Hillcrest Hurricanes were invited to participate in the RHYTHM Plus Zoom demonstration on February 1st. The RHYTHM Plus program (Reaching Hearts of Youth through Health and Movement) is run by a husband and wife team, Natoia and Tyrone Franklin, who are the owners of Serenity Life Fitness. With a mission to, “use dance and other activities to build confidence, self-awareness, social emotional skills, and boldness in the lives of young adolescent and teenage children,” RHYTHM Plus is a great resource to help boost our students’ self-esteem and strengthen the health and wellness of our school community.
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Set to occur this spring, over the course of six weeks, students in RHYTHM Plus will be able to choose between two physical activities each session, including dance, fitness/sports drills, and yoga, and then participate in the heart-to-heart lesson of the day. The lesson for the demo class was “good friends versus toxic friends,” and students were asked to assist the coaches in a “culinary” project by identifying the ingredients of a good friend. With over seventy Hillcrest student participants in the demo, Coaches Franklin and Franklin are sure to be busy this spring. As Natoia states on the RHYTHM Plus flyer: “Empower children and tell them they are special. If they don’t believe you, prove them wrong!”