School Gets Grant To Improve Fitness

WESTWOOD WILL PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT

By Brett Bennett

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Springdale’s Westwood Elementary School will receive more than $19,000 to update its physical education programs next year as part of a state grant designed to combat childhood obesity.

The school will receive $9,962 for grades kindergarten through second and $9,777 for grades third through fifth through the Child Wellness Intervention Project, said Aaron Black, executive director of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission. Arkansas tobacco settlement dollars pay for the grants.

The grant requires schools to record student fitness data for three years, he said. Schools must also adhere to a curriculum that includes a minimum of two hours of physical activity each week.

“It’s called the Child Wellness Incentive Program grant,” said Rick Schaeffer, district ...

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