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WILSON: School district's exercise program featured in national magazine
WILSON — Wilson will be making an appearance in another national magazine next month.
In the upcoming November issue of Bicycling, Wilson’s morning exercise program for students will be mentioned in an article about the effects of exercise on kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
“It’s great. It gets Wilson’s name out there,” Superintendent Michael Wendt said.
The topic was Wendt’s doctoral dissertation, which led to Kids Early Exercise Program, five days out of seven days per week or KEEP 57. Studies have also proven that exercise can help kids with ADHD, the article says, and can be a better alternative than medications such as Ritalin.
The article, entitled “Riding is my Ritalin,” tells the story of Adam Leibovitz, a teen who was diagnosed with ADHD. He found riding a bicycle was better at helping him through ADHD than taking Ritalin.
Wilson was also recognized Tuesday for being in the US News & World Report’s America’s Best High Schools annual ranking.
Wilson High School earned a “bronze medal” school under the national magazine’s ranking system. It’s the second year in a row for Wilson as a bronze medal school in the ranking.
The Board of Education was presented with a plaque displaying the cover of last December’s issue of US News & World Report on Tuesday at its regular monthly meeting. Greg Hawk of New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal Co. presented the plaque to members, while stating something his mother once told him.
“Your work is your evidence,” Hawk said. “And there is evidence right here of hard work and accomplishments. You guys have created an environment of learning. This is just one more piece of evidence.”
US News & World Report is a national monthly news magazine known for annual rankings of high schools, colleges, graduate schools and hospitals. There are more than 2 million subscribers to the magazine, which began in 1933 as United States News before merging with World Report in 1948.
The high school rankings are based on a three-step process. The first step checks to see if a school’s students are performing better than statistically expected in reading and math for the average student in the state. Step two determines whether the school’s least advantaged students were performing better than average for similar students in the state in math and reading. Finally step three is a college readiness index, using either advanced placement or international baccalaureate test scores.
Board President Timothy Kropp praised the work of district administrators Tuesday in regards to the ranking.
“They’re the ones who got them there,” he said.
Contact reporter Joe Olenick at 439-9222, ext. 6241.
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