PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Program Names
Sumter County, Students Teaching and Reaching Students (STARS) and
Rock Hill District 3 of York
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Description:
This program involves students in grades seven through twelve from
health and physical education, agribusiness, vocational education, business
education,m and home and consumer science classes. The core
activity is the tutoring of students in grades one through six. Other
activities include visitation to nursing home residents, lawn care and
beautification projects, food drives, clothing drives, and advocacy projects.
Student assist health, social service, and governmental agencies in providing
identified community services to the citizens of Sumter County. Classroom
learning experiences are enhanced as students apply knowledge and skills
in "real
life/hands-on" experiences from a "partner-in-education" perspective.
Community partners include the Sumter County Commission, University of
West Alabama, Real-Value Grocery Store, Department of Human Resources,
Sumter County Nursing Home, Head Start, and Hill Hospital of Sumter
County. This program provides students with information on music,
feelings and health. The students are conducting a library search
to explore how music affects one's feelings and health. Students
are learning several psychology term, as well as gaining a better understanding
of the elderly. They are preparing a 20-30 minute musical presentation
for performance at a local nursing home. They are composing a simple
pre- and post-test to compare residents' feelings and reactions.
Age of Participants:
5 - 11
12 - 14
15 - 17
Issue Areas:
Environment
Human Needs
Pysical Education
Description:
At-risk seniors and students enrolled in JMG employability skills class
work with pre-K through 12 special education students. The JMG students
act as mentors and teachers assistants with students who range in ability
from developmentally delayed to severely physically and mentally challenged
students. They use this as a work experience as well as a service
project.
Age of Participants:
5 - 11
15 - 17
Issue Areas:
Human Needs
Pysical Education
Description:
This project provides an opportunity to expand to service learning
beyond the actual physical construction of the site to the delivery of
services to the student population, as well as inclusion of the parents
in a volunteer program that provides a community educational experience
and directly involves them in the education of their children. The project
promotes the ideal that a strong community is one where every individual
commits time and energy to improving the quality of life for all members.
The inter generation of service learning into the curriculum provides an
ongoing mechanism for continued community service in conjunction with the
requirements of the School-to-Work Transition Act, as well as reinforcement
for the district character education program components that stress the
values of respect and responsibility.
Age of Participants:
5 - 11
12 - 14
15 - 17
Issue Areas:
Pysical Education