4 Initiatives led by students at Johnson's

Our goal is to get teens in leadership positions to push healthy initiatives in the community. They will learn to motivate the younger students from our parents and adult students.

We will have 4 initiatives which will serve as our leadership program.

WE NEED PARENTS, ADULTS, AND ALL STUDENTS TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE and to believe in what we do.

1.) Environmental - Jessica Stober is head of the environmental initiative for the academy. She has her WWF 5k race and rainwater barrel auction coming up in April. If you are interested in this type of work, contact her at jasblackbelt@yahoo.com. You may also go to runforwildlife.com

2.) Nutrition - Kaynan Goldberg has stepped up to lead a Nutrition initiative where by using her new site www.veggiesgocrunch.com (coming soon) as her platform to inform and encourage children to eat more healthy and to be more mindful of what they consume. If you know of a nutritionist who would like to join forces with us, let me know. This is right up our alley considering that 1 out of 3 children will get diabetes in the next 10 years. If you are interested in assisting Kaynan in this effort, e-mail her at kaynanmg@gmail.com.

3.)  Bullying/Anger Management - Open Slot for a pre-teen to teen who is looking to step up as a leader in their community. The site will be thebullystories.com. Our school will be working with Dr. Kristen Wynns, a local Psychologist to push an initiative against bullying. Responsibilities will include blogging about issues, recording and conducting interviews, educating yourself on issues of bullying, and a strong need to make a difference in your community. If you are interested, contact me at brysonjohnson@tkdcary.com.

4.) Community- Open Slot for a pre-teen or teen who has a love for our town, the people in it, and also current events and issues. Responsibilities would include filming different series of interviews of notable people in Cary such as the mayor, congressman, local businessmen, WWII veterans, etc. An example of a series would be to film interviews of WWII veterans and to tell their story. The site will be thecarychronicles.com. If you are interested, contact me at brysonjohnson@tkdcary.com.

So folks, this is where we are headed. You must believe in what we are doing in the community. If you do not believe, please let us know. Because for everyone who does not support us 100%, there are 10 others that will. Do not fill up a slot in the academy if you are not going to 1.) give a level 10 on the mat 2.) Give a level 10 in the support of your child or student in the class. We want to make sure that all of our students are players on this team.

Level 10 on the mat, Level 10 in life.