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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Physical
activity continues to blossom at the Frank M. Silvia Elementary School with the
addition of twenty more activities, all part of the Greater
Fall
River Fitness Challenge in the Fall River Schools. Lead Physical Education Teacher Terry
Mahjoory, who devised most of the activities, showed School Wellness
Coordinator Marcia Picard what they
have done this year on a tour of the school conducted on April 7, 2017.
The tour included a look at a meditation room, a green house, and signs
throughout the building with a variety of health messages. "For
the third year in row, the Silvia School has gone way above and beyond our expectations
for this year's Challenge by engaging children in activities that are
good for their minds as well as their bodies," noted Picard.
"Terry,
Principal Jean Facchiano, and the entire teaching staff are fully
committed to the idea that these activities improve learning by keeping children
moving." Terry was recognized at the April
21st Challenge Finale. Click here
for a fifteen-minute |
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(Top row) Lead Physical Education Teacher Terry Mahjoory describes how she works with teachers to help them incorporate physical activity and mindfulness into their curricula at the Silvia School. (Row two) School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard talks with Terry about the meditation room that she and her colleague Ms. Powers created in a former storage area. (Row three) Terry gives Marcia a tour of the greenhouse that she and other teachers created in a space that was formerly used for storage. (Bottom row) Children demonstrate some of the physical activities that are part of a typical day both last year and this. |
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