Boiling Springs receives $10,000 physical fitness education grant
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Article RatingThe Boiling Springs High School health and physical education department has been awarded a $10,000 Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge Grant.
The school will use the money to buy mountain bicycles and cross country ski equipment to supplement its Outdoor Education program, said Sandra Tippett, assistant superintendent of South Middleton School District.
The program started in the 2000-01 academic year and focuses on promoting such lifetime activities as kayaking, hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, fly-fishing, snowshoeing and geocaching.
The program has been recognized locally and nationally for promoting healthy habits among youth.
Barb Ferrell, department chairperson at the high school, said the school board and administration have long supported the importance of lifelong physical activity.
“This grant will provide resources to expand our program to new levels,” Ferrell said. “The purchase of this equipment will allow us to offer even more activities to our students and help them realize there is activity after high school and, yes, you can do these things for a lifetime.”
The Highmark Foundation, through the High 5 School Challenge, awarded more than $605,000 in grants to 75 schools in 21 counties across Pennsylvania for programs that address bullying prevention and self-esteem, improving nutrition education, enhancing nutrition choices and providing opportunities for physical activity.
High 5 is a five-year, $100 million initiative of the Highmark Foundation designed to improve the health of youth ages 6-18 by providing them with tools and practices needed to make informed decisions.
