Let us introduce you to our student of the week, Jordan W.!
What do you like most about your Carone Learning course?
I like the repetitiveness of the assignments and discussion of the course yet with new lessons every week.
What have you learned in your Carone Learning course that will most help you in your life?
I have learned how to solve conflicts and arguments maturely and efficiently.
How has your Carone Learning course helped you improve your level of health or fitness?
It showed me that proper nutrition and exercise are vital to be healthy.
How has your cFitness Academy instructor helped you with your course or your goals?
My teacher has helped me have a better understanding of most necessary skills in life.
Here’s what Jordan’s teacher had to say about her:
“Jordan….goes by Bailey. She is super young, and she is doing SO well with her Life Skills course. She is ahead but that doesn’t compromise her work. She submits very thoughtful discussion posts and reflections. You can tell that she takes pride in the work she does.”
In Jordan’s Life Skills health class she has been exploring her own identity– Jordan talks about her family heritage and what traditions her family has.
Step I: Identify Your Family Heritage In one complete paragraph, tell about your family heritage. What is your ethnic or cultural background? What traditions does your family have? What things are most important to your family?
The most famous saying in my family is “treat others how you would want to be treated”. We value simple things such as kindness. We believe in being good people who genuinely care about others and their hardships. We believe in being God’s people and doing the right thing. We have the normal traditions such as being with family on special holidays such as Christmas. We open the gifts Christmas Eve and simply enjoy each other’s presence Christmas day. We try our best to attend church every Sunday. We also have some unique traditions such as eating ribs for Thanksgiving instead of the typical turkey. I believe my family originally came from Whales. I am not quite sure, but I know the majority of my family is Christian or Catholic.
Just as all of our students are unique, we think Jordan is pretty great and we’re proud to have her in class! Thanks, Jordan!
Last August we all watched in awe at the XXXI Olympiad in Rio. As Katie Ledecky once again broke the world record for the 800 meter freestyle, we couldn’t help but wonder: how do we keep getting faster? 100 years ago, the world record for women’s 800 meter freestyle was 13 minutes. Last August, Katie Ledecky shaved about 5 minutes off of that time.
Many traditional schools offer waivers in PE so that students with physical limitations will not have to take PE courses. However, that is really doing a dis-service to the student. Rather than opting out of PE, students should still have the opportunity to learn about health and fitness principles and participate in physical activity (if able) at their own pace and level. Schools should offer these students an alternate option.
An effective education is so much more than grammar and algebra. Education is meant to prepare children for the future challenges that they’ll confront in their lives. In such a rapidly-shifting world, it can be hard to know exactly what will be useful to students in the future. Children need to be flexible, lifelong learners. That’s why modern educators are calling for a shift that in our system that educates the whole child. 
Education is your child’s foundation. It’s one of the most important components of their early years. But while planning curriculum, not enough of us take to heart this essential truth: education is NOT one size fits all! 
Health education is so much more than just nutrition and fitness. It teaches students about all aspects of health, including mental, emotional, social, academic, environmental, and consumer health. Students learn not only about each of these aspects of health, but also about how these many aspects work together. Health education, in short, revolves around the whole individual.
Carone Learning is excited to announce a partnership with Edmentum, a leading provider of technology-driven individualized learning solutions. Carone Learning’s suite of quality health, PE, and career & elective courses will now be available to the thousands of school districts that use Edmentum’s online learning course libraries.
