Tomas Rivera Middle School Spring Run

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Author: Emma Sandoval
Author: Chutima Ganthavorn

Published on: March 24, 2017

The time has come again for Tomas Rivera Middle School's spring run. The 2^nd Annual Color Run took place on March 11, 2017, with this year's theme focused on MyPlate colors. Students, teachers, and parents ran a 2 mile race to raise money for the March of Dimes Foundation. Throughout the race, runners turned the different colors of MyPlate (orange, red, green, blue and purple). UC CalFresh participated in this fun-filled festival by having a Rethink Your Drink booth, and creating an obstacle course to promote physical activity among youth. Nutrition educators Jacqueline Lopez and Emma Sandoval, with the help of California Baptist University intern, Anna Cai, talked to parents and students about the importance of drinking water and eating healthy. To let the students and families see how eating healthy can be easy and tasty, UC CalFresh Educators provided a tasting of fresh and fruity slaw from the Kids Get Cookin' cookbook. The obstacle course incorporated a MyPlate race for families with a chance to win a pencil or a wrist band. The spring run was a success in engaging families in learning about healthy eating and healthy living. Emma has been working with a PE teacher at Tomas Rivera to implement EatFit curriculum since FY2015. Our participation in the spring run was a great opportunity to raise health awareness for the whole school.

MyPlate Color Station

UC CalFresh Booth

Water is great for thirst!

Rethink Your Drink Booth

Fruit Hoop Challenge

Stepping over vegetable vines

Cookbook and prizes

Comments: 2

Comments:

by Austin Cantrell

on March 27, 2017 at 11:51 AM

This is awesome! I really like what you guys did with the vegetable vines.

by Eva Mayer

on December 16, 2019 at 12:50 PM

I’d like to thank both Chef Sean Stewart and his wife, Raquel Gutierrez, for the outstanding cooking demos and tastings they have presented at Arizona Middle School. They have a 6th grade daughter and 7th grade son in the garden club, but their 4th grade son also participates whenever he can. As an artist, Raquel has been instructing students in plein air art during the before school garden club. During these sessions the kids have used colored pencils and water colors to create art from what they gather out of the garden. It’s become quite a popular activity! The generosity of these parents in volunteering their precious time never ceases to amaze me. Although they both have demanding careers, Raquel recently informed me that next they will be installing irrigation during the holiday break! Thank you, thank you, thank you for ALL that you do for the school community.