This document provides information about Bean Elementary School in Lubbock, Texas. It discusses the school's mission, demographics of the surrounding low-income neighborhood, and current facilitators and barriers to student and community wellness. The document proposes an after-school program called "Fueled" to address barriers by providing nutrition education and physical activities for students and families. Interviews with school staff revealed that generational poverty is a major challenge and that the Dream Center currently provides crucial support services to the community.

1. Bean Elementary
School
Project By: Melody, Victor, Jordan, Madi, and Jolie
• Slaton- Bean District
• Opened in January 1940

2. About Bean Elementary
• Broncos
• Mission Statement: “The mission of Bean
Elementary is to provide our students with
a solid foundation that will lead to future
educational successes in both secondary
and post-secondary settings.”

3. Aerial Map
3001 Avenue N
Lubbock, TX
79411

4. Statistics
• Low socioeconomic status
• Housing prices are significantly lower in the area immediately surrounding the school
• Not a lot of new development
• Revitalizing downtown but nothing east of Ave. Q
• Higher percentage of malnourished and obese children due to low income

5. Facilitators
• New playground equipment
• Large field to run around in
• Fenced in to keep kids out of
the streets

6. Facilitators
• Several churches
surrounding the
school
• Dream Center
• Large park with picnic area

7. Facilitators
• Ms. Castillo- “[the wellness
of the neighborhood] is
getting a lot better. The
Dream Center has help
quite a bit due to their
health fairs and resources.
You see a lot more people
walking now, exercising
and taking advantage.”
Habitat for Humanity
Flea Market
Track and field one block away

8. Barriers
• No sidewalks or bike lanes.
• Busy and narrow streets.

9. Barriers
Rough
neighborhood,
streets are not well
lit at nightNo walking trails
around the park
Located near the interstate

10. Barriers
• Mrs. Davis: “It’s not a priority for our families to be well. Having the daily
essentials is priority. Anything in addition is overwhelming. Also, not
knowing about the resources available to them is an issue, there is poor
communication in getting the word out about the resources available to them
and that there are places they can go for assistance.”
• “There’s a Walmart and CVS way down the road, and a 7/11 and smoke
shop in the neighborhood, but those are the only close and mildly accessible
places to buy groceries. Transportation is an issue, most kids walk to school
either because it’s close or there is only one care in the family.”

11. After School Program
GOALS:
The goals of Fueled is to provide Bean
students with a variety of classes and
camps to help them find ways to get
active that are fun and teach them about
nutrition. Another goal of Fueled is to
provide Bean students and their families a
6 week course 2 to 4 times a year. This
course will teach the families about
nutrition, fitness and wellness.

12. How Fueled Will Start…
• Who runs it:
• Exercise Sports Science
Professor
• Certified Group Exercise
Instructors and Sports
Instructors
• Texas Tech Students in
ESS Department/ Rec
workers
• Potential Funding Sources:
• Lubbock Dream Center:
• Financial Donations and
location for the program
• For Goodness Shapes
• Nutritional Snacks
• TTU
• Equipment
• Academy
• Water Bottles
• TTU Student Organization
• Free T-Shirts

13. What Fueled Is…
• Intended to serve
• 50-75 kids
• 5-8 adults
• Ages
• 5-12
• Activities
• Yoga, Zumba, Cardio
Drumming, Basketball,
Volleyball, Soccer,
Football, etc.
• Family Involvement
• 6 week class
• 2-4x a year
• Teaches nutrition, fitness and
wellness
• Activities sent home for families
to use what they learned that
week
• The future of Fueled..

14. Interviews
• Mrs. Davis- Communities in
Schools
• Ms. Castillo- kindergarten
• Ms. Armendariz- kindergarten

15. Interviews
• The interviewees made it very clear that the main problem within the neighborhood is poverty.
That it was a generational, cyclical form of poverty where the kids couldn’t picture a life apart
from it.
• The one biggest facilitator for spiritual, emotional and physical wellness was the Dream Center.
• Clothing
• Food: food drives every Saturday, food pantry available during the week.
• Medical Care: health fairs, assistance setting up insurance, getting a doctor, etc.
• activities for kids: Sports, Arts and Crafts, Summer Library, Praise and Worship
• The most important thing we could implement in this neighborhood is a knowledge that “it
doesn’t have to be like this.”

16. Sources
• http://bean.lubbockisd.org/pages/BEAN/Activities/History