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Did you know that not only is ice Skating fun, but it is a terrific form of exercise. Both a healthy diet and plenty of exercise help our body:

· Builds and maintains healthy bones, muscles, and joints.

· Helps control weight, build lean muscle, and reduce fat.

· Prevents or delays the development of disease, such as obesity.

 

In addition to disease prevention, sports participation also decreases the incidence of pre-adolescent and adolescent risk taking behaviors, such as, smoking, alcohol and/or drug use, unprotected sexual behaviors, and teen pregnancy.,,,, In 1998, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States found that “only 5% of female athletes became pregnant verses to 11% of female non-athletes.”

 

Mission: The purpose of IceEDGEucation is to offer students and schools the opportunity to participate in sport as method of enhancing their quality of life by increasing their ability to succeed. This program will focus on promoting adolescent health and wellness. Participation in our program will better prepare the students to live healthy lives, by exposing them to proper nutrition and exercise techniques. This information will ultimately lead to a decrease in both chronic life threatening diseases and health related risk behaviors.

Needs Assessment: 66% of the schools in Arizona do not have a gymnasium located on campus. According to the Arizona Republic, less than one fourth of all Arizona high school students attend P.E. classes each day. In addition to this, reports indicate similar results in elementary schools with attendance in averaging only twice a week.

 

Evidence: Adolescents are becoming more sedentary with “more than one third (38.2%) of students spent more than 3 hours per day watching television.” PE enrollment has decreased by 50% from 1991 and 2003., Decreased enrollment, in addition to decreased funding, has forced many schools to stop offering physical education classes 7 days a week for the entire year. The 15.5% of schools that do offer daily PE (or its equivalent) only do so for approximately half of the school year.

 

“Thirty-seven percent of students did not participate in more than 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity on 3 or more of the previous 7 days.” In addition, female African American, Hispanic, and Caucasian students were less likely than Caucasian males, to participate in vigorous physical activity at the advised level of more than 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

 

Program Details: The program is a P.E. Program on ice. All we request is that the schools provide the transportation for the students. Once they are at the rink, our certified coaches run the program. This runs for eight weeks with one lesson per week, or we can implement a program lasting four weeks with two lessons per week. Each class is an hour long and will consist of a 30 minute skating lesson and 30 minutes of free skate.

· The first class will consist of a 30 minute lesson, 20 minutes of free skate and 10 minutes of nutritional information following the recommendations of the new food pyramid by the United States Department of Agriculture.

· At the end of each additional class we will provide the students with an easy healthy snack recipe.

· This recipe will also explain the health benefits and nutritional information of each snack.

 

Available Class Times: Schools have a choice between the given times of 9:00 am - 10:00 am, 10:00am – 11:00am, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, or 1:00 pm – 2:00pm,

Monday – Friday. Additional time slots are available on Fridays from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

If these times are not convenient we will do our best to make accommodations for each individual class/school.

 

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