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What's New

Treats for Trade

Harvest of the Month

Lunch Leagues

National School Lunch/Breakfast Week

Assemblies

Pedometer Program

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Hamilton City Parent Nutrition and Physical Activity Training

There was a nutrition training class for Spanish speaking parents last month that introduced new healthy recipes for parents to try at home with their families. Nutrition components discussed were, sugar, fat, calories, carbohydrates, diabetes, high blood sugar, calcium, and making healthy choices. The importance of physical activity was also discussed and parents were demonstrated various exercise techniques to take home and do. One mother stated that she had dropped 2 dress sizes since the class started! Si se puede!

Corning making strides toward a healthier community!

Corning Rotary members challenged all Corning 5th grade students to step into a healthier lifestyle with a pedometer-based physical activity program during the week of May 19th – 23rd! The program was designed to promote health and physical fitness through encouraging awareness of activity levels throughout the day.

On May 16th the pedometer program kicked off with a performance from “Mission: Nutrition” at Olive View Elementary School. During the subsequent week, the students and Rotarians wore a personal pedometer. Each day they were challenged to walk more steps than the previous. To start off on the right foot, participating classes met a Rotarian who personally challenged the students to acquire more steps than Rotarians. After tracking their steps for an entire week, the team with the highest average (Mrs. Holiman's 5th graders averaging 87,000 steps per student) was awarded with a Certificate of Achievement.

Even though an overall winner was declared, ALL Corning 5th graders out stepped the Rotarians!


Corning Rotary Pedometer Challenge Kick-Off: Mission: Nutrition performance		Mission: Nutrition led a game with the students following the performance to encourage physical activity and promote healthy lifestyles

Four Winds Garden

Last spring, Four Winds students went on a walking fieldtrip to the Chico
Community Environmental Gardens (CCEG). They got to harvest fruits and
vegetables to make a yummy salad and climb on the huge compost pile. To
integrate the "seed-to-table" concept into her classroom, 3rd grade teacher,
Mharia Ross-Walcott got two of the CCEG plots and wrote a grant to purchase
equipment, supplies, and technical assistance. Her class started composting
using worms, learned about life cycles of vegetables, sharpened their senses
through observing their garden with magnifying glasses, and created a recipe
book with local chef Richie Hirshen. They are providing a taste testing of
their harvest to the entire school on April 29th.