Fitness Frankie's Adventure During the Last Day of School!

Hi everyone,

     This year at North Park has been terrific and we all celebrated during the last day of school!   We all learned so much on the Healthy Highway this year!  Everyone was very excited and we are all looking forward to our summer vacation!  The fifth graders celebrated with a breakfast and a slideshow and many of the rest of my friends celebrated in their classrooms as they got ready to say good-by to their teachers (just for the summer of course!).
North Park said good-bye in a very special way and I got to help!  All of the teachers came outside during dismissal and Mrs. R had colorful streamers for all of the adults so that they could wave good-bye!  Some of the teachers brought bubbles and everyone was taking pictures!  When the fifth graders came out to the buses, the adults made an arch with the streamers and cheered for the students!  It was quite a sight!  Then, everyone waved, the bus drivers blew their horns, and the students were off to their summer adventure!  Mrs. R tells me that we are going to have some adventures of our own this summer!  I can't wait!
I'll tell you all about them when I get back!
I LOVE Healthy Highway!
Love, Fitness Frankie

Healthy Hannah Visits!

Hi everyone,

 My name is Healthy Hannah and I am from Savannah Georgia!  I heard all about your school from Fitness Frankie and he invited me to come to North Park next year to learn all about making healthy choices on the Healthy Highway!  Mrs. J invited me to come for a visit and we went camping together a few weekends ago!  We had a great time!  We exercised by playing on the playground and taking walks on a heart healthy trail, and we ate healthy foods like fresh salads and fruit!  I made some new friends at the campground and I hope that you will all be my friends too!  Fitness Frankie told me that I would get to spend some time in each of your classrooms and that you would teach me how to make a healthy choice everyday!  I am so excited!  I can’t wait to come to North Park in September!  In the meantime, I will practice my healthy choices this summer by Playing 60 minutes everyday.  I heard that all of the boys and girls at North Park have pledged to do the same thing!  I think we are off to a great start!  I know that I am going to love North Park and Healthy Highway too!

Love,

Healthy Hannah from Savannah 

    

Our Adventure With Real CIA Chefs!

Hi everyone,
    You will never believe our latest adventure!  We had a whole day at North Park with chefs from the Culinary Institute of America!  The CIA is right here in Hyde Park and it is a special school where students learn to be real live chefs!  Chef Rico and Chef Christina came to North Park on Wellness Wednesday and taught us how to make healthy snacks!  Different grade levels came to the cafeteria and not only did they learn how to make healthy snacks, they also got to help make them and eat them too!  They made spring rolls with vegetables, white bean hummus with pita bread, tortillas with avocado dip, yogurt dip with apples, and strawberry cream cheese (low fat, of course) dip on graham crackers!  It was a very yummy day and Exercise Ernie and I got to be there too!  The boys and girls learned so much and loved the snacks!  To be honest, some of the boys and girls had never tried some of these snacks, so it was a little scary to try something new, but Mrs. R and the teachers told us that even if we did not like something, it was OK because all we had to do was try it!  This was a fantastic day for all of us!  Thank you to the CIA and Chef Rico and Chef Christina!  Click here to view a slideshow of this event!

We LOVE Healthy Highway!


Love, Fitness Frankie and Exercise Ernie

Our adventure during Family Fitness Night!

Hi everyone,

     Exercise Ernie and I had a new adventure together last week!  Mrs. R and the adults at North Park created a Family Fitness Night and it was the first ever at North Park!  Miss H and Miss L from our food service department helped us to get a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant and we want everyone to Play 60 minutes so this was a great start!  This night was for families to exercise and learn about physical fitness and nutrition together!  We met so many new families and guess what?  Some of our new families had already heard about Exercise Ernie and I!  I wonder how that happened........some of the families said that they had seen us on the website!  I guess we are famous!  Anyway, we had a great time exercising, checking our heart rates, using stethoscopes, learning about healthy foods with MY Plate bingo, and we even got to eat a healthy snack that was made by real chefs from the Culinary Institute of America!  That's me in the picture with them!  Mrs. C., from Healthy Highway was there too!  She brought me a special apron for the event!  She also brought Baking Bella and we got to play together!  It was a great night and Mrs. R says we can do it again next year!  We can't wait!  Click on Family Fitness Night to see some pictures!

We LOVE Healthy Highway!
Love,
Fitness Frankie and Exercise Ernie