SHAPING UP STUDENTS SHARE IN SCHOOL EFFORT TO IMPROVE FITNESS.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Rio Norte Junior High students walked and ran as much as six miles in their physical education classes Thursday and Friday to raise money for a campus fitness and wellness center. A River Hawk Walk spokesman said the event raised about $12,000 to fund the campus facility. Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. . ``The center will help our student population wage war against overweight Overweight Refers to an investment position that is larger than the generally accepted benchmark. Notes: For example, if a company normally holds a portfolio whose weighting of cash is 10%, and then increases cash holdings to 15%, the portfolio would have an overweight and obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. ,'' said Scott Bell Scott Bell was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as leader of the Libertarian Party of Ontario in the 1980s, and was the party's leader during the 1985 provincial election. , a Rio Norte physical education teacher who helped organize the event. The fitness center will have exercise machines, elliptical trainers An elliptical trainer (also cross trainer or simply elliptical) is a stationary exercise machine used to simulate walking or running without causing excessive pressure to the joints, hence decreasing the risk of impact injuries. , exercise balls and other equipment to improve cardiovascular wellness and upper body strength, organizer Dawn Cooper said. At the two-day event, students walked or ran for 50 minutes over the half-mile track. Top students were expected to cover six miles, burning roughly 500 calories. Students received prizes and incentives by bringing in sponsorships. The event was sponsored by the Rio Norte Physical Education Department and the school Parent Teacher Student Association. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) At top, students at Rio Norte Junior High in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, walk to the beat of music piped onto a track Thursday for their River Hawk Walk fund-raiser. Above, during the two-day event, students in physical education classes walked or ran as much as six miles on a half-mile loop, raising $12,000 for new fitness equipment at the school. (3) Erica Bonnette, a seventh-grader at Rio Norte Junior High, sports a ``Rio'' stamp on her cheek Thursday at the school's River Hawk Walk. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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