Bean Elementary School

Project By: Melody, Victor, Jordan, Madi, and Jolie

• Slaton- Bean District• Opened in January 1940

About Bean Elementary

• Broncos• Mission Statement: “The mission

of Bean Elementary is to provide our students with a solid foundation that will lead to future educational successes in both secondary and post-secondary settings.”

Aerial Map

3001 Avenue N Lubbock, TX

79411

Statistics• Low socioeconomic status

• Housing prices are significantly lower in the area immediately surrounding the school

• Not a lot of new development• Revitalizing downtown but nothing east of Ave. Q

• Higher percentage of malnourished and obese children due to low income

Facilitators

• New playground equipment

• Large field to run around in

• Fenced in to keep kids out of the streets

Facilitators

• Several churches surrounding the school

• Dream Center

• Large park with picnic area

Facilitators

• Ms. Castillo- “[the wellness of the neighborhood] is getting a lot better. The Dream Center has help quite a bit due to their health fairs and resources. You see a lot more people walking now, exercising and taking advantage.”

Habitat for Humanity

Flea Market

Track and field one block away

Barriers

• No sidewalks or bike lanes. • Busy and narrow streets.

Barriers

Rough neighborhood, streets are not well lit at nightNo walking

trails around the park

Located near the interstate

Barriers• Mrs. Davis: “It’s not a priority for our families to be well. Having the

daily essentials is priority. Anything in addition is overwhelming. Also, not knowing about the resources available to them is an issue, there is poor communication in getting the word out about the resources available to them and that there are places they can go for assistance.”

• “There’s a Walmart and CVS way down the road, and a 7/11 and smoke shop in the neighborhood, but those are the only close and mildly accessible places to buy groceries. Transportation is an issue, most kids walk to school either because it’s close or there is only one care in the family.”

After School ProgramGOALS:The goals of Fueled is to provide Bean students with a variety of classes and camps to help them find ways to get active that are fun and teach them about nutrition. Another goal of Fueled is to provide Bean students and their families a 6 week course 2 to 4 times a year. This course will teach the families about nutrition, fitness and wellness.

How Fueled Will Start…• Who runs it:

• Exercise Sports Science Professor

• Certified Group Exercise Instructors and Sports Instructors• Texas Tech

Students in ESS Department/ Rec workers

• Potential Funding Sources:• Lubbock Dream Center:

• Financial Donations and location for the program

• For Goodness Shapes• Nutritional Snacks

• TTU• Equipment

• Academy• Water Bottles

• TTU Student Organization• Free T-Shirts

What Fueled Is…• Intended to serve

• 50-75 kids• 5-8 adults

• Ages• 5-12

• Activities• Yoga, Zumba,

Cardio Drumming, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Football, etc.

• Family Involvement• 6 week class• 2-4x a year• Teaches nutrition,

fitness and wellness• Activities sent home for

families to use what they learned that week

• The future of Fueled..

Interviews

• Mrs. Davis- Communities in Schools

• Ms. Castillo- kindergarten• Ms. Armendariz-

kindergarten

Interviews• The interviewees made it very clear that the main problem within the neighborhood

is poverty. That it was a generational, cyclical form of poverty where the kids couldn’t picture a life apart from it.

• The one biggest facilitator for spiritual, emotional and physical wellness was the Dream Center.• Clothing • Food: food drives every Saturday, food pantry available during the week. • Medical Care: health fairs, assistance setting up insurance, getting a doctor, etc. • activities for kids: Sports, Arts and Crafts, Summer Library, Praise and Worship

• The most important thing we could implement in this neighborhood is a knowledge that “it doesn’t have to be like this.”

Sources

• http://bean.lubbockisd.org/pages/BEAN/Activities/History