SHEPHERD — The mezzanine at the Shepherd High School gym currently holds wrestling mats and softball nets and not much else. But by the time students are ready to start the school in August, the mezzanine will be Shepherd’s newest fitness center. Students of all ages in Shepherd Public Schools will become as fit as they want to be, thanks to…
On average, children spend three to seven hours a day parked in front of a television. Whether it’s watching after school cartoons,the Disney Channel, or playing video games, the rate of child obesity has had adrastic increase throughout the course of the past 20 years. Let’sMove! a campaign launched by FirstLady Michelle Obama, has an ambitious but important goal: to…
Thursday March 1, 2012, 8:30am to3:30pm PreconferenceEvent to the DuPage County PE Institute Day (Naperville, IL) on March 2,2012 This Professional Development / Exergame Education Workshopshows you the exciting possibilities of how using technology, combined withgames, and physical activity can enhance and enrich the lives of generations. Exergame Education Workshop Date: March 1, 2012 Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm Location: Bulls Sox Training Academy 6200 River Bend…
An all-new state of the art Exergame Fitness facility has now opened at the RiverPlex Recreation and Wellness Center in Peoria, Illinois complete with the world’s top tested and medically proven exergaming products. Kids, teens and adults from the Peoria area now have an exciting new exergaming room that delivers programs that combine fitness and gaming to achieve much needed…
Madison Junior High School commemorated its 30th anniversary Monday with a celebration that often focused on the lifetime achievements of Phil Lawler. Lawler is a member of the original Madison faculty, a retired District 203 physical education coordinator and the director of education and training for PE4life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of quality, daily physical education programs…
