Learning healthy strategies

In an effort to encourage middle school students to strive for lifestyles that promote healthy bodies and minds, parents Cathy Lucas and Leticia Pickett organized an interactive Health and Safety Fair that was held at South Side Middle School on Sept. 30. 

The school’s 900 students in grades 6 through 8 viewed over 20 exhibits and met with local professionals, all of whom are affiliated with health and safety services that included a massage therapist, personal trainers who provided infomative workout and exercise techniques, a poison control expert and the Rockville Centre police. Held in the school’s two gyms, the event also featured healthy snacks such as apples and oranges provided by Cross Island Fruits.