Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Blueprint: Peer-led Phys-ed Classes Helping Students Build Strength,Friendships

By Ryan Blackburn
Athens Banner-Herald
November 30, 2010

Just passing by Isaac Wyatt in the hallways at Malcom Bridge Middle School, you wouldn't think he could do many sit-ups.

But this month, a team of eighth-graders helped cheer him on as he went through 20 of them.

"It really did surprise me," said Crockett Floyd, an eighth-grader at the school. "It surprised me as many as he did. I thought we were going to come in here and have to help him do a little bit more, but he seems pretty self-sufficient and motivated."

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