Heart to Third Graders from Harlem’s P.S. 197 - Receives “Scrub” from Children
New York, N.Y. - May 27, 2011 - Touro President and CEO and renowned cardiologist, Dr. Alan Kadish (center), was presented with honorary scrub by the third grade “Scrubs Club” from Harlem’s P.S. 197 elementary school, after teaching a lesson on the heart. Pictured, from left to right: students Leyda Mercado, Miesha Crowder, D’Montrey Montague, Dr. Kadish, Nevonta Singleton, Jayson Lorenzo, Christian Castillo, Younis Nagi, Demi Peace, Aaliyah Smalls. The third graders were each dressed in scrubs and given their own stethoscopes and taught how to use them by Dr. Kadish and Touro’s physician assistant students. The event was part of an initiative called Project Aspire, run through the Children Health Education Foundation of Touro College, which operates a program to increase youth awareness about healthy life choices and the importance of medical practitioners in today’s world. Throughout the lesson the students repeated the program motto, “Yes, I Can!’
Kids “Health Literacy Immersion Day” At Touro
Students from Touro College of Pharmacy and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine taught elementary school children from P.S. 197 in Harlem during Touro’s “Health Literacy Immersion Day” on December 9, 2010. More than 200 students, in grades kindergarten to third grade, participated in the event, which was part of the Touro-Harlem Medical Library “HealthStart!” grant - a medication safety and health literacy project funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Students visited the Touro-Harlem Medical Library, pharmacy practice lab and lecture halls, pathology lab, and the osteopathic manipulative medicine labs to learn about various topics, including: using medical libraries for health information; medication safety; how the body works and proper nutrition; germs and hygiene; diabetes and foot care; asthma and its treatment; as well as careers in the health sciences. Above, P.S. 197 student Taraajae Mitchell gets assistance from Touro College of Pharmacy student Myling Ta. The children learned about using electronic clickers and worksheets to answer questions about medication safety.
Nutrition Day @ PS 197 April 21, 2010
Fruity Burrito
The Palette Fund-sponsored culinary educators teach students and teachers how to prepare healthy foods in monthly classroom lessons. Students participate in the lesson and bring home recipes so that they can cook together with their family.
Today’s recipes:
Article about PS 197, Project Aspire and the Palette Fund, published in Harlem World Magazine, March 26th 2010
Healthy cooking event in Harlem
Touro College’s Project Aspire and The Palette Fund Host “Healthy Home Cooking Night”
Touro College’s Project Aspire and The Palette Fund instructed Harlem’s P.S. 197 students, grades pre-kindergarten to 2nd grade, and their parents, how to prepare healthy meals using whole foods at “Healthy Home Cooking Night”. Professional chefs, trained by the Natural Gourmet Institute, showed families how to prepare fresh guacamole, vegetarian black bean chili, and homemade corn tortillas. Project Aspire, a public health initiative of the Children’s Health Education Foundation at Touro College, brings real-life, interactive health education lessons and demonstrations into schools to encourage students to lead healthy lifestyles and to explore health careers. L-R: Johanna Santa and her son Jayrion Cruz, a kindergartner at P.S. 197. Photo credit: Touro College.
Dear Parents, Teachers and Friends:
Attached are some recipes that many of your children will have an opportunity to learn about during Project Aspire Home for the Holidays Culinary Education Day on Thursday, December 17, 2009. The children will also have an opportunity to sample all of these foods. Enjoy the recipes and have a Happy Holiday.
The Project Aspire Team and The Palette Fund Culinary Educators
Chef Ruth Fehr and her professional culinary educators will prepare healthy Thanksgiving side dishes with Project Aspire @ PS 197 first and second graders at the school on Thursday, November 19 from 9:00 to 10:00 am. The two dishes are: (1) collard greens, black-eyed peas and tomato sauce; (2) cornbread with cranberry relish. Apple cider will be served. Recipes for the two dishes will be given to the students and teachers to take home and share with their families. The Palette Fund sponsors culinary education lessons and events for Project Aspire.
Professional Culinary Educators at P. S. 197
This is such a great Halloween story…
it’s scary!!!
Third Annual Skeletons, Bones and Pint-Size Doctors
A special presentation of Project Aspire and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Project Aspire/Operation Lab Coat
Project Aspire, a public health initiative of the Children’s Health Education Foundation,
Touro College
Press Contacts: Nicholas A. Aiello, Ph.D., Touro College, 212-463-0400, ext. 5786; cell: 917-733-7889
Thursday, October 29, 2009, at P.S. 197, 2230 Fifth Ave. (between 135-136th Streets), from 9:30- 11:30 a.m., medical students and professors of anatomy from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine will present the Third Annual Halloween Special Assembly, Skeletons, Bones and Pint-Size Doctors, to more than 100 pre-kindergarten thru 2nd. grade students that participate in Project Aspire. The children will be wearing their very own pint-size lab coats as part of Operation Lab Coat. Human skeleton replicas, like the ones used in the College’s anatomy labs, and “bags of bones” will be part of the demonstration lesson about building strong bones, healthy nutrition and the importance of exercise.
What is Project Aspire?
Project Aspire is an initiative of Touro College and the Children’s Health Education Foundation. Project Aspire brings real-life, interactive health education lessons and demonstrations into classrooms to encourage students to lead healthy lifestyles and to explore health careers, including becoming medical doctors. The elementary school component of Project Aspire is Operation Lab Coat, which provides the students with free lab coats that they wear on the days they are visited by the medical students and professors from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TOUROCOM).
Photo Ops Available at the Project Aspire Second Annual Halloween Assembly
Students in pint-size lab coats interacting with real skeletons and medical students and anatomy professors
PS 197 students and medical students team up to explore bones of the body from the bags of bones used in anatomy classes at TOUROCOM.
“Mr. Skeleton Says” interactive Simon Says-type game: Mr. Skeleton says, “Touch your knees…touch your elbow...touch your ribs...shake your wrists, etc.”
Available for Interviews
Students and teachers of Project Aspire Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Grade Classes at P.S. 197
Renardo Wright, Principal, P.S. 197, The John B. Russwurm School
Paulette Johnson, Asst. Principal and Project Aspire Liaison, P.S. 197, The John B. Russwurm School
natomy Professors and Medical Students, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nicholas A. Aiello, Ph.D., Education Director, Project Aspire, Touro College
Project Aspire Halloween Assembly
Date: Thursday October 29th, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m.-11:30
Place: P.S. 197: The John B. Russwurm
Elementary School, Auditorium
2230 Fifth Ave. at W. 135th St.
New York, N.Y. 10037
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New York, N.Y. - May 27, 2011 - Touro President and CEO and renowned cardiologist, Dr. Alan Kadish (center), was presented with honorary scrub by the third grade “Scrubs Club” from Harlem’s P.S. 197 elementary school, after teaching a lesson on the heart. Pictured, from left to right: students Leyda Mercado, Miesha Crowder, D’Montrey Montague, Dr. Kadish, Nevonta Singleton, Jayson Lorenzo, Christian Castillo, Younis Nagi, Demi Peace, Aaliyah Smalls. The third graders were each dressed in scrubs and given their own stethoscopes and taught how to use them by Dr. Kadish and Touro’s physician assistant students. The event was part of an initiative called Project Aspire, run through the Children Health Education Foundation of Touro College, which operates a program to increase youth awareness about healthy life choices and the importance of medical practitioners in today’s world. Throughout the lesson the students repeated the program motto, “Yes, I Can!’
Kids “Health Literacy Immersion Day” At Touro 
Touro College’s Project Aspire and The Palette Fund Host “Healthy Home Cooking Night”
