District Administration - September 2007 - (Page 35) A Vision Creates a Winner A new Interactive Fitness Center could improve reading and overall student achievement W HEN PRINCIPAL PATRICIA Monaco of Mohawk Elementary School in rural Pennsylvania asked Lou Ann Miller and Larry Carr, both physical education teachers and wellness instructors, if they had a use for a storage room at the school, they immediately saw potential. Formerly a racquetball court, the room had been used as a computer lab before it was converted to a storage area last school year. “We jumped all over it,” recalls Miller, who has taught at the school for two years. www.DistrictAdministration.com “Our idea was, OK, we’re going to put a fitness center in there. We didn’t know how we were going to do it. We just had the vision.” That vision was an Interactive Fitness Center, equipped with fun technologies that would motivate elementary students to exercise, such as the popular video game Dance Dance Revolution that has students performing dance moves. When Miller learned the district won the X-Factor award she was so excited and appreciative that she cried. Miller Teachers Larry Carr and X-Factor winner Lou Ann Miller helped create “Fitness Buddies.” and Carr are excited about their plans for the new fitness center, hoping not only to improve the students’ physical fitness but help struggling readers improve academically. Fit to Read Studies show that physical activity can improve cognition, self-esteem and September 2007 35 http://www.DistrictAdministration.com
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