Commonwealth Elementary won the Be Fit Rally for its high level of student participation in the Be Fit Challenge, presented by Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Houston Rockets. The rally featured a high-level performance and inspirational messages from Rockets entertainment designed to inspire all students to be fit.
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Houston Rockets present the Be Fit Challenge to Houston area schools to provide children with nutrition and activity tips. Children can also win prizes by participating in fun and educational activities.
More than 200 students at Commonwealth Elementary participated in Be Fit Bingo by completing at least five of 25 nutrition, physical fitness and self-esteem activities. The Be Fit Challenge encourages parents to take part in their children's healthy lifestyles.
Pictured: Revving up students at theBe Fit Rally were Clutch, the Houston Rockets mascot; Steven Ramirez, sports medicine coordinator at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital; Karen Chitty-Boe, marketing director at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital; Shawn Respert, director of player programs for the Houston Rockets; Toni Scott, nurse at Commonwealth Elementary; and Charmaine Hobin, principal at Commonwealth Elementary.