The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Daily News on a Weekly Basis - Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - June 8, 2017 Environmental Charter High School Hosts Earth Carnival More than 600 K-12 students from LA area schools attended the Earth Carnival at Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale on June 2 (note: Inglewood is home to Environmental Charter Middle School). The students designed and led dozens of custom-made sustainable action and healthy living games and activities. In the photo from L to R: Christian Loya, Ricardo Victorio, Monica Muniz Bautista, Akira Pennington, Kiranza Nava, Jan Penado (all 10th graders). Students “Speak for Trees” at their booth educating their younger counterparts about deforestation. They played Jenga to demonstrate that the more trees you remove to build up, the more unstable the environment would be. Photo by Julie Yo Bennet Kew Students Embrace Yoga By Cristian Vasquez members to proceed with incorporating yoga For CF Fitness Coach Kiersten Brown, yoga with academics and that the school dedicate is a passion. Having the opportunity to share a block of time (30-45 minutes) during the her knowledge and passion with elementary morning and afternoon. school students has helped her transform the “Yoga was something that I could transition learning experience for a group of children into because there is much learning within that a year ago knew nothing about yoga. yoga with simple things like breathing, selfregulation “A lot of time in traditional schools you and self-awareness,” Brown said. have your PE time where you run around or “Even through something like different poses, do some jumping jacks, but there is more and you are learning about angles, extensions and more evidence that learning needs to be an new vocabulary words.” active process,” Brown said. “The more that a Brown highlights that many students student is actively participating in the lesson, have developed the ability to use breathing that they are moving--to figure out solutions techniques taught in yoga to better focus on and answers--the more the brain works and day-to-day tasks. In addition, the exercise has the more they will learn.” led to building a culture of greater cooperation Brown previously worked with preschool among students. “It invites an environment children, which facilitated her transition to engaging elementary school kids. Little by little, through word of mouth, students began Free Digital to hear about a stretching exercise with Brown. The more questions Brown answered, the more kids expressed curiosity and interest Delivery in engaging in yoga. “One day I was out on the yard, some of Herald Publications is now the kids came up to me while I had some offering to send you a link yoga cards in my hand and they became really to your favorite community curious,” Brown said. “We went to a room, newspaper every Thursday where we now practice during recess, and I began showing them what yoga is and they morning! The emails will also became really excited and started doing the include a list of upcoming different poses. After that, I had kids come local events. up to me and ask if we were doing yoga. Some of these kids I didn’t even know, but Just email us at: they would come up to me and ask.” dd@heraldpublications.com and With the number of students asking her to tell us which local community teach them yoga, Brown was able to launch newspaper you’d like. group activity sessions that continued growing. At the moment, these sessions are functioning Simple as that and free!!! as a recess activity. However, Brown petitioned the Inglewood Unified School District’s Board where they [students] can rely on each other and ask each other how they perform a certain pose and maybe that can help,” said Brown. “It has been defeating the environment of ‘I can’t do it’ and they actually get it done. Every time they try something, they have eventually been able to master said pose.” Brown earned her certification through Mixx Yoga, and through her business Brain and Body continues to research and educate herself on the benefits that movement and activity have on the human brain. Through Eric Jensen’s book Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Brown learned that movement can be an effective cognitive strategy to strengthen See Yoga page 8 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals....................... 2, 4, 6-7 Pets........................................5 Sports....................................7 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 67˚/60˚ Saturday Mostly Cloudy 67˚/59˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 67˚/58˚
Inglewood_FB_060817_FNL_lorez
To see the actual publication please follow the link above