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Jackson Creek Middle School Fitness and the Olympics |
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Jackson Creek Middle School Fitness and the Olympics |
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In the spring of 2004, the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools awarded Jackson Creek Middle School the Fitness, Health and Wellness Challenge Grant. The Fitness and the Olympics grant was designed to show students how various subjects contain aspects of fitness, health, and wellness. Library books, heart monitors, measuring tapes, and a magnetic jump and reach board were purchased through this grant.
Students learned that fitness is an understanding of the mind and an acceptance and need for maintaining a fit life. The grant taught students that fitness and wellness can be found in other subjects. Students and teachers in Science, Language Arts, Physical Education, and Mathematics participated in the grant.
Links to Olympic resources
Olympic Athletes- sponsored by
the Official website of the Olympic Movement. Alphabetical
listing and biographies of the athletes in the Olympics.
Olympic Sports- sponsored by
the Official website of the Olympic Movement. Includes
information for about 35 Olympic sports and nearly 400 events and
also some past Olympic sports and sports recognised by the
Olympic Movement.
Olympic Records- United States
Olympic Committee's official website. Contains information about
the summer and winter Olympic records for the 35 Olympic sports.
USA Olympics- United States Olympic Committee's official website.
Click Select a Sport and choose a sport from either the winter or
summer Olympics. Contains information about the individual sports
including history, general information, rules, and equipment.
InfoPlease.com's
Olympics- List of the Summer Olympic
sports and information about each of the sports.
CNN SI. com Winter Olympics-
articles about the Olympic winter sports.
Last Updated: 01/15/05
Kristina McGlaun, Librarian
Jackson Creek Middle School
