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| Michael Giles, an eighth grader, dressed as a farmer for Green Ribbon Week | 3.42 MB |
Green Ribbon week is a new thing that the eighth grade health teacher, Mr. Hammon, started. It is his first year teaching here. He is a really good teacher; all his students like him because he can teach them without writing notes and paper. One of his students Jasmine Jonas is the student that made green ribbon week happen. Mr. Hammon also made them not eat sugar at home and less fast food. All the students in enjoyed it.
Mr. Hammon said, “Our nutrition goals for the week were: 1-Less sugar, 2-More water, 3-Avoid processed foods, 4-No soda, and 5-No fast food. Students can try to do all of these, some, or none - it's up to them. The students came up with these goals. They also came up with the dress-up days: Tuesday - wear a jersey, Wednesday - dress like a farmer, Thursday - wear green. The students came up with those dress-up days too. I love how it builds classroom community. Healthy choices and nutrition improvement are great goals, and I think if a big group of students are all working towards those goals together then great things will come about. I've already heard stories from students and parents about how they've made really big choices in their eating habits. It's awesome! There's always a lot of positive feelings in my class and it's because of my great students, their comments, and their ideas.”
Kimberly Bartholomew said Mr. Hammon makes learning fun just the ways he does. Cordon Nuttall said health his favorite, “I think it's a class I would use my whole life. It's something I would use.”