We reached out to a local school and this is how Fit Kids Wellness Club was born Program was communicated by word of mouth When we do the program again we are going to promote this at other surrounding schools Program Overview: The Fitness Center of Thibodaux Regional offers a variety of different ways for young teens to engage in a healthy lifestyle! Fit Kids Wellness Club is a community outreach program which implements school-based best practices in nutrition and physical activity for local 5th 8th graders. – The Fit Kids Wellness Club meets once monthly to provide children a variety of resources to help educate, motivate, and empower them to eat fruits and vegetables and be physically active. September of 2017 started the Fit Kids Wellness Club’s 2nd year! Led by fitness specialists, the Fitness Center staff are awarded 2hours monthly to visit the school and engage children 5th 8th grades in an – interactive cross-curricular way in which the physical education teacher teams up to promote the lesson plans during the month. Lessons, worksheets, and stand-alone activities support team building among specialists, children, teachers, and parents at home benefiting the great community! The Fitness is to fight childhood obesity, by creating Center’s goal additional opportunities in the grade schools, we can support healthy eating and physical activity behaviors among students! As a reward for sticking with the Fit Kids Wellness Club, we hosted an onsite field trip for the students to visit the Fitness Center at the end of the 2017 school year and participate in The Fitness version of Center’s American Ninja Students!! We are excited to get started in the 2017-2018 school year and have been informed the to participate in the club has doubled! children’s request
We reached out to a local school and this is how Fit Kids Wellness Club was born Program was communicated by word of mouth When we do the program again we are going to promote this at other surrounding schools Program Overview: The Fitness Center of Thibodaux Regional offers a variety of different ways for young teens to engage in a healthy lifestyle! Fit Kids Wellness Club is a community outreach program which implements school-based best practices in nutrition and physical activity for local 5th – 8th graders. The Fit Kids Wellness Club meets once monthly to provide children a variety of resources to help educate, motivate, and empower them to eat fruits and vegetables and be physically active. September of 2017 started the Fit Kids Wellness Club’s 2nd year! Led by fitness specialists, the Fitness Center staff are awarded 2hours monthly to visit the school and engage children 5th – 8th grades in an interactive cross-curricular way in which the physical education teacher teams up to promote the lesson plans during the month. Lessons, worksheets, and stand-alone activities support team building among specialists, children, teachers, and parents at home benefiting the great community! The Fitness Center’s goal is to fight childhood obesity, by creating additional opportunities in the grade schools, we can support healthy eating and physical activity behaviors among students! As a reward for sticking with the Fit Kids Wellness Club, we hosted an onsite field trip for the students to visit the Fitness Center at the end of the 2017 school year and participate in The Fitness Center’s version of American Ninja Students!! We are excited to get started in the 2017-2018 school year and have been informed the children’s request to participate in the club has doubled!
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