Healthy School Environment
I encourage my students to have healthy lifestyles, and extend it outside of my classroom setting. DMGLA girls have participated in the “NIKE Marathon Kids” and “Unicef Kid Power” programs for a number of years. We also collected plastic caps and lids and had them recycled into “Buddy Benches” that are utilized around our building. All of these meaningful programs help students connect their everyday activity to their ability to make a real-world impact. It is of the utmost importance that our students are encouraged to not only live a healthy lifestyle, but also realize their true power to make a difference through their active participation in the classroom, school, community and in our world.
Links
- Marathon Kids: free youth running program offered by NIKE
- Unicef Kid Power: activity trackers that encourage the students to make a difference in the world
- Buddy Bench recycling program: plastic cap recycling project to create Buddy Benches for our school
- https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/cleveland-students-collect-600-pounds-of-bottle-caps-to-create-buddy-benches