Moving Toward Better Academics: The Red Hawk Way
This is an inspiring article about an elementary school that is finding unique ways to keep students engaged. This school has made physical movement a priority in the school. Everyday students participate in various physical activities. For example, the school has a students run garden where they each help take care of and maintain the items each day. Also, the school has reformed their rules and food standards to get the students to eat healthy as well. The most impressive part of this article is the data the school has collected about increased student performance and decreased discipline issues. I know that all of my students could benefit from a program like this. They come to me very tired each day and that changes their ability to focus in class. It would be interesting to see this done in middle and high school programs.
We recently lost recess in our Elementary Building, so our teachers are working on finding was to incorporate that necessary movement students crave into their lessons... I bet they'd be interested in this article.
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