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Staff at Herbert A. Ammons Middle School clearly showed they were interested in improving their health and fitness levels when 70% indicated that they would like to participate in a staff wellness program. It was determined that the staff wanted a program they could participate in on campus after school.
Since that time, the wellness council started a walking/running club as well as yoga classes. The walking/running club meets at the park adjacent to the school for stretching and warm-up exercises. The participants keep weekly logs of their miles/steps completed and set goals to improve each week. Guidance counselor Ronda Carey said, “It was great to keep up with my steps and know that I accomplished my goal by seeing how many steps I completed each day.” As a culminating activity for the club, a number of members decided to join in a local 5K race at the end of the year.
The staff also expressed an interest in doing yoga so a teacher was hired to offer a weekly class at the school. Science teacher Liana Roche said, “I so look forward to getting together with staff and learning something new in yoga class.” There was such an overwhelming response from the school staff that the rest of the community began to take notice and wanted to be included! Information on the yoga class was distributed through the PTSA email tree and several parents have since joined the class.
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