Midland, Texas

Midland Independent

School District Works to

Fight Child Obesity

The annual National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES) by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention recently
found that approximately one-third of U.S.
children and teens are overweight or at risk of
becoming overweight. Administrators at the
Midland Independent School District in Midland,
Texas, were concerned that the prevalence of
childhood obesity was found to be even greater
in their district. With this concern in mind,
administrators decided to implement several
programs to encourage healthy lifestyles among
their 21,000 students. They applied for and
received the Carol M. White Physical Education
Program (PEP) grant in 2005, which advocates
that physical education improves the overall
health of children. “As a physical education
teacher, you are constantly talking loudly, or even
yelling, to provide direction to your students,”
explained Gwen Smith, the PEP Grant Coordinator
for the district. “An amplication system allows
our teachers to focus on instruction and the
activity at hand, instead of trying to constantly
catch the attention of students on the eld.”
MISD purchased a
PowerPro (PA916A)
system for each of its 24 elementary schools.
In addition, the PowerPro system allows
educators and administrators to reach large
audiences, such as during parent meetings and
student assemblies, as the main speaker can
connect wirelessly to other speakers on the same
channel. “The quality of the units is amazing,”
Smith concluded. “We are looking into purchasing
units for our secondary schools soon. Overall, we
feel that our initial goals have been met — we are
helping our students to live healthy lifestyles.”
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PA916-SD combined with a wireless companion speaker (PA916-PS),
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PA916SD-A $3,245 (pictured to the right)
PA916A with PA916 instead of PA916-SD $3,208 (not shown)

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