The Learning Well Resources Team attended and presented at the WES-DEL Health Fair on October 25th.  The Health Fair was open to all the WES-DEL Schools.  There were many community members in attendance as well.  Students from the Ball State University Nursing, Indiana State Police, and Delaware County Police participated in this event. Students were able to visit each booth and discuss many different health related topics.  The Learning Well Resources Team presented GERMS!  The team had handouts on MRSA, Germs, How to Fight Bacteria, and Cross Word and Search Word Puzzles. If you would like information about health related topics for your school contact the LWRT at lwrt@bsu.edu.

The LWRT attended the Sutton Elementary Family Safety Night!  There were many students and parents present.  The LWRT presented GERMS! How to Protect Yourself?, Bicycling is Fun Again!, My Pyramid, and Eating Healthy on the Run!.  Other community members were there as well.  The Parent Teacher Association had fun games, handouts, and giveaways.  Overall, it was a really great turnout.  If you would like the LWRT to present at your Family Safety Night contact lwrt@bsu.edu.

The Yorktown Tigers have been actively involved in various wellness activities this year.  Listed below are a few wellness activities the Yorktown Tigers have planned!

• Many students from Yorktown have submitted their own "Got Milk" entries for the Got Milk Project.  Students were asked to create their own "Got Milk" photo.
• Yorktown, for the second year in a row, promoted and participated in the YMCA Mini Marathon.  Keep on running Tigers!
• Mr. Back promotes walking by giving students pedometers to use one time per month in gym class.   Students can also log miles at recess.  Yorktown has posted our first 30 mile walker. Great job walkers!
• Yorktown students used canned foods in gym class for weight lifting/strengthening exercises and then donated the cans to local food banks.
• Yorktown students were taught 50's style and Western dances in gym class the week before they had their school dances scheduled. 
• All of the Yorktown Schools are participating in the "Make One Change" program.
• 11 Yorktown staff members participated in the "Feel like a Million Program" offered by the Working Well Resources Team.
• Yorktown will complete height, weight, and body mass index for all students K-12.
• A breakfast program will be offered for the first time at Yorktown Elementary School.
• A mentor program established with Yorktown High School students will focus on character traits for students.