Sue Prieskorn

Prieskorn, a physical education teacher at Barren County High School, will implement the "Feeling Good, Looking Great" program at her school to encourage students to participate in lifetime fitness, improve their self-esteem and body image and deter obesity. The local health department information shows that 30 percent of Barren County students are overweight, while the same is true for only 15 percent of students nationally. In this program, students will learn to make healthy choices as a part of their daily lifestyle. They will participate in exercises such as walking, biking, hiking, horseback riding, swimming and jumping rope. Prieskorn wants to reinforce to students that small everyday choices about their health can have a lifelong impact. The final goals of the project are to improve students' self-esteem and body image, increase their leisure time activity and improve body mass index (BMI) readings that measure physical fitness. She wants to give all of her students positive alternatives to unhealthy lifestyles. Prieskorn resides in Alvaton.