The students at Jackson Elementary School will learn everything from a 3 stack to the cycle, a series of stacks that include over 35 sequential moves. One of the favorite activities is the 15 move “rhythm cups” that is learned independently and performed as a group ranging from three to the entire class.

“My opinion is that cup stacking is a great activity for perceptual motor skills, dexterity, fine and gross motor development, cognition and enhanced connectivity.”

Eric Jensen, author of Teaching with the Brain in Mind

READ, SKATE AND CALCULATE
A FAMILY ACTIVITY @ JACKSON

WHAT DO WE DO?
Students and family members bring their skates, rollerblades and scooters to the gym and glide with the music for @ ½ hour.


The next fifteen minutes we have a reading session with a guest or teacher.

the last fifteen minutes we all play a math game for all ages.
(Parents are big competitors!)

WHERE DO WE RSC?
The gym is opened entirely to create our private skating rink.


HOW OFTEN SO WE RSC?
One Monday every month from October to March
6-7:00pm

WHO CAN COME TO RSC?
Any student or family member of Jackson Elementary School
accompanied by an adult.


Water and healthy snacks are provided for all.


100 “miles” in 100 Days Program

To: Parents
From: Lycoming Valley Faculty
Subject: “Live It!” Program for Students

Students attending Lycoming Valley Middle School will be participating in a nationwide campaign called Live It! – a program encouraging youth to lead healthy, active lifestyles and reach the President’s goal of “a healthier United States.” The Live It! campaign takes a fun, student-level approach to 1) being physically active on a daily basis and 2) making healthy eating choices at school, and at home. Since its inception Live It! has been implemented in over 6,500 schools in the U.S. reaching over 2 million students and teachers

The Live It! program features two student activities:

• Step With It focuses on the health benefits of stepping – a low-impact form of physical activity. The student goal is to record at least 10,000 steps a day, using a personal Stepometer™ measuring device and a list of fun and easy ideas for reaching the goal. All activities, soccer, football, skateboarding, dancing, even walking the family dog count as steps toward the 10,000 steps a day goal.

• Fit It In encourages making healthy food choices through daily food tips found on student “Activity Cards." The cards feature the USDA "MyPyramid" and encourage students to include whole grain foods, eat dark green or orange vegetables, choose lean meat, chicken or fish, and drink low-fat or fat-free milk as recommended in the US Dietary Guidelines.

During the one-week Live It! school program, your child’s class will keep track of both individual activity levels and the healthy food choices the students “fit in” each day. But they don’t have to stop there. Girls who achieve 11,000 steps daily and boys who reach 13,000 steps daily – five days a week, for six straight weeks – qualify for the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) from “The President’s Challenge,” a program of The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Coca-Cola will fund Presidential Active Lifestyle Awards for Students who access the "President's Challenge" via www.liveitprogram.com and successfully complete the program requirements. For more information on "The President's Challenge" or Live It!, please visit www.liveitprogram.com or www.presidentschallenge.org.

Teachers and cafeteria managers at your child's school have been provided a variety of Live It! materials for the classroom and lunchroom. We encourage you to support your child’s participation in the program both at school and at home.
We appreciate your support.

The Live It! physical activity and nutrition initiative has been developed by The Coca-Cola Company in partnership with the School Nutrition Association, “The President’s Challenge” Physical Activity and Fitness Awards (a program of The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports), and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

© 2006 The Coca-Cola Company. “Coca-Cola”, “Live It!”, “Step With It”, “Fit It In”, “Stepometer”, "Dasani", "Minute Maid" and "POWERade" are trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY

{Students Enjoying Family Fun Night} {Staff and FFN}

Stundents Enjoying Staff Enjoying
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