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Southwick Elementary School second-grader Bacarri McGraw already knows how to eat healthy – stick with pears, apples and blueberries, he said.
His classmate, Alarra Vanlandingham, knows about the physical side of staying healthy: exercise and run a lot and jump, the 7-year-old said. But the two students admitted they could use some extra tips and were in the market to get some Tuesday at the Focus on Health event at Village Elementary.
Second-graders at every East Allen County Schools building traveled to Village to learn about germs, fire safety, nutrition, exercise, and healthy lungs and hearts. Their teachers were registered nurses, dietitians and employees at Focus on Health.
This wasn’t a typical school assembly, though. This was a treasure hunt.
“We’re digging for good health,” said LuAnne Haupt, student director for Focus on Health, whose alias was “Polly Pirate” on Tuesday. Haupt was dressed as a pirate, complete with a black eye patch and red bandanna.
Her first mates were Herbie the Heart, Corey Apple, Ben Bicuspid and Sadar the Fire Pup (Sadar standing for stop and drop and roll). The mascots were played by fifth-graders, who gave their younger counterparts a visual for what they would learn about.
Students moved from station to station, getting tips about maintaining healthy hearts, lungs and teeth.
“The things you learn today will help you live a lifetime of health,” Haupt said.
ksoderlund@jg.netRecognitions
•Allen Tietz of Fort Wayne was named the Father of the Year at Huntington University.
•David Ramsey of Homestead High School was among 106 students nationwide to receive a College Board State AP Scholar Award for his outstanding performance on the advanced placement exams.
•Hope College student Briana Sosenheimer earned first place in the Third-Year Women’s Division at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Michigan State Chapter Audition.
•The Career Planning and Development Center’s annual career fair will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in Andorfer Commons.
•The 2008 Honors Series will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on the second floor of the Helmke Library with a presentation by Michael Galaty, who will lecture on “Archaeological Evidence for the Origins of Affluence.”
•Nancy Virtue, associate professor of French, will present “Tété: Singing from the Margins of French Society,” at noon today in Kettler Hall, room 150.
•The Fall International Festival will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Walb Student Union ballroom.
•Ann Livschiz, assistant professor of history, will present “America and Russia: A New Cold War?” at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Kettler Hall, room 119.
• “Sweet Land,” a film on the German immigrant experience in Minnesota, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Classroom Medical Building, room 159. Free pizza will be available.
•Suin Roberts, assistant professor of German, will present “Multiculturalism in South Korea and Germany,” at noon Thursday in Kettler Hall, room 225.
•Lee Roberts, assistant professor of German, will present “Western Fears of Eastern Power: A Critique of the ‘Yellow Peril,’ ” at 3 p.m. Friday in Kettler Hall, room 120.
•American Indian flutist Douglas Blue Feather will perform in concert at noon Wednesday in the Walb Union Ballroom in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
