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Riverside Healthy Cities


GOLD MEDALIST

The City of Riverside’s Healthy Cities Program has been selected as a finalist for Park and Recreation Program of the Year category for working with the youth in the Eastside community of Riverside to promote physical activity and a healthier lifestyle for themselves and their families. The Healthy Cities after-school program provided alternative physical activities including rock climbing, cage ball and dance led by young Americorp Volunteers; community gardening at elementary schools and parks; and education on healthy nutrition by providing salad bars and food journals. Healthy Cities staff members worked in collaboration with schools to monitor the progress of students and found that participants improved their academic test scores, increased physical activity and are eating healthier.




More Teachers In The Spotlight
Los Angeles
Christine Berni-Ramos
Elizabeth Learning Center

GOLD MEDALIST

Christine Berni-Ramos, nationally board certified physical education teacher at the Elizabeth Learning Center, a K-12 school in Cudahy, has been selected as a finalist for Teacher of the Year for going above and beyond the call of duty to attract a state of the art fitness center for the school's high school students, a Nike 3x3 soccer program that engages her middle schools students to continually stay ...
San Diego
Chris Paccione
Cardiff Elementary School

SILVER MEDALIST

Chris Paccione, physical education teacher at Cardiff School in San Diego County, has been selected as a finalist for Teacher of the Year for her leadership in creating a Body Shop fitness room for her school by gathering used fitness equipment for students and teachers. Mrs. Paccione introduced the Get Fit, Don’t Sit Equipment Bags program that allows students to bring home sports equipment to play with ...
Los Angeles
Maggie Yu-DiPasquale
Allesandro Elementary

BRONZE MEDALIST

Maggie Yu-Dipasquale, first grade classroom teacher at Allesandro Elementary in Silver Lake, has been selected as a finalist for Teacher of the Year for taking the initiative with her school principal to implement a school-wide P.E. program. Mrs. Yu-Dipasquale’s passion for educating kids about the importance of physical activity is infectious and contributed to her school’s selection out of a pool of 115 Los Angeles Unified schools ...


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