Celebrating Health

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Celebrating Health Fitness Day

• A day of Fitness Fun

Presented by the Physical Education Staff of
MSAD22 Sharon Baker, Russ Bartlett, Lisa
Beaulieu, Donna Dwyer, Ben Greenlaw, Andrea Lee,
Marcus Nadeau, Andrew Plaisted
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Why a Health and Fitness Day?
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Pilot Program

• Focus on fun instead of the tests and weight/BMI.
• Educate students how 5 components relate to their
  physical health
• Grades 4 5
• Smith School
• Weatherbee School

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Foundation of Support

• Administration Support
• Superintendent
• Administrative Council K - 5
• School Health Advisory Council
• Education Committee

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Letter

• Dear Parents/Guardians,
• Following an extensive review of the PE
  curriculum, a task group of teachers and physical
  education team put together materials for a
  fitness assessment program using the Fitnessgram
  assessment tool. This program will be piloted
  this Spring in grades 4 and 5. Next year all
  students will have a fitness assessment in order
  to meet the performance indicators as stated in
  the State of Maine Learning Results.
• A fitness assessment tests the 5 components of
  physical fitness. These components include,
  cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength,
  muscular endurance, body composition, and
  flexibility. All assessment results will be kept
  confidential and shared with the student and the
  students parent/guardian. Fitness assessment
  testing provides valuable personal health
  information to help students achieve their
  personal best.
• If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
  to call Kerrilyn Marzullo, School Health
  Coordinator for SAD 22 at 207-949-2006. If you
  do not wish to have your child participate in the
  unit, please sign and return this form to school
  no later than __. There is no need to return the
  form if your child is participating.
• We believe that this unit is an integral part of
  your childs physical education. If your child
  does not participate, he or she will be given and
  alternate activity for the testing period.
• Sincerely,
• Kerrilyn H. Marzullo
• School Health Coordinator SAD 22
• Please return this portion to the front office if
  your child is NOT participating
• Students Name __________________________________
  _____

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Data Collection

• Physical Educators can collect data.
• What do we use to collect data? Fitnessgram

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Five Components of Health-Related Fitness

• Cardiovascular Endurance
• Muscular Endurance
• Muscular Strength
• Flexibility
• Body Composition

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Cardiovascular Fitness

• Pacer Test

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Muscular Endurance

• Curl Ups

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Muscular Strength

• Push ups
• Flexed Arm Hang

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Flexibility

• Sit Reach

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Body Composition

• Height Weight

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FitnessGram ReportSample
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Results - Weatherbee
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Results - Smith School
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Follow Up Letter

• Dear Parents/Guardians,
• On May 15, 2009 the physical education staff
  hosted a fun Celebrating Health Fitness Day
  that celebrated your childs health fitness.
  This year we piloted the program in grades 4 and
  5 at the Weatherbee and Smith Schools. The day
  was a huge success. The kids had so much fun, and
  the physical educators gathered important
  information that will help with your childs
  physical education program. This Program is
  projected to be expanded to the middle schools
  next year.
• Physical educators assessed your childs physical
  health by using the FitnessGram tool. The
  FitnessGram reports how healthy your child is in
  the 5 component areas of physical fitness which
  are cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength,
  muscular endurance, body composition, and
  flexibility. Your childs assessment results are
  included with this letter. Please take a moment
  to go over the results with your child. There
  are recommendations provided that will give your
  child information to help them make healthy
  lifestyle changes.
• If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
  to call Kerrilyn Marzullo, School Health
  Coordinator for SAD 22, at 207-949-2006.
• Sincerely,
• Russell Bartlett
• PE Teacher, Smith School
• Kerrilyn H. Marzullo
• School Health Coordinator SAD 22

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Next Steps

• Interventions...

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Questions?