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Students at the Letourneau
Elementary School get a special treat every Friday after lunch. Known
as Fun Friday, the 15-minute event invites students to move to a series of
music videos produced by Kidz
Bop, a brand of compilation albums featuring kids performing
contemporary popular songs. The songs are performed by kids and are
notorious for the heavy lyrical edits to make the songs more appropriate
for children. "This is something that we started maybe way back in
October to help the kids get more active during the school day and have
some social skills develop during lunchtime," stated Vice-Principal
David Assad. "We like to have the kids have some kind of fun during
the school day, so we allow the children, in a structured manner, to get
up and dance during lunchtime," he added. Mr. Assad was joined by Partners
School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard for the event on June 12,
2015 soon after she learned about them. "This is an absolutely
wonderful way for children to be active and have lots of fun without
taking any additional time during the school day," noted Picard.
"It would be wonderful if every school could come up with this kind
of activity that promotes learning and reduces problem behaviors."
Click here for
an nine-minute  video. For more information, contact Marcia
Picard at 774-319-0107.
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(Top row) Videos produced by Kidz Bop play as children eat their lunch in the Letourneau cafeteria and wait until everyone is done eating before they are invited to get up and dance. (Row two) School cafeteria workers Shirley Ford and Sue Curran finish serving lunch as Vice-Principal David Assad talks with Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard about the event which is about to start. (Row three) Students sing along to the music videos while dancing back and forth in the cafeteria. (Bottom row) Vice-Principal Assad joins the teachers and students as they get about fifteen minutes of fun exercise before lining up to return to their classes. |
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