By Tori Jones
Guthrie News Page
The kindergarten students at Cotteral Elementary had a very special guest Friday morning – Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson.
Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson visits with Guthrie students. Photo By Tori Jones
Thompson talked to the students about health, good nutrition, and physical activity. She read a book called “From Farm to Fridge” which encourages the kids to eat/drink their dairy products.
“You all should drink milk every day so when you grow up you’ll be big and strong,” Thompson said. She also played a game to get the kindergarteners up and active.
Thompson will also compete in the Miss America pageant in January 2012.
Cotteral Elementary is taking the lead for student health by participating in a nationwide wellness initiative. Community-focused and fun, Fuel Up to Play 60 is activating schools and communities to support school wellness initiatives, good nutrition and physical activity, which help educate students and curb obesity. In partnership with the National Dairy Council, Dairy MAX, and the National Football League (NFL), Cotteral Elementary and its students are recruiting friends, parents, teachers and business and community leaders to join them in pledging to adopt healthier behaviors, such as choosing foods encouraged by the United States Department of Agriculture, which has also joined the initiative, and committing to 60 minutes of physical activity every day.
Cotteral Elementary plans to target the more than 250 Kindergarten students with the Fuel Up to Play 60 lessons of eating healthy and playing for 60 minutes every day. The Kindergarteners will start by signing the Fuel Up to Play 60 pledge which states “I will energize my body and mind by eating healthy. I will be active at least 60 minutes each day.”
“At school, we are in a unique position to influence the eating and physical activity habits of students,” says Jordan Hodge, Cotteral Physical Education Teacher. “We need community-wide support to help our students build positive, lifelong habits, and Fuel Up to Play 60 provides the healthy messages, resources and activities we need to get started.”
For more information including funding applications for up to $4,000 per school, visit www.fueluptoplay60.com.
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