Sentences with phrase «high schools exercising»

The number of high - school juniors in Seattle declining to take a new state test keeps growing, with 80 percent or more at five high schools exercising their right to «opt out.»

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But then again, I guess not learning French properly in high school was me exercising my choice as a consumer, right?

When they are in high school they should learn more sophisticated aspects of the media: who's in control, how the power is exercised, how advertising and profits affects what is covered in the news and what is said in all programs, how our violence affects us and how our media imperialism affects other people.

Three - mile run at 6 a.m., weights at 6:30, shower, rush to the gym to teach, dash to the lecture hall to take the exercise - physiology and sports - administration classes, sprint back to the gym to coach a 2 1/2 - hour practice, hop in the car to go scout a local high school player, burn rubber back to the gym for two hours of basketball and sprints, shower again and hightail it home by midnight to study for the biomechanics midterm.

In 1999, only 17.2 % of the PPE forms in one high school study asked questions about exercise - related cardiac symptoms, a previous diagnosis of a heart murmur or high blood pressure, and about family history of heart attack before age 50 or sudden cardiac death (three main components of the cardiac history portion of the PPE recommended by the AHA);

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

These include getting proper nutrition (eating three meals a day and two nutritious snacks, limiting high sugar and high fat foods, eating fruits, vegetables, lean meats and low fat dairy products, including 4 servings of milk, cheese or yogurt to meet his calcium needs), regular exercise, adequate sleep (nine hours each night), and participation in extracurricular activities at school and in the community.

To help older students learn to make good financial decisions, Country Bank offers a «Credit for Life» financial literacy exercise to more than 1,000 local high school seniors each spring.

Just a quick post today to tell you about a neat program going on here in Houston in which high schoolers teach other kids about the benefits of healthy eating and regular exercise.

Before high school, a child is not likely to fully appreciate that if she plays on a select team she may often be practicing or going to bed early, worn out after a hard day of exercise, while her classmates are watching TV or socializing, or she may be getting up early, while others are giving their growing bodies the rest they so desperately need.

Besides guzzling water like a high school wrestler, there are some other precautions you can take to help prevent dehydration when pregnant, like staying away from caffeine, taking shady shelter on hot days, and upping water intake on exercise days.

A person was exercising in the field and urinating outside of a junior high school at 1231 Weiland Road at 7 a.m. on May 8.

In Accra, about 13,205 applicants who passed the screening exercise on Thursday, were hosted at the St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School for the test.

Tonight's ceremonies begin at 6:30 for Charlotte Valley & Winsdor High School seniors, 7:00 PM graduations exercises will be held for seniors in Afton, Unatego, Franklin,... Continue reading →

Researchers surveyed 66 head soccer and basketball coaches from 15 Oregon high schools and found that only 21 percent of the coaches were using an injury prevention program, and less than 10 percent were using the program exactly as designed, said the study's lead author, Marc Norcross, an assistant professor of exercise and sport science in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

This is particularly important consideration due to the fact that many high schools in our country have little or no exercise programs for non-varsity athletes.

A high - school science exercise: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Olson3.html ``... the deepest dwelling forms represent the true water - depth....

Andrew Varga, MD, assistant professor of medicine, pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Health System, says that lifestyle patterns like unhealthy eating or lack of exercise may contribute to night owls» higher likelihood of hypertension.

A group of volunteer school children, 10 girls and 47 boys, were recruited, and were randomly divided into a moderate exercise group and a high intensity exercise group.

«Among young people, high school and college athletes, theres one death in about every 200,000 people [during exercise in general],» says Paul Thompson, MD, the director of cardiology at Hartford Hospital, in Connecticut.

«One huge difference I've noticed between exercise in Australia and America is how after high school and college, Australians continue to play team sports,» says Leanne.

Her passion for health evolved and she became an exercise science teacher, presenting health and fitness seminars to students at high schools across Melbourne.

Even though I was an athlete in high school and college, I didn't use medicine ball abdominal exercises regularly until I graduated physical therapy school and became a personal trainer.

Within walking distance from both Burlingame and San Mateo High Schools, the programs meet 1 - 2 times per week and include yoga for strength and flexibility, meditation, relaxation exercises and more!

According to a study by The University of New South Wales School of Medicine, high - intensity intermittent exercise like anabolic running is more effective in reducing abdominal and subcutaneous body fat than other types of exercise.

The doctors I saw while I was in high school and college suggested that with more exercise I might feel better.

Throughout middle school, high school, and the first half of college I was a vegetarian / vegan that hardly ate vegetables and I exercised purely for the purpose of burning calories.

My hubby was a high school athlete, but was never into exercise and healthy eating as an adult until a stent at age 40 made it really important (to say the least).

1 - lack of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death of a loved one 12 - alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)

I have struggled with HA for awhile, starting in high school from some family / school stress, and disordered eating / excessive exercise.

Thus the reason people are still doing the same exercises in 2010 that I was doing as a child, high school player, and college player.

The comic book - style pencil drawings look like something my friend Tim would have passed me in a high school math class, so it's got that going for it, but mostly this feels like a half - realized exercise.

Crows: Episode Zero Where: Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St., 415-863-1087 When: June 5, 9 and 11 Why: Based on Hiroshi Takahashi's comic books, Miike's Crows is a fast - paced exercise in style, blissfully divorced from reality as it depicts the frenetic, manga - inspired violence that ensues when rival high - school gangs battle for supremacy.

THE FACULTY Aliens take over demoralized high school teachers with apparent ease in this sly and savvy exercise in sci - fi horror, but they bite off more than they can chew, so to speak, when they set their sights on the students, too.

The Chicago Tribune reports that eSports has been gaining traction in high school — and if you add VR into the mix, not only will these non-traditional athletes reap the benefits of physical exercise, but they can also enjoy the benefits of combining education and interscholastic sports as well.

Floyd says he used a similar exercise when he wanted his Florida middle and high school students to understand that it's okay to question things.

One of her best - selling items is a full - year collection of high school grammar, vocabulary and literature exercises.

«Knowing what lies ahead for my students in high school, I recognized this as an educationally sound exercise in many ways,» said Crossley.

Furthermore, private school education is linked to high adult earnings which mean, adults have more money to cover the cost of a healthy diet and exercise.

Sixty - six second - year high school students who were preparing during English class to take a high - stakes exam (the PSAT) by practicing the writing section were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: a 30 - minute written «mental contrasting combined with implementation intentions» (MCII) exercise or a control condition.

Tallan Gill, Director of Sport at Latymer Upper School comments: «Latymerians take their sport and exercise very seriously and it was important for us to have equipment that matches our high quality training and expectations.

Still Working: Ghosts of Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers by Lonnie Dai Zovi, is a short ghost story with exercises about a pair of graduated high school students taking their last camping trip together sleeping out in the open, right where the deserted Chinese Labor camp, where the workers on the Transcontinental Railroad used to stay.

Thus, high - performing district or charter schools use chants, ceremonies, signs, and strong discipline to forge a culture defined by college - going and career success; at the same time, unlike schools of a half - century ago, they rarely seek to use those same exercises to help invest students in the American nation as a civic enterprise.

Weir went on: «While this has been a difficult sell with teachers who are used to exercising a high level of autonomy, it has been well received by the involved parents, and it becomes a little easier with each passing year as it becomes part of the school culture.»

The challenge was an example of an exercise that Ochoa and Zhu plan on using with high school students as part of Prepped, a nonprofit they created this past semester in A132 with teammates Robert Lewis and Ed Magema, all students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (school students as part of Prepped, a nonprofit they created this past semester in A132 with teammates Robert Lewis and Ed Magema, all students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (School of Education (HGSE).

New research from betty for schools shows high numbers of young women skip sports and exercise for fear of others knowing they are menstruating

While the study explores middle, high school, and college students, two of the exercises lend themselves nicely for assessing critical thinking skills in upper elementary instruction: an analysis of a home page where students identify advertisements on a news website and an evaluation of a photograph published on a photo sharing website.

Participants rush out of the cafeteria after hearing simulated gunshots during a lockdown exercise at Milford High School in Milford, Mass., earlier this month.

Bringing together experts across a range of fields, the report made the case for why regular exercise crucially belongs in schools: It not only provides physical health benefits to students but also enhances their cognitive functioning, leading to higher academic performance.

The report highlighted significant areas of concern and unmet need — including low levels of exercise, high levels of obesity and poor emotional wellbeing — which could be vastly improved with dedicated, coordinated support within the school setting.