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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER February 10, 2005 City of Eugene 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 (541) 682-5010 (541) 682-5414 (FAX) www.ci.eugene.or, us 4J SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RECREATION DIVISION TARGET YOUTH FITNESS DAVID KRAKAUER KLEZMER MADNESS WORK TO RESTORE DELTA PONDS CONTINUES 4J School District and Recreation Division Tarqet Youth Fitness Eugene School District 4J, in partnership with the City of Eugene Recreation Division, was recently awarded a US Department of Education grant. This three-year-grant, "Project Rising Expectations: Institutionalizing Change," is focused on the lifelong development of physical activity and healthy lifestyles for middle school youth. The total allocated federal funding for the project is $459,133, $271,500 of which is earmarked for fitness programming facilitated by the City of Eugene. The middle schools receiving services from this grant include the following: Cai Young, Jefferson, Kelly, Kennedy, Madison, Monroe, Roosevelt, and Spencer Butte. The need for this grant is evident nationally. As physical education budgets in public schools have decreased, the obesity rates of youth have greatly increased. few of the unique goals of this grant include: · Targeting alternative lifelong fitness activities that are not the traditionally offered primary team sports · Teaching comprehensive fitness, nutrition and healthy lifestyle development · Supporting the State standards for physical education in a~r-school programming · Building indoor climbing walls at all eight of the 4J middle schools The program is an excellent collaboration because it aligns the program goals of the After School Recreation staff with the standards being targeted by the 4J Physical Education staff. It also allows the City of Eugene Recreation Services Division to continue improving its impact on a~r-school programming at the middle school level, supporting the 20-67 Levy funding that is active in those schools. It's a big step towards meeting the needs of youth and families in this community. For more information on Project Rising Expectations, contact Youth and Family Services Program Supervisor, Craig Smith at 652-6340. David Krakauer Klezmer Madness On February 15 and 16, the Hult Center presents David Krakauer and his quintet Klezmer Madness/. on the Soreng stage. Come experience the electrifying, soulful song stylings of this internationally EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 February 10, 2005