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KRISTIN GUSTAFSON: “By studying CityStep and its effects on the students, I hope to explore possible links between dance and adolescent health that could lead to the expansion of similar in-school programs that might positively affect the health and outcomes of adolescents across the country. If we are able to demonstrate the efficacy of the CityStep program, we will be better positioned to obtain additional funding to EXPAND THE PROGRAM throughout the city.” 14 care to change the world
care to change the world “Our students’ academic performance has improved as a result of the focus and organizational “When published, the data we collect may disseminate the positive effects of dance and may change the direction of exercise programs for inner city, minority children,” says Ms. Gustafson. CityStep began in 2004 with an afterschool dance program at West Philadelphia’s Anna Howard Shaw Middle School. Since then, the program has expanded to include three additional Penn neighborhood schools, Andrew Hamilton, Charles R. Drew, and Morton McMichael elementary schools. Teams of four to five Penn students travel to the schools twice a week and work collaboratively with teachers and students to choreograph a five-minute piece based on the year’s chosen theme. Ms. Gustafson has worked with CityStep since its inception at Penn and is one of the program’s executive directors this year. In her research, Ms. Gustafson will conduct a small-scale controlled trial to determine if skills practiced during their rehearsals. CityStep has not only brought a knowledge and appreciation for dance and theater, it has also developed a newly found confidence in our children.” RONA SCHWARTZ, EdD, teacher CityStep can assist the students with maintaining or losing weight, increasing class participation and self-esteem, and decreasing absences, as reported by teachers and the students themselves. “By studying CityStep and its effects on the students, I hope to explore possible links between dance and adolescent health that could lead to the expansion of similar inschool programs that might positively affect the health and outcomes of adolescents across the country,” says Ms. Gustafson. “If we are able to demonstrate the efficacy of the CityStep program, we will be better positioned to obtain additional funding to expand the program throughout the city.” The Vagelos Grant provides monetary awards to Penn undergraduates from across the University to support their research activities. Awards are made on a competitive basis by the Center for Undergraduate Research and the Vagelos Grant Faculty Advisory Committee. Kristin Gustafson and students practice their routine. 15
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