Local Dept. of Education names winners of first annual Health Challenge
Elementary Schools from across the territory were represented by talented young students during the first annual Health Challenge hosted by the local Department of Education late last month at the Tafuna High School cafeteria.
The Health Challenge was the culminating event in a series of activities that took place during the ASDOE’s Health Week, which featured Alcohol and Tobacco Awareness Day, Physical Fitness Day, Obesity Awareness Day, Nutrition Day, and preparation for the Health Week Challenge and Health Challenge (including poster and costume competitions).
The Challenge included a competition of knowledge where a team of eight students per participating elementary school took part in brief deliberations to answer ten rounds of questions with each round consisting of ten questions.
Each school was permitted one entry into the poster competition and three minutes to present its team’s costume to the panel of judges.
The theme for the poster and costume competitions was: “Engineered to Live a Healthy and Active Lifestyle.”
All competing teams took part in the competitions with much enthusiasm. The judges were Lise Sauni of the DOE Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Accountability (OCIA), Ruta Mahuka of PICED, and Nofo Logologo of the ASCC Community and Natural Resources Division.
OCIA assistant director Donna Gurr, who attended the event on behalf of DOE, thanked all those in attendance and commented on the importance of health and fitness in combating the fight against obesity.
Elementary schools represented at the Challenge were Alofau, Pava’ia’i, Siliaga, Laulii, Leone Midkiff, Alataua Lua, Afono, Olomoana, Aua, Coleman, Taputapu, Manulele, and Matafao.
The winners of the competitions are listed below; however, only the 1st and 2nd place winners of each competition were awarded trophies. All participants were awarded certificates and t-shirts provided by the HIV/AIDS Division of the Department of Health.
The ASCC Community and Natural Resources Division provided the trophies.
Approximately 104 students from 13 public schools who met the deadline in submitting entries to the Health Challenge took part in the final event for Health Week.
The following is the official list of winners for each event:
The Challenge:
1st - Coleman Elementary
2nd - Laulii Elementary and Leone Midkiff
3rd - Olomoana Elementary
4th - Pava’ia’i Elementary
5th - Matafao Elementary
Poster:
1st - Alataua Lua Elementary
2nd - Alofau Elementary
3rd - Taputapu Elementary
4th - Aua Elementary
5th - Coleman Elementary
Costume:
1st - Coleman Elementary
2nd - Manulele Elementary and Pava’ia’i Elementary
3rd - Leone Midkiff and Aua Elementary
4th - Siliaga Elementary
5th - Olomoana Elementary
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