We need Stuff!

If you can donate used sneakers that still have some life in them....our kids would be so thankful! Many of the children's families cannot afford sneakers and so your help would be so helpful! Just bring any donation to the Gym and we would be so thankful on behalf of our kids. Also, Our P.E dept. will be trying to find grant money or donation money to start our new Snow Shoe Program, probably for next winter! We will be looking for about $2000 to buy 50 pairs of snow shoes so that we can add this new program to our curriculum and we hope the kids will develop a new love for being outside and getting healthy in the winter, we are very excited about this new endeavor for our school. Yoga starts this week and we were able to fund this program thru our PTAC, parents group and many private Yoga studios in the Dennis area, much of the thanks goes to Ms. Cevoli and her love of bringing Yoga to our kids. Thanks and look forward to working with you to benefit our kids here at the Ezra Baker Innovation School! P.E Dept.

Jump rope For Heart

We have 12 great stations for the kids to jump at during their regular P.E. period. Also, each classroom has asked the children to fill in a Heart with the name of a someone who they are jumping in "honor" of for this week. Also, the children will be making a second card to share with the local nursing and assisted living programs in our area. Along with that we have emphasized healthy eating this week, physical activity for a minimum of 30 minutes/day and have tried to organize a morning family walk for 20 minutes but due to snow storms we have had to postpone that phase to sometime in the spring. We hope that the children will better understand that we are all not alone in fighting heart disease. Our gym is looking great, starting to fill up with hearts. we will forward pics later on. Stay healthy!

Welcome Back to Baker!

Back to School....Soon! School is soon approaching and will be here before you know it! Now is the time to start thinking about your fitness level! Here are some things for you to think about now: Check your BMI level, so that you get an idea where you are now and then during the school year we will have you check yourself again! Remember this is only one tool for you to use and along with other check points, it will give you a picture of your health. Use the links on this blog site to help you! Next, remember the 5-2-1 program and you should check yourself to see if you are eating 5 fruits/vegetables daily, 2 hrs or less of TV/Computer time and 1 hr. of daily physical activity! Start looking now for sales on good running sneakers that give your feet good support! Get physical now so that your body can get ready for running, sweating and conditioning those muscles! Don't wait to start moving in our physical education class because you will find it hard to play many of the games and learn many of the new skills that you will be learning. Remember that we will be able to see your growth over the school year....You should be stronger and better at doing the P.E activities over the school year, much is expected from your hard work! So, enjoy the summer and make a comment on this blog site should you need any help or advice, I'll be checking this blog for questions! Also, walking daily, as a family unit, does a "body good" and builds those emotional bonds that you will always remember and get that warm fuzzy feeling inside of you! So walk daily and strive for 30 minutes a day of moderate walking, which is at least 3 mph. Until we meet again, enjoy the summer!

Field Day 2014

Field Day featured 13 fun filled stations, each station created so that fun was the priority and winning the station became lost in the fun. Children all had a fun day and their teachers got to see a different part of their students!

Backyard Family Game Night!!!

It's that time of year again Ezra Baker! Our 3rd annual Backyard Family Game Night will be held Friday night May 30th from 5:30-7:00pm @ EHBi Elementary School! There will be a variety of physical activity games and stations throughout the EHBi upper field and playground area. For more details, please see the flyers for the event that will be going home Tuesday May 27th!! We are also hosting a "sneaker donation" bin and accepting all mint/slightly used condition sneakers of all sizes!! Our wonderful EHBi PTAC will be selling EHBi water bottles as well, so please come out and support their wonderful efforts for all they do for our students!

Jump Rope For Heart Totals 2014

An amazing $4716 was raised by the kids and families at the Ezra Baker Innovation School!!!!! Thanks go out to our families for reaching out to their contacts and too our school staff for their support to raising money which will be used to finding a cure for heart disease. This is our 12th year raising money and we truely believe that we have made a difference in finding the advances discoved in fighting this diease that effects us all. Great work

Boston Strong...Boston Red Sox Tribute ...

See the video to the left on this page as the Boston Red Sox pay tribute to all of the EMT's, Police and Firefighter, medical staff, survivors and politicians on this 1 Year Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing. It is tough to keep a dry eye... as we all can make the emotional connection and feel for the survivors of that terrible tragedy. There is so much good in people as this event has demonstrated and that a few evil people cannot can only make us more resilient to find the good! Sometimes sports does get it right and brings us all together around stuff that really matters! Baker P.E. Staff