One Class at a Time: Ian White’s PE class at Realms Middle School is about enjoying healthy habits

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- We all remember the teachers who went that extra mile for us when we were in school. That's why KTVZ News and Mid-Oregon Credit Union started One Class at a Time. This week, we found a PE teacher who's dedicated to making health a life-long skill for his students.

Ian White is not your usual gym teacher. For him, PE and health classes are places to learn not just about fitness, but also about how to enjoy being healthy.

White told KTVZ, " I try to make things as tangible as possible for kids, so that they can get time to interact with things and see what they enjoy and what they don't enjoy. So hopefully they can come across things through their time in middle school and come away from that time with something they want to do for the rest of their lives."

Mr. White and his kids were excited to see the giant check for $1000 interrupting their class. White said he's now going to talk with the students and ask them how they think the money should be spent. He suspects they'll want to use some of that money to get some much-needed recess equipment.