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ilbegone
11-11-2010, 05:11 AM
Whatever happened to running around the campus periphery during PE?

Northpark Elementary earns fitness center

Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer

11/10/2010

SAN BERNARDINO - Wednesday was an active day at North Park Elementary School as students celebrated being one of eight California schools to earn a new fitness center.

So were most days during the 2009-2010 school year, according to state officials who awarded the exercise room.

"This is something life-changing," said Jake Steinfeld, chairman of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. "If you find out you love being active, you keep doing it."

Each of the 815 students at the school could log an "active day" by doing some sort of exercise for at least 30 minutes. All told, the school tallied 46,626 active days, or an average of 57 per student.

The challenge lasted the length of a year and encouraged students to concentrate on fitness, nutrition and academics, said Principal Janie Morales.

"My true belief is that kids have to be healthy, and of course, to be academically fit," she said. "We all want those scores, but if they're not healthy and physically fit, you don't get the other. We need all three."

Many of the children testing out the 32 pieces of equipment at the fitness center on Wednesday said they enjoy exercising every day.

"I'm active an hour a day," said student Jovany Pompa, whose three-page essay on healthy living earned him the right to stand in front during the ceremony. "The most important (lesson) is never give up."

North Park Elementary, competing in the four-year-old challenge for the first time, logged the most active days in San Bernardino County.

This was the first year the Coca-Cola Co. paid for eight fitness centers chosen based on schools' location and total active days by students, parents and staff.

The child-scaled equipment includes traditional machines and games such as Dance Dance Revolution and a racing game powered by students' cycling.


Is unhealthful, sugar dripping, fattening Coca Cola back on campus? Is the logo plastered around the "exercise room"?

Rim05
11-12-2010, 08:02 AM
Why can't the so called educated school officials realize that running or jogging around the playing field gives all the exercise needed at only the cost of calories. That is why I will never vote for any kind of school bonds.

Gotta have the latest and best even though the school district, state and the students are broke.

DerailAmnesty.com
11-12-2010, 02:39 PM
Why can't the so called educated school officials realize that running or jogging around the playing field gives all the exercise needed at only the cost of calories. That is why I will never vote for any kind of school bonds.

Gotta have the latest and best even though the school district, state and the students are broke.


Exactly. Did you read the nonsense above? Good lord, just throw the kids a ball and get out of the way. As a little kid (4th Grade and below), we used to run ourselves silly playing "War" every chance we got. The entire lunch period and recess was consumed by our tearing around the yard, "shooting" each other with extended fingers or palm fronds. Once "dead," we jumped back up and renewed battle. When I got to CA, we played handball, basketball, soccer every chance we got.

Damn kids nowadays!