FitKids
Campaign 2003-2004-2005-2006
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Read
the November 15th, Journal
News article about school fundraisers. |
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Read about seasonal foods in a letter sent home to
Ossining parents. Brookside School; Claremont School, Park
School, Anne M. Dorner Middle School and Ossining High School
celebrated the harvest with apple tastings in their cafeterias. |
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Read
about Richard J. Bailey School’s Wellness Program in the
letter sent home to parents. (pdf) |
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View
pictures of the Fit Kids Race on Sunday, October 8, 2006
(pdf) |
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Read
the back-to-school Fit Kids flyer
sent home to Ossining parents. |
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Children &
Obesity, A Growing problem for today's kids (Journal News
Article, June 25, 2006) pdf |
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Claremont
Students in Ossining are "Fit Kids" |
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Aramark's SPIKE character visits
Park Early Childhood Center and Brookside School in
Ossining. |
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F.E.
Bellows Elementary School
(Rye Neck Union Free
School District) students participate in No Junk Food Week |
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Read about Fit
Kids at Anne Dorner Middle School in Ossining. |
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See posters made for No Junk Food Week by
Family School 32 students in Yonkers. |
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Springhurst Elementary School will be participating in the
Westchester County Department of Health's
FIT KIDS program
designed to educate and encourage children to eat healthier and
to be more active. |
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Read about No Junk Food Week activities in Irvington. |
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Read the press release: Congrats to the Fit Kids Schools
that received the Health Index Grant funding. (pdf) |
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Read about
Fit Kids in the
Hudson Independent
(pdf) |
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See
Port Chester’s Fit Kids calendar for February.
(pdf) |
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Read
about last year’s pedometer activity at Bedford Road School in
Pleasantville. |
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See
what Irvington schools are doing for “New York Harvest for New
York Kids Week.”
Read
the flyer sent home to parents and
view pictures
(updated 10/26) |
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Read
Ossining School District’s
back-to-school flyer about their Fit Kids program. The
handout was sent home to parents and posted on the district’s
website. |
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See
John F. Kennedy Magnet School’s (Port Chester)
Fit Kids display case. |
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Learn
about
Claremont School’s (Ossining) walking program. |
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County
Executive Andy Spano recognizes
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Shrub Oak for their
participation in No Junk Food Week. |
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Read
Somers Intermediate School’s new
Health Newsletter, written by students for
students |
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See
Edison
School's fruit and vegetable parade in Port Chester's Westmore
News.
Read
about John
F. Kennedy Magnet School's Fit Kids program kick-off in Port
Chester's Westmore News.
Read
about
Brookside
School
’s (
Ossining
) Fun
Run Sports Day planned for June.
Read
about Fit Kids in The
Journal News (Sunday, April 17)
Read
about Fit Kids in Westchester
Parent magazine (May 2005)
See
Port
Chester
’s Fit Kids calendar for April in
English/Spanish (pdf)
Read
about Claremont
School's walking program
in The Journal News.
Read
about No
Junk Food Week at Crompond Elementary School, Yorktown in the
North County News.
See Port
Chester's Fit Kids Calendar.
Read
Somers school district's new Health
& Nutrition Newsletter. (pdf)
Port
Chester kicks-off Fit Kids at JFK
Math, Science, Technology Magnet School on
February 10, 2005.
Somers
Intermediate School will participate in No
Junk Food Week 2005. View the March
lunch menu, featuring a column What
is JUNK FOOD?, and the March
breakfast menu.
Read
about
Claremont
School
’s (
Ossining
) walking contest. (pdf)
Read/view
pictures about
Kensico
School
’s (
Valhalla
) new jogging path and walking club. (pdf)
Ossining
Matters awards $600 to Ossining Schools for Fit Kids. View
award (pdf)
See
what Pleasantville
PTA parents are doing to be good role
models for their children.
View
Somers Intermediate School's healthy......
December menu.
November menu.
Read about Fit Kids in the district's PTA
Newsletter.
October
menu.
Ossining
expands Fit Kids to all of the
district's elementary schools.
Somers
School District welcomes the 2004-2005 school year by adopting the
“Choose Sensibly” program in their school cafeterias.
Read Superintendent Dr. Joanne Marien’s letter
to parents and view Somers Intermediate School’s new
September menu.
Kensico
School, Valhalla to Participate in International
Walk to School Day on October 6.
Valhalla’s
Kensico School Participates in
International Walk to School Day on
October 6, 2004. Read a summary
and view
pictures. |
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Wellness
Wednesdays come to Bedford Road School in Pleasantville! Read
a summary and view pictures. (pdf)
-View the Fit
Kids Kick-Off at Brookside Elementary School (pdf)
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-Brookside
Elementary School (letter to
parents) |
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-View Fit
Kids on Ossining's Website
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Valhalla
School District (pdf)
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Valhalla School District, No Junk Food Week (pdf) |
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White
Plains Middle School/Highland Campus serves a healthy lunch,
view
January 2004's menu
(pdf)
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-White
Plains Elementary School/Mamaroneck Avenue School (view
in pdf format) |
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Somers
Schools |
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Plains Elementary School/Mamaroneck
Avenue Schools |
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View Valhalla School Districts "Dairy Day" held on May
12, 2004. Read
summary of the day and view pictures from the Journal News.
- Read
the Journal News article. (pdf)
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Ossining's
Brookside School Plans Fit Kids Program End-of-Year Event
- Read
about it in the Journal News. (pdf)
- Brookside School in Yorktown has highest participation in
"No Junk Food Week". (pdf) |
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White
Plains Middle School's Highland Campus
welcomes back Wellness Wednesdays. Oct.
2004 |
Ossining
Elementary Schools kick-off this year's Fit Kids program.
- Read
the letter sent home to parents.
- Foodplay
will bring their performance to schools in January.
- View
the worksheet that will be distributed to Claremont students
to coincide with a "Wellness Message" promoting daily
exercise. |
View
White Plains Middle School's November
Menus. The 3-A-Day National
Dairy Council Education Program kicks off
on November 17 - 19 in the middle and high
schools with calcium-rich entrees.
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Fun
in Fitness Festival:
View the 2003 event |
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Press Releases 2004:
October 25, 2004: Westchester
County scores high statewide in eating fruits and vegetables.
Sept. 30, 2004: Westchester
County's Fit Kids catching on at schools across the
county.
- Spano
announces March 15 to start No Junk Food Week (pdf)
- Spano
announces No Junk Food Day at Brookside School in Ossining
(pdf)
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Spano
kicks off new program to fight childhood obesity (pdf)
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Press Releases 2005: |
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January
19, 2005: Westchester
County Health Department to receive new funding for healthy lifestyle
promotion.
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