The students of Hinsdale Adventist Academy are excited about nutrition and exercise and have joined the “Fuel up to Play 60” program, a partnership by the National Dairy Council and the National Football League. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program empowers youth to take actions to improve nutrition and physical activity at their school and for their own health.
The ultimate goal is to ensure changes made at school are sustainable, making it possible for children to have more opportunities to be physically active and to eat tastier options of nutrient-rich foods like low-fat and fat-free milk, fruit, whole grains and vegetables. This program is a perfect fit for Hinsdale Adventist Academy as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian School. Seventh-day Adventists believe in and promote a healthy lifestyle, which includes a diet of whole, natural, foods (which includes a vegetarian diet for many) and vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole wheat breads and pastas.
The program is needed now, more than ever. It is possible that today’s children could become the first American generation with a shorter life expectancy than their parents! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, and Journal of the American Medical Association, one-third of American children are overweight or obese.
The students of Hinsdale Adventist Academy are determined to live the lifestyle promoted by their church and are encouraged by the “Fuel Up To Play 60” program. The school is helping their students live a more active life by increasing physical education classes, recesses, and intramural and interscholastic sports activities, beginning in Preschool. Students in grades Preschool – 2 can participate in Pee Wee Sports, lead by the school’s Associate Principal, Robert Jackson. This fall, Pee Wee Soccer was introduced to the school’s youngest students. In addition, students in grades 3 – 5 can play intramural sports, such as flag football. Middle school students participate in intramural sports and interscholastic basketball, for both boys and girls. In high school, students may play intramural sports or be part of the interscholastic sports program which includes boys Varsity soccer, girls Varsity Volleyball, girls Varsity basketball and boys JV and Varsity basketball. The school’s sports and physical education program is under the direction of Mr. Alex Adams, physical education instructor and Athletic Director.
The school is a Preschool – 12th grade school located at 631 E. Hickory Street in Hinsdale. Direct inquiries to marketing@haa.org.
