Healthy Club Options
The idea, "Healthy Club Options", is to encourage students to be physically active by offering clubs that involved physical excersize.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
Todd
Last Name
Hoskins
Website
School or Organization
Murray County Public Schools: Gladden Middle School
Country
United States
Section 2: About Your Organization
School/Organization Name
Murray County Public Schools: Gladden Middle School
School/Organization Website
School/Organization Phone
706-695-7448 ext. 423
School/Organization Address
700 Old Dalton Ellijay Road, Chatsworth, Georgia 30705
School/Organization Country
United States
Your idea
Are you a
Other
How does your innovation currently get kids (or how might it get kids) engaged in physical activity? How would your idea or project potentially be implemented during the school day?
The idea, "Healthy Club Options", is to encourage students to be physically active by offering clubs that involved physical excersize. Already, there are PE/Health classes that students must participate in. A club is optional and a choice that students can own. Offering clubs that involve physical excersize (like sports, running, jogging, etc) allow students the opportunity to practice making healthy choices. Options are central in empowering youth. And "Healthy Club Options" encourages kids to be active at school.
Gladden Middle School has had a variety of clubs that students may choose to participate in. Last year, clubs met once a month (for about an hour) during the school day. Club options ranged from interest clubs (like Grilling) to athletic clubs (like soccer). The value in offering clubs empowers students to make thier own decision: a decision they can own. Students take ownership when they are empowered to make choices. It is also a way for students to have diversified experiences. Offering "Healthy Club Options" would allow students the opportunity to practice making decisions about thier health.
Name Your Project
Healthy Club Options
How many children does this program currently or plan to serve? How much time does each child spend daily/weekly engaged in physical activity? (150 words max)
This entry is an idea at the conception level. The idea could affect 500-600 students.
Describe Your Idea
The idea, "Healthy Club Options", is to encourage students to be physically active by offering clubs that involved physical excersize.
Tell us the story behind the social innovator. (150 words max)
Todd Hoskins is a School Social Worker with the Murray County Schools. He is also one of the Gladden Middle School soccer coaches. He enjoys watching and participating in a variety of sports.
 | 132 weeks agoMichael Fry said: Allowing students the opportunity to practice making healthy choices by offering clubs that involve physical exersize, like sports, ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 137 weeks agoTodd Hoskins updated this Competition Entry. |
| 137 weeks agoTodd Hoskins submitted this idea. |
