Middle School In Ohio Receives State Honor For Teaching Lifelong Fitness, Overall Health

Newark (OH) Advocate (6/1) reports that Granville Middle School "has won the Buckeye Best Healthy School Award for the 2009-2010 school year from the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, part of the Ohio Department of Health." The school's physical education program focuses mainly on fitness "and teaching kids how to stay healthy for a lifetime," said physical education teacher Sue Borchers. For example, students participate in circuit training and weight training, and they learn exercises they can continue to do throughout their lives. The Newark Advocate points out that the Healthy School Award does not come with any prize "other than bragging rights and the knowledge the students are well cared for."