Peter Loiselle

In the "Freaky Friday/Mentoring, Physical and Health Awareness" program, Loiselle partners with fellow teacher Lynn Bonsey and school nurse Donna Coleman to provide a health and fitness curriculum for sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The students in the program present nutrition and fitness lessons and complete hikes at Acadia National Park. They also get the opportunity to learn to snowshoe, an opportunity many of them would not have otherwise. Several of the students at the school are obese or at risk of becoming overweight and the snowshoes will allow them to take advantage of Maine 's winter activities. Also, because snowshoeing is a proud Maine heritage, students will literally be able to explore their state. The program is intended to eventually expand school wide, using middle school students as mentors to the younger children. Loiselle lives in Ellsworth.