High Point Academy Soars with Wellness Initiative
High Point Academy Charter School in Aurora, CO receives Commissioner's Choice Award from the Colorado Legacy Foundation for the school’s innovative student health and wellness program, to be announced Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Denver. High Point Academy’s extensive schoolwide effort focuses on nutrition, physical activity, adult role modeling, classroom food recommendations, special health events, and student farmers’ markets as critical elements in overall student academic success and achievement. For more information on the High Point Academy, please contact Patti Faulkner 303-317-3317 or visit www.highpointacademy.net.
Aurora, CO (PRWEB) November 5, 2009 -- High Point Academy Charter School in Aurora will receive a Commissioner's Choice Award from the Colorado Legacy Foundation for the school’s innovative student health and wellness program. This honor will be recognized at the upcoming Healthy Kids Learn Better! Legacy Summit and Luncheon, to be held Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Denver. High Point Academy received this award for their extensive efforts initiated two years ago as part of the school’s focus on nutrition and physical activity as critical elements in overall student academic success and achievement.
High Point Academy Students combine fun, wellness, and achievement
The Academy’s multi-faceted initiatives include staff, teacher, student and family involvement in a variety of healthful programs, including defined classroom food recommendations (fresh fruits and vegetables for lunch & snacks), healthy hot school lunches, nutritional guidelines for school celebrations and events, enhanced physical education classes and daily recess, hands-on wellness classes, a school-wide, student-run health fair, and the hosting of two Youth Farmers’ Markets.
For more information on the High Point Academy, please contact Patti Faulkner 303-317-3317 or visit www.highpointacademy.net.
About High Point Academy
Founded by a group of local business, civic and educational leaders, and parents, High Point Academy is a core-knowledge based public charter school serving Pre-K through 8th grade students that opened in the fall of 2006 at the High Point community in Aurora, CO. The mission of High Point Academy is to provide a strong foundation of academic excellence in partnership with family and community in which each student is challenged to achieve his or her highest potential academically, socially and personally.
About The Colorado Legacy Foundation
As part of the Colorado Department of Education's "Forward Thinking" plan, the Colorado Legacy Foundation is a new, privately funded, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) that seeks to build ongoing statewide leadership capacity and support for aligning Colorado's P-20 education delivery system to meet the global demands of today's rapidly expanding, knowledge-centered economy. The foundation's mission is to accelerate improvements within the P-12 education delivery system through strategic, statewide public-private partnerships that prepares an increasing number of college-ready students for an economically and socially vibrant Colorado. The Healthy Kids Learn Better! Legacy Summit will signal the kick-off of the Colorado Legacy Foundation's multi-year commitment to partner with school district administration from across the state to support policy action for improving students' health and wellness.
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