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Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel’s statewide fitness challenge is expanding to include third graders after more than 180,000 Ohio students joined the program’s first round.
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“An excellent way for us to be able to bring the kids out and partner with the Y and create this safe space for them to be able to learn valuable life skills, and, more definitively, learn how to have some fun in the water in a safe and effective way,” Heggins said.
Jared Lehman, CEO of the Lima Family YMCA, said the program offers more than exercise.
“It provides more than just a gym component and a time for them to get some exercise. It's a valuable life skill. They're learning a skill that they can take with them well beyond Air Force and as they age into adulthood,” Lehman said.
September 25, 2024, Press Release from Bluffton University: BLUFFTON, Ohio—Bluffton University students now will have the opportunity to major in physical education. The four-year degree allows students to receive a multi-age license (Pre-K-12) to teach health and physical education. The health and physical education major will help address the issue of under qualified teachers teaching health and physical education courses. According to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce in 2021-22, 4.8% of high school health education courses were taught by teachers without proper certification, 4.4% of middle school physical education courses and 4.6% of high school Physical Education courses were taught by teachers without proper certification.
Each year, Activate Allen County partners with Mercy Health St. Rita's and the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board for the Activated School Challenge. The winning districts are awarded up to $2,500 to use towards a project that can make improve the mental and physical well-being of their students, like standing desks for children who struggle to sit still, items for sensory rooms, or physical trainers for students with disabilities.