State Health Department Recognizes Schools Participating in Statewide Activ8Kids! Obesity Prevention Campaign
ALBANY, October 19, 2005 – The State Health Department today announced that 78 schools in 28 counties across the state are now participating in New York's new Activ8Kids! program to help fight childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles among children. This new educational and awareness campaign encourages children, parents and schools statewide to adopt the Activ8Kids! daily message of eating five (5) fruits and vegetables; engaging in at least one (1) hour of physical activity; and reducing screen-time (TV and video games) to fewer than (2) two hours (5+1+2=8).
"We are pleased that schools statewide have joined us in promoting New York's Activ8Kids! message by creating opportunities for students to engage in physical activities, consume more fruits and vegetables and reduce screen time," said State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H. "We ask parents, schools and the community to develop events and programs that get children more involved and encourage them to make their own healthy lifestyle choices."
Elementary schools in New York State were encouraged to participate in the Activ8Kids! program during New York State's 360-mile Promotional Bike Ride and School Recognition Tour across Upstate New York. Schools who voluntarily participated were asked to create opportunities for students to engage in additional physical activities and adopt healthy lifestyles.
For example, schools such as Onondaga County's East Syracuse Elementary School participated in the campaign by hosting a 'Walk to School Day' and getting parents involved in the Activ8Kids! message. Parents walked their children to school and received healthy snacks when they arrived.
Students at Great Neck Road Elementary School in Suffolk County participated in a variety of physical activities totaling between 45 minutes to one hour per day. They also learned about the importance of regular physical activity to guard against heart disease and other chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and kidney disease.
Approximately 25,000 children enrolled in the 78 schools completed the Activ8Kids! participation form and have been recognized as leaders in this statewide promotional campaign. Each of the participating schools received a 2005 "Certificate of Recognition" from the State Health Department for their dedication and contributions to this initiative.
For more information on the Activ8Kids! program, the Bike Ride and Recognition Tour, please visit the State Health Department's web site (www.health.ny.gov).
The following schools received 2005 'Certificates of Recognition' for their participation in New York's Activ8Kids! campaign:
| School | County |
|---|---|
| Guilderland Elementary School | |
| St. Catherine of Siena School | |
| Horace Mann School | |
| Lorraine Hansberry Academy | |
| Public School 42-School District 9 | |
| Public School 56-School District 10 | |
| Public School 153-Helen Keller School | |
| Public School 178-Dr. Selman Waxman School | |
| Herman Avenue Elementary School | |
| Owasco Elementary School | |
| Beekmantown Elementary School | |
| St. Peter's School | |
| Livingston Adventist School | |
| Franklyn S. Barry Elementary School | |
| Estelle and Alfonso PreK & K program | |
| Bennett Park Montessori | |
| Blessed Sacrament School | |
| Highland Elementary School | |
| Resurrection School | |
| Smallwood Drive Elementary School | |
| Springville Elementary School | |
| Windermere Boulevard Elementary School | |
| Brushton-Moira Central School | |
| Big Apple Academy | |
| Public School 23K-Carter G. Woodson School | |
| Public School 92K-Adrian Hegeman School | |
| Public School 116K-Elizabeth Farrell School | |
| Public School 233-Langston Hughes School | |
| Public School 361-School District 22 | |
| Public School 398K-School District 17, Region 6 | |
| Seneca Street Elementary School | |
| Boardman Elementary School No. 9E | |
| Forest Road School | |
| Greentrees Country Day School | |
| Hamza School | |
| Little Red Train Private School | |
| Manor Oaks School | |
| Roberts Street Middle School | |
| Southside Elementary School | |
| Geraldine J. Mann Elementary School | |
| E.A McAllister Elementary School | |
| J.D. George Elementary School | |
| West Leyden Elementary School | |
| East Syracuse Elementary School | |
| Pere LeMoyne Elementary School | |
| Soule Road Elementary School | |
| Stonehedge Elementary School | |
| Midlakes Intermediate School | |
| Victor Intermediate School | |
| Victor Primary School | |
| Park Avenue Elementary School | |
| Smith Clove Elementary School | |
| The Brookwood School | |
| Upstate Homes for Children and Adults | |
| Matthew Paterson Elementary School | |
| Highland Elementary School | |
| Public School 80Q-Thurgood Marshall School | |
| Public School 90Q-Horace Mann School | |
| Public School 140-Edward K. Ellington School | |
| Donald P. Sutherland Elementary School | |
| Genet Elementary School | |
| Our Lady of Victory School | |
| Pinewood Intermediate School | |
| Rosendale Elementary School | |
| Jasper-Troupsburg Central School | |
| Great Neck Road Elementary School | |
| Hampton Bays Elementary School | |
| Marion G. Vedder Elementary School | |
| Moriches Elementary School | |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School | |
| South Street School | |
| Southhold Elementary School | |
| Wading River School | |
| Plattekill Elementary School | |
| Greenwich Elementary School | |
| Perkins Elementary School | |
| Brookside Elementary School | |
| King Street School |
