POTTSTOWN PA – A collaboration between the Pottsgrove School District‘s Pottsgrove Middle School and the National Football League’s “Fuel Up To Play 60″ program is gaining more attention across Pennsylvania and the country, a district spokeswoman reports.
Students will "tune up" with Tavella, pictured, and fellow PHS grad Aaron Christ.
Pottsgrove and its Fuel Up team of 25 students now ranks as “one of the (program’s) premiere schools in the state,” district representative Beth Trapani claimed Wednesday (Jan. 5, 2011), for its effort to encourage healthy eating and lifestyle habits, including 60 minutes of exercise daily. Team members are among those leading Pennsylvania “in the number of hours logged in physical” and other activities that promote fitness, she said.
- Read an earlier Sanatoga Post story, titled “NFL Program Attracts Pottsgrove MS Interest For 2nd Year,” and watch a video about the Fuel Up team, here.
They’ll continue that trend Monday (Jan. 10), with the help of two 2004 Pottsgrove High School graduates who, like the team itself, are leaders in their endeavors.
Graduates Aaron Christ, a nationally certified fitness instructor, and Dustin Tavella, a fast-climbing songwriter and recording artist, will combine their talents next week as they accompany students out to the track behind the middle school, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA.
Christ, a Boyertown PA resident, will coax students to strut their stuff in exercises while Tavella, who lives within the district, provides musical entertainment. Trapani described the event as a “fitness fest … (with) lots of great opportunities.”
- Watch a video at The Pottsown Post of Tavella performing at Tornetta’s Pizzeria in Pottstown PA, here.
The middle school is racking up accolades for its Fuel Up participation, Trapani noted.
A member of the Philadelphia Eagles football team is expected to visit the school later this month or in early February to personally deliver its congratulations. In addition, middle school physical education teacher Marilyn Eaton has been selected by a Fuel Up co-sponsor, the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association, to attend the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii at later this month at its expense. Her efforts in the program, and those of the middle school team, will be recognized during a ceremony leading up to the game.
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