| To promote health and wellness issues and economics, business partners
offer monthly education presentations on relevant topics. Partners then
help the staff create incentive programs to further the lessons. Programs
developed by the partners include an accelerated reader program, a student
bank, an academic improvement program and a walking program.
The Accelerated Reader Program was created to improve reading skills.
Volunteers take lessons from reading and transfer them into other subject
areas including geography. Business partners also participate in "Read
to Me Day" to encourage an appreciation for reading.
Building a bank within the school offers students lessons on savings
and provides volunteers an opportunity to create programs on money and
finance. This program aims to develop responsible customers who will contribute
to the success of the banking industry.
Monongalia Health System encourages students to participate in Kidstride,
a supervised recess-walking program, encouraging cardiovascular conditioning.
Students participate in health screenings at the beginning and end of
the year to evaluate the value of exercise.
Students make monthly visits to Mon Health System's affiliate locations
to understand the importance of community involvement. The students read
to younger students and perform plays and create crafts with the elderly.
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