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Student Statistics

Posted by on Monday, May 7, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Schools, Staff, Student Programs  

Working with Action Council member, Katie Lupo, and George Mason University graduate intern, Jessica Salpini, we tabulated and analyzed data from 252 students across Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.  This is a first for IWF!  We identified gaps in our current survey and data process for next school year.  In addition, our data gave us generalities about our [...]

1st WellKIDS Video

Posted by on Monday, May 7, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Partners, Schools, Student Programs  

It is our pleasure to present to you the 1st ever IWF promotional video. Watch our WellKIDS Program come to life before your very eyes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIp3IBhsdI&feature=player_embedded

New Outcome Model

Posted by on Monday, May 7, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Schools, Student Programs  

WellKIDS Outcome Model Our WellKIDS Program is specifically measured for it’s effectiveness through monitoring the health attitudes, behavior and knowledge of the students from the start of a semester to the end. The first step in the program evaluation process is the desired outcomes of the WellKIDS program through a model. This model is our [...]

Calling All Coaches

Posted by on Monday, May 7, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Schools, Staff, Student Programs, Uncategorized  

Fall school and coach recruitment is officially underway. We are already in the process of looking to expand our school programs from eight schools to 16 for the 2012/2013 School Year. To do that we need a strong pool of new schools and coaches! Now accepting all candidates for schools and coaches! Please send inquires [...]

2 Million Steps

Posted by on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Filed Under: Events, Latest News, Schools, Student Programs, Uncategorized  

Actually 1,931,078 steps to be exact, but IWF rounds up! That’s the total number of steps taken from our Step Challenge at Seaton Elementary School. Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders were split into teams and each led by a Teacher to track their steps over four weeks using nifty WellKIDS pedometers. Here is the [...]

School Visits

Posted by on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Partners, Schools, Student Programs  

WellKIDS Program site visits were conducted at each of our 8 schools.  During the year, President, Lance Breger conducts two site visits at each school.  The site visits provides an opportunity to assess the performance of our Coaches and give feedback.  The site visits have three primary objectives: Retain and train Coaches for the future and [...]

Howard U/STAMP Results

Posted by on Friday, March 9, 2012
Filed Under: Events, Latest News, Partners, Schools, Student Programs  

The joint initiative with the Howard University public relations group, STAMP, ended on February 29th. The program was a student-led initiative that used IWF as a platform to have students, teachers, and students pledge to lead a healthier life. Initial feedback from the STAMP groups was that it was a success. Over the four week program the STAMP [...]

Seaton STEP Challenge

Posted by on Friday, March 9, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Partners, Schools, Student Programs, Uncategorized  

IWF launched the STEP Challenge at Seaton Elementary School – a grant provided by General Mills. Coordinated by our grant coordinator Ayanna Wells, the STEP Challenge will involve 40 students in four teams. Each student will have a pedometer and the students will STEP across the country. We’ve set up a large banner in the [...]

WellKIDS Coach Orientation

Posted by on Monday, January 23, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Schools, Staff, Student Programs, Uncategorized  

In December and January we held two WellKIDS Coach Orientations for our current Spring semester. With the expansion of our schools in 2012 we also needed to increase our number of talented local coaches to deliver our WellKIDS Program. During the Orientation the WellKIDS Coaches got an in-depth understanding of the our philosophy and program. [...]

More Schools In Spring

Posted by on Monday, January 23, 2012
Filed Under: Latest News, Partners, Schools, Student Programs, Uncategorized  

After a restful and joyous holiday season, Infinity Wellness Foundation (IWF) has gotten off to a fast start in 2012! This semester we are delivering our FREE WellKIDS After School Program to 8 disadvantaged schools in the District of Columbia. The addition of some new schools will bring our total number of elementary student participants [...]

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