HEART DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION PROGRAM
GOLD MEDAL SCHOOLS
GOLD MEDAL SCHOOL OF THE MONTH
Kaysville Elementary
Kids Stretching
KAYSVILLE ELEMENTARY
Principal:
Clive Dibble
School Coordinator: Lisa Marriott
Mentor: Vaughn Hyde


Stretching


Kaysville Elementary is a great Gold Medal School with good support from the administration, faculty, staff, and community.

One criterion Kaysville exemplifies is non-food fundraisers. Kaysville has a kick-off/fundraiser activity at the beginning of each school year. It is a jog-a-thon. The activity is well publicized and many community members help with the activity, especially the PTA. The event begins as a sound system plays Olympic music and each class comes out of the school carrying their own banner. After each class is introduced, the students stretch and warm-up. Principal Dibble along with other faculty Carrying the torchmembers and the entire student body, then walk or jog around the track as many times as they can in one hour. Monetary pledges for each lap have not only helped the school obtain needed resources, it has also provided enough money to put an asphalt track around their playground. The track is one reason Kaysville Elementary students have walked over 30,000 miles each year for the past two years.

Kaysville has also created a very good faculty/staff wellness plan. Teachers are encouraged to walk the track daily, use 5 minute energizers in class and faculty meetings, have health messages in faculty meetings, and set good examples for the students.

Kaysville does a great job of creating a healthy atmosphere in their school including the GMS goals of daily walking, staying physically active, and making healthy food choices.

 
Past Gold Medal School Winners

Check out some of our past winners and see if your school has what it takes to be a Gold Medal School!

 
   

January 2010 – Mountainside Elementary
December 2009 – Fairview Elementary
November 2009 – Riverview Elementary
October 2009 – Polk Elementary
September 2009 – Hurricane Elementary
May 2009 – McKinley Elementary
April 2009 – Granite Elementary
March 2009 – Cleveland Elementary
February 2009 – Alpine Elementary

 

What is a Gold Medal School of the Month?
A Gold Medal School of the Month is a school that has gone the extra mile to implement the Gold Medal Schools program.

How Can My School Be Chosen?
Submit a success story and pictures to gms@utah.gov.

 
 
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