Dear Parents,
A new and exciting program will be taking place at Park Forest Elementary this year. The American
Cancer Society® Relay For Life® already exists in our community, providing an overnight event where
community members have the opportunity to honor cancer survivors and remember those who have
battled cancer while raising money for the American Cancer Society. Because participation as a school
in the overnight event would be difficult, we are having our very own Relay Recess here at the school!
The students at Park Forest Elementary, in collaboration with the 11th Grade health students at the High
School North, are going to design a health fair to be held in conjunction with the Relay Recess. The
students will be concentrating on topics related to Nutrition, Sun Safety, Bike Safety, Tobacco, Physical
Activity, and Being safe outdoors. The goal is to engage everyone in hands-on activities about each
topic. The team is will also be bringing in the Patton Township Police Department to teach the students
about bike safety. For the Relay Recess, students will be walking around the outside track to try and
help raise money for the American Cancer Society. The students will have the opportunity to walk in
memory of someone, or to walk to support a survivor. Luminaria bags will be offered to the students as
well. The students may have these bags brought to the big Centre County Relay for Life, to be displayed.
We are hoping to raise awareness and to make a difference in our community. The students are really
excited to take this project on. Help us make this a success for them.
Park Forest students can raise funds during the walk-a-thon, selling luminaries, classroom coin wars or
seeking online donations at RelayRecess.org .Park Forest Elementary Event. Students in the classroom
that raises the most money will receive a free admission pass to DelGrosso’s Amusement Park on July 8
and a $6.00 off coupon for their family members. The individual top fundraiser will get a free ticket to
the Relay For Life Spike’s game on Sept 5, 2012 and will get to participate during games between the
innings. As we begin to plan our school’s Relay Recess, I invite you to join us! Many hands make light
work, and we all want this experience to be the best experience possible for your child. I hope that you
will consider joining me as we become a school that takes up the fight against cancer! The event will
take place on May 3, 2012, rain or shine. Send an umbrella or poncho along, if it is raining.
Sincerely,
Stacie McDermott- Physical Education Teacher
[email protected]
Tentative Schedule:
Relay will take place on track outside
Rotation through the activities:
Time
Grade(s)
8:50- 10:00
3 & 4 + 1 5th Grade( 5 Classes):
Rotation for Stations:
Station 1: Nutrition: Lutz
Station 2: Tobacco: Reitz,
Station 3:Germ City: Del Real
Station 4: Summer Safety: White
Station 5: Physical Activity: Goldkrantz
Station 6: Sun Safety: Empty to start
Station 7: Bike Safety: Empty to start
10:10- 11:20
3 & 4 + 1 5th (6 classes):
Rotation for Stations:
Station 1: Nutrition Cullins
Station 2: Tobacco: Cody
Station 3:Germ City: Tomasko
Station 4: Summer Safety: Bowman
Station 5: Physical Activity: Meyers
Station 6: Sun Safety: Hartman
Station 7: Bike Safety : Empty to start
11:20- 11:55
Lunch
Still working
On the lunch
Schedule!
Time:
Grade(s)1& 2 ( 6 Classes)
Rotation for Stations:
12:00 - 1:10
1:15 - 2:25
Station 1: Nutrition: Mulitinovic
Station 2: Tobacco: Hopkins
Station 3:Germ City: Strochein
Station 4: Summer Safety: Gilson
Station 5: Physical Activity:McGarry
Station 6: Sun Safety: Wilson
Station 7: Bike Safety : Empty to start
Kindergarten 1 & 2 ( 6 Classes)
Rotation for Stations:
Station 1: Nutrition: Khayat
Station 2: Tobacco: Ondik
Station 3:Germ City: Valent
Station 4: Summer Safety: Mattive
Station 5: Physical Activity:Patrick
Station 6: Sun Safety: Roe
Station 7: Bike Safety : Empty to start
Rotation: Everyone will walk for 30 minutes. We can use both tracks for the classes to
walk. This will be for raising money for the American Cancer society. Then after the
walk, each class will be assigned a number to start the health fair portion. They will start
at the station they are assigned to and rotate every 10 minutes. We will sound a bell or tell
you to rotate.
Health fair topics:
 High school students need to plan activities at the stations that are appropriate for all
elementary levels (K-2 and 3-5)
 Have a handout or some item for the kids to take with them
1. Sun Safety (Stacie’s kids will do this station)
2. Tobacco
a. Tar in the lungs (Brett)
b. Second hand smoke
c. Smokeless tobacco
d. Skin (how it ages you)
e. What is in a cigarette (make a big cigarette and put things in it)
f. Straw activity - (grades 3 - 5)
g. Cigarette bowling pins (knock down the pins)
Physical Activity: walking the track for the relay
. Heart rate before and after exercise
a. how to take a heart rate
b. Zumba? or aerobics
c. Jump rope? Hula hoops?
d. How to be active in the summer
e. Count laps while they walk the track (calculate how many miles they walked)
Nutrition
. Snacking
a. Portions
b. Breakfast ideas
c. Nutrition Detective
Bike Safety (helmets, etc)
. How to fit a helmet
a. how can you be seen if you are riding on the road (clothing, reflectors, bells, etc)
b. Relay to get ready to ride
c. Rules of the road
.
Summer Safety (outdoor activities, bugs, ticks, poison ivy, fireworks)
Plant sleuth
a. Whats lurking in the woods?
b. Avoiding Lyme’s disease (what to look for)
c. How to repel bugs (products, clothing, food)
d. How to avoid standing water (putting toys away...)
Each student will be given a passport to good health. If the student complete the passport and
hand them in, they will be entered into a drawing for prizes.
Passport to Good Health: (need stamps, or stickers or something to mark the bingo cards)