Get Healthy, Get Smart! (GHGS) is a comprehensive holistic wellness program developed by Urban Tech that is being implemented in New York City middle and high schools to increase the awareness of childhood obesity, a leading cause of increases in cases of diabetes, hypertension and cancer, and to teach students how to make healthy choices and adopt new behaviors that will eliminate the root causes.
Development of healthy habits are accomplished through the integration of Urban Tech’s
multimedia Youth Leadership Academy's(YLA) Get Healthy, Get Smart! series into the NY City Department of Education’s core science curriculum for each participating grade. The
series includes lessons in:
Healthy Habits, Self Discovery, Personal Relationships, STD/AIDS Awareness, Conflict Resolution, and Personal Appearance, and Substance Abuse Prevention.
LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND YLA BY VIEWING ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS LISTED BELOW:
Log in to YLA to get started using the GHGS curriculum!
NOTE: Login requires a username and password. Contact an Urban Tech representative if you do not have a username and password as part of your GHGS program.
SEE HOW GET HEALTHY, GET SMART! ENGAGES STUDENTS THROUGH THE YLA PERPETRATING RHYMES GAME & LYRIC CONTEST!
YLA utilizes games and pop cultural references to engage students in the learning process. Once engaged, students build their critical thinking skills through analysis of the topic(s) at hand.
The Perpetrating Rhymes game starts as a "name that tune" activity, but once students guess the name of the artist of a particular song, they view and respond to excerpted lyrics to see if the artist is delivering a positive or negative message.
Click here to learn more about the ongoing contest and to submit an entry!
Click here to demo the Perpetrating Rhymes game.
MORE INFORMATION
The second year of the program ran from January-June 2009. Urban Tech implemented the program in 16 schools in Central/East Harlem, NY and expanded to 12 schools in the Bushwick community in Brooklyn, NY, offering Get Healthy, Get Smart! to more than 8,000 middle and high school children. Click here to read about the exciting results generated by this program among students and teachers in the participating schools.
During its first year, GHGS provided health education to 3,000 fifth, sixth, and seventh graders in 11 schools in Central Harlem, trained 75 classroom teachers, and supported families to sustain healthier attitudes and behaviors.
Visit the Get Healthy, Get Smart! news page for regular information updates. |
