Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Wings Park Fuel Up to Play 60
Those 4th graders are at it again! This time, they have made a video about healthy eating. The chefs are amazing!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Blue Zones Blue Hand Dance
Nick Schauff put a video together of our Blue Zones Blue Hand dance. People of all ages came to dance. We had a gym full of enthusiastic movers and shakers who thought this was so much fun we need to do this again. And we will. Watch for the announcement of the next Blue Zones Blue Hand dance. Meanwhile you can see our first video on You Tube. Search for Oelwein Blue Zone.
This address should take you there...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMH8wR7mBY&feature=share
Photos by Ron Garceau.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Oelwein Videos and Media
Oeiwein Wins League of Cities Award
How time flies! It was only two years ago that Oelwein won an award from the League of Cities for the RAMS center. This video details how Oelwein used collaboration to build the Regional Academy for Math and Science.
http://oelwein.blogspot.com/2009/10/oelwein-wins.htmlhttp://oelwein.blogspot.com/2009/10/oelwein-wins.html
Newspaper coverage of the League of Cities award
Check out this Fuel Up
to Play 60 video created by the 4th grade students. They are one excited group of
youngsters! They are also experimenting
with some creative videos! Referenced in
question #14.
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In case you missed out other Blue Zones Documents, here are the links. Enjoy!
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Project Iowa and search for group:
Oelwein Blue Zones
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Project Iowa and search in Pages Eat, Move, and Connect in the Blue Zones
Blue Zone Blog
Oelwein Schools and Food and Fitness
What's Happening?
The Oelwein Schools and students have been working to incorporate a healthy life style into the school environment. As with everything, leadership counts and we have outstanding leaders. Scott Smalley, instructor for the Oelwein award winning agriculture science program, Autumn Kelly, OSCD Food Service Director, and elementary guidance and at-risk teachers Barb Schmitz and Terri Zuck. Terry Rex, 4th grade teacher is the Fuel Up to Play 60 Instructor of the Year and promotes the program throughout the elementary schools. A sample of their work is shown below...
The Oelwein Schools and students have been working to incorporate a healthy life style into the school environment. As with everything, leadership counts and we have outstanding leaders. Scott Smalley, instructor for the Oelwein award winning agriculture science program, Autumn Kelly, OSCD Food Service Director, and elementary guidance and at-risk teachers Barb Schmitz and Terri Zuck. Terry Rex, 4th grade teacher is the Fuel Up to Play 60 Instructor of the Year and promotes the program throughout the elementary schools. A sample of their work is shown below...
A School Garden was planted at one of the elementary buildings.
Fall Harvest Fair was held September 21, 2011 at the High School
Cafeteria. Several vendors from the Oelwein Farmers’ Market sold their
produce, FFA students had booths to teach nutrition, how to make healthier
snacks and a tasting of various dairy products, and the food service director
and the cooks made ratatouille, stir fry and served squash cookies.
Families were able to do activities to get a book, a free pumpkin and coloring
activities. About 100 people attended this event..
Healthy Snacks and Time have been provided to Dads of the
Kindergarten through 5th grade students. Each grade level has
a time for the students’ dads to come to school and share a healthy snack with
them. Over 500 children with their dads attend school to share time with
their child.
Second grade students invited their families to attend a supper of
locally grown foods. 100 people attended this evening hearing about the 2
X 2 Kind Hearted Kids Program and about Oelwein and the Blue Zone from the
Oelwein Superintendent of Schools.
Fuel Up to Play 60 is a program supported by the NFL and the National
Dairy Promotion Board. Students in the grades 2-5 have made a commitment
to make healthy food choices and do a daily 60 min. physical activity.
Classrooms are including physical activity minutes into their school day.
Students will be given opportunities throughout the school year to taste and
make new food choices.
Kindergarten students participate in Fitness Fridays once per
month. Students learn about their bodies, nutrition and physical
activities and games.
Oelwein Elementary T shirts are
sold each year to promote our chartacter building program. This year our
focus it "Respect." Our curriculum focus is to enable students
to feel a sense of belonging to the school, treat each other with respect and
to stop bullying in the elementary.
The Northeast Iowa Food Bank supports
the Operation Backpack Program to give 150 students bags of food twice a month
in the head start, preschool and elementary grades.
We have also presented to various
community groups to educate the public about the need to be connected to the
schools and the children. Topics have included proverty, character
buiding, the backpack program, Food & Fitness, Camp Creamery, the family
suppers, the clothing and school supply needs for the children and Puppet
Pals. Program supporters such as United Way and Food
& Fitness are contacted yearly to apply for grants to support our
programs.
The Oelwein FFA program collaborates
with Oelwein Food and Fitness. Examples
of that collaboration for 2011/2012 are…
Monthly: KinderRead, Project PALS, Senior Buddies, FFA
Buddies
January: Cross Age Mentoring
February: Chapter Basketball Tournament
March: Teacher Appreciation
Blood Drive
April: Safety Fair
May: Greenhouse Sales
July: Buchanan County Fair
Fayette County Fair
Oelwein 4th of July
August: Iowa State Fair
Husky Pride Day
Husky Meet and Greet
September: Fall Harvest Fair
Fall Harvest Sale
October: Fruit Sales
Teacher Appreciation
November: Fruit Sales
December: Christmas Party/Volleyball/Dodgeball
You can learn more at these web sites:
Oelwein Community School District: http://www.oelwein.k12.ia.us Go to the Programs Tab and find Oelwein Food and Fitness
http://www.oelweinnews.org/ Presentation to the City Counci and Blue Zone news
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oelwein-Eat-Move-Connect-in-the-Blue-Zone/184749701613912 Oelwein Blue Zone Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/269397933083195/ Oelwein Blue Zone Facebook Group
Oelwein and Collaboration
Part of the Blue Zones application is to provide evidence of how Oelwein collaborates with others. Perhaps it is because of necessity, or our size, or the vision we have for the future of Oelwein, but collaboration has been a part of our make up for the last decade.
Enrichment Center: This center is a community owned facility that is governed by four separate 28E agreements that define the operations of each unit…….
Enrichment Center: This center is a community owned facility that is governed by four separate 28E agreements that define the operations of each unit…….
Sports Complex
Another example of our Community’s resourcefulness occurred
in 2003… a collaborative partnership was developed to accomplish the common
goal financing and operating a new sports facility.
A third example of the community’s ability to collaborate
and successfully advance community initiatives is the RAMS Center.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Thanks Middle School
What a nice surprise to open the Oelwein Daily Register and see an article about the Middle School students meeting the Blue Zones challenge! You rock!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Ahhhh
The Blue Zones application is written and all we have to do next week is pick up a few more Letters of Support. This is a very nice Christmas present. THANKS to everyone who helped pull this together.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
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