William Penn PE Coalition
Students Helping Students Become More Healthy
Pictured Below: The 2017 Student Volunteers
As a result of #EdCampPE Class at William Penn High School in New Castle DE the PE Coalition was founded on December 11, 2017. The students pictured below made a four year commitment to help students at the high school and beyond by advocating for healthy lifestyles through fitness fun, nutrition, mediation, and sleep. Students in the PE Coalition will also help with tips and and ideas around staying healthy while working an after school job, and using social media! See a list below of all the reach outs we have planned so far! Thanks for reading!
Collaborative Brainstomring Session Shown Below During Extra Time
The PE Coalition Attempts to Improve The Health & Happieness of Life for 21st Century Teens!
Exercise
"Exercise is like Miracle-Gro for the Brain." ~ John J. Raty, MD
Book Study Starting Soon - Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise And The Brain
Nutrition
"Eat to live, don't live to eat!" ~ Benjamin Franklin
Meditation
"If every 8- year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation." ~ Dalai Lama
Sleep
"Without enough sleep, we all become tall 2-year-olds." ~ JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002.
Technology & Social Media
"Like all technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world." ~ Simon Mainwaring
Balancing Employment & School
"If you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?" ~ John Wooden
Set your priorities and plan your time management!
Calendar of events
- January 11th ~ 5th graders come to William Penn
- January 18-19th ~ Jump rope for Heart
- February 2nd ~ Red out Day for Women and Heart Disease
- March - Purple Stride at the WPHS Track - Fighting Pancreatic Cancer
- Daily Social Media Blasts in Schoology, Twitter, & SeeSaw
- Tuesday After School - #EdCampPE Format in Gym II
- Saturday school with Ms. Minka in the Unit II Gym! #EdCamp Make-ups