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CCF Recorder
September 30, 2010
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St. Catherine students ‘Get Fit’ By Amanda Joering Alley ajoering@nky.com
A new club at St. Catherine of Siena is getting students, parents and staff moving. Colts Get Fit, a new after-school program started by parent Kelly Glaser, recently began at the school. “Obesity is a big problem these days,” Glaser said. “I think its important that we find ways to get kids fit and get them moving.” Glaser said after taking blood pressures at the school and noticing that many were too high, she came up with the idea to start the club. About two-thirds of the school’s students have signed up for the club, which meets twice a week for a walk/run near the school. The days of the club vary to accommodate various schedules. “Our main goal is to let the kids get fit while having fun in a noncompetitive, structured environment,” Glaser said. Fifth-grader Sean Williams said he joined the club because it gives him a chance to stay healthy while hanging out with his friends. Jillian Fields, also in fifth grade, said she likes having a chance to get some exercise. “Besides soccer, I don’t really have a chance to get outside and exercise as much during the school year because of homework and everything,” Fields said. The club is being led and
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Emma-Kate Bennett gets a drink before St. Catherine of Siena’s Colts Get Fit program, which is meant to get students, parents and staff more active. supervised by parent volunteers. “We are relying on the parent volunteers for safety reasons, but it’s also good to get them active because parents need to be role models for the kids,” Glaser said. Glaser said she hopes to eventually get grants to fund the club so it can purchase student incentives and other physical fitness equipment. For more information about the program or to get an upcoming schedule, contact the school at 572-2680.
Will Hachleutner and Ben Glaser get ready for their run.
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AMANDA JOERING ALLEY/STAFF
Faculty, parents and students gather in front of St. Catherine of Siena School to participate in the Colts Get Fit program.
Students celebrate ‘Kids Day’ in style By Chris Mayhew cmayhew@nky.com
Students at Grant’s Lick Elementary School dressed as rock stars, movie stars and other personas for an annual community involvement celebration in their honor known as Kentucky Kids Day Tuesday, Sept. 21. Parents, uncles, aunts, police officers, firefighters and members
of a neighboring church all volunteered in shifts to serve the children a feast at lunch and greet the students as they arrived in the morning to school. Schools throughout Kentucky participate in the annual day. Established in 1985, the goal of Kentucky Kids Day is to set aside one day for students to “send the message to each child that he or she is a special and
unique individual who is respected and loved,” according to the Kentucky Parent Teacher Association’s website www.kypta.org. The day is a wonderful way for the children to see what goes on inside the school is important to community members, and also for the community volunteers to get to know the school, said Debbie Montgomery, a paraeducator at the school.
“It gives the community a chance to come into the school and see what’s going on,” Montgomery said. Dolly Hesler, a great-aunt of one of the students, came to the school to serve the students lunch as part of a contingent of volunteers from Grant’s Lick Baptist Church. The church is situated directly across the street from the school. Kids Day is just as much fun for the adults as it is for the students, she said. Members of the church often volunteer and help out in any way they can for multiple events throughout the school year, Hesler said. “We support just about anything they do because most of the kids at church go here,” she said.
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Preschool student Kasey Glahn, 4, puts his “Blues Brothers” shades on and strikes a pose with Campbell County Police Department Lt. B.J. Champagne during lunch at Grant’s Lick Elementary School’s Kentucky Kids Day celebration Tuesday, Sept. 21.
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CHRIS MAYHEW/STAFF
Rilee O’Day, left, and Keeleigh Reed, both 8 and third-graders at Grant’s Lick Elementary School, dress as rock stars for Grant’s Lick Elementary School’s Kentucky Kids Day festivities Tuesday, Sept. 21.
Ciara Smith, 4, a preschool student at Grant’s Lick Elementary School, pours herself some juice as Dolly Hesler, far right, offers students bread as part of a group of volunteers from Grant’s Lick Baptist Church volunteering at the school’s Kentucky Kids Day celebration Tuesday, Sept. 21.