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Show Grovecrest Elementary Focuses on Physical Fitness )S : .: .J-.r . Grovecrest Elementary kicked off their P.A.W. Power 5K on Tuesday, November 16, by introducing one of their corporate cor-porate sponsors, Chick-Fil-A. The "cow" from Chick-Fil-A surprised the kids at lunch, ran with them and encouraged students to do laps during recess. re-cess. River Clark, a student, stated what he thought of the cow. "I think it's pretty fun." He told the cow that cows do not run on two hind legs. River said the cow lifted his arms as if to say "I don't know". Chick-Fil-A provided nuggets nug-gets and lemonade, which were delivered by the cow, to the classes who had run the most laps in September and October. "The kids are excited and have lots of energy," stated PTA volunteer Aimee Charlton. "Rumors "Ru-mors are circulating as to who the cow really is and which teacher it is." Chick-Fil-A has been fabulous, noted Aimee. "Manager Vern Pyne's phrase is 'Whatever we can do for you, we'll do it.' They are so flexible. They are spending their entire day here. We appreciate their flexibility and willingness to work with us," she concluded. On Tuesday evening students stu-dents and their families were encouraged to eat at Chick-Fil-A in American Fork located at 183 North State Road. Manager Vern Pyne said, "We will offer any group on their Spirit Night with vouchers presented at the cash register. The owner, Dusty, will write a check for 20 percent of the revenue back to the organization." orga-nization." The first Tuesday of every month until April are the school's Spirit Nights. The PTA is running a fitness fit-ness program at recess ail year long to help the students get in shape. Students keep track of how much they've run or walked around the field at recess re-cess using a punch card system. For every lap that they do, they receive a paw mark on their card. When a student has completed com-pleted their card, a student will have completed 40 laps, which is 10 miles. The student then receives re-ceives a chain with a foot charm signifying this accomplishment. The students have opportunities opportuni-ties to earn more charms to add to their chain throughout the school year as well. PTA President Presi-dent Eliece Jenkins said, "The P in P.A.W. Power stands for physical fitness so we wanted to do something this year to boost kids activity and give them another an-other option for recess." In conjunction with the 5K, a P.A.W. Power logo creation contest was announced by the PTA on Tuesday as well. Students Stu-dents have the opportunity to design a logo expressing what P.A.W. Power means to them. P.A.W. stands for Physical Fitness, Fit-ness, Academic Achievement and Winning Attitude. Contest criteria may be found in the office and entries may be submitted there up until un-til December 3. The winner will be announced December 6 and the grand prize is free meals from Costa Vida for a year for the winner and a friend. The logo that is chosen will be used on posters, flyers, and T-shirts to advertise the 5K run in the Spring. Also to promote fitness, the teachers have been encouraged to use their allotted PE time and generally be active with their students. Grovecrest is also part- . nering with the P.G. Recreation Center to come in periodically throughout the year to show kids fun ways to exercise and incorporate that into their daily routine. In the school's monthly month-ly newsletter, XYZ publishes healthy recipes and fitness tips. The Grovecrest PTA is still looking for sponsors for their 5K which will be held on April 30. If you are interested in being a sponsor, contact Aimee Charlton at aimeefullmonty.org. She will email you a donation sheet with information about the different dif-ferent levels of sponsorship. The PTA is doing full scale advertising advertis-ing stalling .in January so they would like to have most of their sponsors by then. Other sponsors for the event include Costa Vida, Grovecrest Elementary kicked off their PAW. Power 5K on Tuesday, November No-vember 16, with one of their corporate sponsors, Chick-Fil-A. Photo courtesy of Timpanogos Times City Publishing in Alpine, and 26.2. The 5K will not only be for Grovecrest Elementary students and families, but for the entire Pleasant Grove community. The students may run the 5K for free, however, everyone under un-der 12 years of age must be accompanied ac-companied by an adult. The; fee for adults is $10 and $15 if you want a T-shirt. "We want this to be a community event," stated Aimee. "We feel like it is a better bet-ter use of time than sending students stu-dents door to door selling candy or things you don't necessarily need. This way they are being active and the school is getting a benefit from it as well." |