Health & Wellness Fair

2/20/2024 10:30 pm

Come to MPE on Saturday afternoon for our first ever Health & Wellness Fair! We will have booths in the cafeteria from 2 to 5pm with health information, fun games and crafts, and information from local partners/health professionals. Scheduled activities in the gym and media center include the following:

2:05PM - Yoga with Priya

2:45PM - Be Internet Awesome (sponsored by the National PTA)

3:30PM - Emotional Wellness (Dr. Kitty O'Hare from Duke Primary Care)

4:15PM - Balance Martial Arts demo team

4:30PM - Zumba with Jessica 

Don't forget to bring:

1 - Yoga mat if needed

2 - Water bottle if needed

3 - Donation for Nourishing Noggins (eg. canned protein or vegetable, breakfast items like instant oatmeal, etc.)

4 - Your completed Resolution Sheet - there will be a prize table beside the PTA table to submit your sheet.

We hope to see you there!

Last week of Health & Wellness Month

2/20/2024 10:17 pm

This it - the end of our Health & Wellness month is near! This short week involves our 4th bingo sheet themed Safety. 

Classroom BINGO contest ends Saturday

Submit any and all BINGO sheets by Saturday's fair (this includes Parent and Teacher sheets). The sheets will be tallied and the winning classroom will be announced Monday morning. Remember you will receive points for the number of boxes completed not only the number of BINGOs completed. The prize is a 45-minute session at Balance Martial Arts on Sunday, March 4th at 4pm. The winning classroom - teacher included - will have a karate lesson mixed in with fun and games. 

Here's a quick recap with helpful links:

Week 4 Bingo sheet

Week 4 Safety extra resources

Healthy Resolution sheet - it's never too late to start; bring this into the Fair for a prize  

Parent Bingo sheet (complete it as many times as you like this month and contribute to the classroom tally).

Read more about our Health and Wellness month.

Maniac Marathon is Back!

2/11/2024 7:10 pm

Maniac Marathon is now open for registration, just sign up here

This program is a great way to get students out and exercising.  Sign up for FREE and commit to running, walking, or skipping for 26.2 miles.  Don't worry!  You have from now until April 12th to complete the first 25 miles.  Students and families can go at their own pace and schedule, recording the miles on our log.  Participants will also receive a necklace (included with registration) on which they can place a bead for each mile completed.  OPTIONAL is a t-shirt to commemorate the event that can be worn for the final mile on April 12th at 10:15 behind Mills Park.  This is a school-wide event, and caregivers are welcome to come and participate or cheer on their student as they finish this fantastic feat.

Send in all of your Bingo sheets - we accept all weeks!

2/11/2024 5:09 pm

Welcome to Week 3 of our Health and Wellness month. Keep those Bingo sheets rolling in (you may submit any of the weeks sheets at any time) and see if your classroom wins the prize! We also will count points towards your classroom for spots that don't make a bingo (eg. if you've filled out 8 spots throughout the board but not in a straight line, we will award your class a point). Extra points are awarded for multiple bingos on one sheet.

To mark our Physical Activity week, read up on our annual virtual family marathon, Maniacs Marathon. Registration is this week only!

Here's a quick recap with helpful links:

Week 3 Bingo sheet

Week 3 Healthy Minds extra resources

Healthy Resolution sheet - it's never too late to start; bring this into the Fair for a prize  

Parent Bingo sheet (complete it as many times as you like this month and contribute to the classroom tally).

Save the date for our very first Health & Wellness Fair on Sat. Feb. 24th from 2-5pm. We have a jam-packed schedule including yoga and Zumba for the family, a National PTA-sponsored talk about internet safety and a guest speaker, Dr. Kitty O' Hare, from Duke Primary Care Pediatrics who will discuss Emotional Wellness in children. To add to the fun, we have several local businesses setting up interactive and educational booths promoting healthy bodies, healthy minds and healthy planet. We hope to see you there! Paper flyers with more details will go out this week.

Read more about our Health and Wellness month.