MEXICO – Students in Mary Ryan’s Exceptional Education class at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation are learning to keep hearts healthy and happy.
As part of a project-based learning activity for the English Language Arts and Health curriculums, students recently completed posters with heart facts, signs and symptoms of heart disease and helpful hints to improve heart health.
Ryan said students learned the importance of heart health and why keeping hands and feet warm to keep blood flowing throughout the body is important to the cardiovascular system.
Coupled with the educational component was an act of kindness where the class collected hats, mittens, and socks for at-risk youth throughout Oswego County.
Ryan’s students made donation boxes, which were placed in the Project Explore, Exceptional Education, Career and Technical Education program areas at CiTi’s Mexico campus.
“We reached out to people in need through the winter months,” Ryan said.
Katie Meyer, Oswego County Opportunities runaway and homeless youth advocate, recently visited CiTi’s campus in Mexico to thank Ryan’s class and pick up the donations.
The project coincided with February as American Heart Month.
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