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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  members 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. |
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