TMS health fair shows students how to have fun while being healthy – Titusville Herald

What do jiujitsu, composting, and Zumba all have in common?

They were stations featured at this years Titusville Middle School Health Fair.

It was a day-long event, starting at 8 a.m. and concluding at 3 p.m.

The daylong time slot made it possible for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to attend the fair and participate in its various activities and informational sessions.

Health care and wellness professionals throughout the region spoke to the middle school students on a wide range of topics ranging from the dangers of smoking to blindness awareness.

The fair, which was organized this year by middle school physical education teachers Rochelle Cressman and Tim Miller, is held once every three years so that students at some point in their middle school careers have the opportunity to attend.

Presenters included those from Titusville Hospital Oil Valley Physical Therapy, Venango County Association for the Blind, Crawford County Drug and Alcohol Executive Commission, Womens Services, Smoking Cessation, Gateway Health, Oil Creek State Park, Nutrition Group, and Relson Gracie Jiu Jitsu Titusville Academy.

Students cycled through the stations, participating in each station for 10 minutes at a time.

At one station, students had the chance to learn a little about the Japanese unarmed combat style of jiujitsu, and some students could volunteer to learn first hand how to perform a headlock.

At one point in the rotations, middle school students had a healthy snack of apples to tide them over until the next station.

After eating the apples, students learned about composting and then had their apple cores collected to later be composted to use at the middle schools community garden.

Sample can be reached by email, at ssample@titusvilleherald.com.

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