The Sparks Encourage Students at Sun Valley Poly High School To Live a Healthy Lifestyle

Story by L.T.Willis

LAUSD"s Board Member Nury Martinez representing District 6.
Photo by T.G. Sports's L.T. Willis.

The Los Angeles Sparks visited Sun Valley Poly High School to help bring a special message to high school students. That message was living a healthy lifestyle and be tobacco free. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Tobacco Prevention and Control Program's Project Trust and LAUSD teamed up to encourage students to live a better life and to be tobacco free.The students at Poly High had a ball as they pack the gym to watch the Sparks have a light practice with drills and a scrimmage between Sparks' players and coaches. LAUSD's Nury Martinez a board member of District 6 shared with me what it meant having the Sparks at Poly High to talk about being tobacco free and living a healthy life.



The Los Angeles Sparks' President Mike Levy & Poly High School
Girls Basketball Head Coach Tremeka Batiste. Photo by

T.G.Sports' L.T. Willis.





"Having the Sparks on the campus of Poly High School are letting our kids know that they really care about our youth eating better, living a healthier life and that smoking is bad for them. The Sparks'  player are role models to a lot of teens here in our community and just not at Poly High. Mrs. Martinez also shared with me why the test scores have jump so high in her district over the years. "I am very proud of the schools in my district that the schools are letting the kids know they really do come first and that everyone is working hard to help prepare them for college. The Sparks' President Mike Levy and the Sparks' Organization have done so much for so many communities and programs letting people know they really care.

Sparks' players from left to right: Ticha Penicheiro, DeLisha Milton
Jones,Tina Thompson, Ebony Hoffman, Jantel Lavender & La Toya
Pringle. Photo by T.G. Sports' L.T.Willis.




 





The Poly Girls basketball team this past August played in the 3rd Annual Community Outreach Basketball Tournament to raise clothes for the homeless hosted by ThruGod Entertainment , head coach Tremeka Batiste took the time out to thank Mike Levy and the Sparks one of the sponsors who gave tickets to all of the teams who  played how grateful her kids were that some of her kids have never been to a Sparks game had the time of their life. It was nice hearing that and it put a big smile on Sparks' President Mike Levy's face letting him know that people our grateful for what the Sparks do in the communities.




Students from Poly High School having fun hanging out with
The Los Angeles Sparks. Photo by T.G.Sports'
L.T.Willis.





Former WNBA player Lisa Leslie spoke to the students on how important it was to watch what you put in your body and eating healthy, and by doing this and working hard hard in school that you could become a professional sports figure if that is your dream. How what you eat now will effect you when you get older. Ebony Hoffman spoke on the program I'M In a program to help make teens aware of childhood obesity by watching what you eat. DeLisha Milton- Jones spoke to the students about smoking and what it does to your lungs and that smoking is not cool at all. These programs will help save a lot of kids lives and it's going to take time for  them to stop eating pizza and chicken nuggets, but as Lisa Leslie  said at the end of her speech, "If i can just help one person than i done my job."As i close out my article remember one thing that our kids are a reflection of us so let's show a positive example to all the kids who lives we impact.