Merry Christmas!

GMS wants to wish all our Schools a Merry Christmas and encourage you all to use some healthy options at your Christmas parties! Some ideas we came up with might be low-fat cheese and crackers, clementines, fresh fruit dipped in dark chocolate or some yummy lowfat breads.
Have a Merry Chrismtas!

Westfield Elementary

I chose to spotlight Westfield because they have been very creative and enthusiastic with their Gold Medal Mile theme this year which is to walk around the equator. The school coordinator assigned a country that the school would be walking through to each classroom and asked them to make a poster about that country. She then took the posters and hung them all around the cafeteria. I thought this was a great way to get the kids and teachers more involved in the theme and get them excited about where they will be walking. It is also a fun way to give the students a visual way to see what country they are in and where they will be headed to next. The school and school coordinator have done a great job of bringing their GMM theme to life this year.
GMS Mentor: Hawley Layton

Orem Elementary Celebrates Red Ribbon Week!

Orem Elementary kicked off Red Ribbon Week with an assembly by Steve James. Student's learned songs by Steve for the Prevention Dimensions program and sang them for each other during the assembly.
Students also participated in essay contests, lunch time activities, a canned food drive, theme days ("Living drug free is no sweat') and they signed a pledge to be drug and violence free!
Way to go Orem Elementary!

Riverview Elementary get's November's School of the Month!!

This year, Riverview is going for the Gold. Last year, they walked all over the world visiting different places and all the while spelling out “RIVERVIEW.” Now their focus is more on nutrition, and instead of walking to a certain place, they will walk to a set-mile goal: 55,000 miles. Once they reach that, their principal, Mrs. Jarvis, will wear a strawberry costume to a whole day of school!

On Monday, September 14th, Riverview kicked off the year with a Gold Medal Schools opening assembly in conjunction with Green Ribbon Week. Super Safety Woman and Nutrition Girl came to the assembly to host a trivia game all about being healthy and safe. A few students from each grade participated in answering the questions or took part in the physical challenges. That day, the principal also encouraged all of the teachers to take the students out to walk the mile as part of the assembly. Other activities for Green Ribbon Week included: a wear green day, “watch your step day” (wear mismatched shoes), and a walk to school day (Flash Fox came to be the cross guard).

Another component of Riverview’s year will be implementing nutrition classes for each of the grade levels. In conjunction with the health department, Riverview will provide monthly nutrition education presentations (10-15 minutes long) about one of the food groups and will maybe even bring in samples of foods for the students to try. Thanks to a supportive principal, staff and coordinator, Riverview has a great year to look forward to.
Congratulations Riverview! Their story will be posted on Gold Medal Schools Website under GMS of the month!

GMS welcomes Spring Creek!

This is Spring Creeks first year in the Gold Medal Schools Program and they're off to a great start! They held their kick off assembly September 4th and had Hootz the Owl and 2 Orem Owlz players come talk to the kids about the importance of staying healthy. The kids were so excited to walk their first Gold Medal Mile with their guest speakers. Keep up the good work Spring Creek!

Meadow Elementary kicks off another great year!

Meadow Elementary held their kick-off assembly this past week which included a cute skit preformed by the student council. They introduced this year's Gold Medal Mile goal of walking around the world followed by their first lap around the soccer field. The kids were excited to start working towards their goal!

Annual Training a Success!

Thanks to all of you who joined us for the Annual GMS training! All the information is now available on the GMS website at www.hearthighway.org/gms... if there were some ideas you wanted to take another look at or for those who weren't able to make the trainining...all the information is on the website under information for GMS.
Thanks again for coming and let's make a 'SPLASH' this year with GMS!