From Our Educators:
At Rolesville Elementary School, where we have a year long coordinated school health program, we provide a kick-off event. During the event, the students are involved in a number of health related games and competitions. As reward for their efforts, they receive small, plastic, 20 cent medallions to wear around their necks. Two months into the school year, one of the Poe Educators was at Rolesville to present a program. When she arrived, a kindergartener who remembered this educator from the kick-off event ran up to her and explained he had been doing the “Exercise Is Good For Me” activity almost everyday since the kick-off event. As they talked, the Educator noticed that he was still wearing the little plastic medallion he had received two months earlier at the kick-off event.

From Parents:
A parent visiting the Poe Center expressed her appreciation for the healthy lifestyle education her two daughters had received at the Poe Center over the past couple of years. She shared that at dinner one night they were having a discussion about serving size. When a small debate started, her younger daughter (6 years) supported her argument with this remark: “Don’t tell me, I went to Poe Camp.”

After attending summer camp, my son Spencer has become very conscientious about making sure he gets 60 minutes of exercise each day. He has been putting all of his foods into “GO” and “SLOW” categories. He wants to eat healthier and exercise more. Also, he is talking about his teeth, and he is obviously trying to take better care of them. He lost his first tooth this week and wants me to save it in a bag to bring to the Poe Center and show the other students who come to the Poe Center the crown of the tooth (on a real tooth).

From Our School Partners:
In response to Wholesome Routines activities the teachers at Benhaven Elementary school set up a little competition to see which class scores the best on physical activity measurements from the beginning to the end of year. Most of the teachers volunteered to participate in Wholesome Routines (and the competition) with their students. These teachers have committed to betting their own health, while serving as great role models for their students.

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