Mission

• Promote Physical Activity.
• Provide Nutrition Education.
• Provide Health Promotion Strategies.
• Teach Rhythmic Coordination and Basic dance skills.
• Teach Good Posture and Balance.
• Improve Self-esteem / Image.
• Have FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Cont'd

* Cross Site Learning / balanced Strategy of School and Community Based Programs: Dance4 Health implemented and provided programs to reach parents, after school staff members and the community within the last 12 months.
We participated in: 10,000 steps Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA, April 2006, Dancing with the Staff Performance Night, May 2006, Dance4 Health Children’s Performance Family night June 2006, Taking Care of Your Diabetes Program at the Santa Clara Valley Convention in October, 2006 and the Dance4 Health Team Match and joint family Educational Night March 23, 2007 whereby three schools joined at one site for educational teaching and dance demonstration of different dances and rhythms from Latin American countries by their children.
A field trip was held on April 28, 2007 for all the participants in the Dance 4 Health Team Match to a local dance studio for a dance workshop. The workshop integrated the Dance 4 Health kids with other juvenile and junior dancer’s in the dance community.

* Evaluation and Assessment: We internally assessed our success by attendance and participation. At the Dance 4 Health Team Match /Family night on March 23, 2007 over 250 family members and participating children attended.