Founded in August of 1997, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in Ft. Myers, FL has over 10,000 students with a faculty and staff of 700. The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) Wellness Committee and the Campus Recreation Department at FGCU has created a health and wellness program entitled “Soar Into Shape.” This program is for all FGCU faculty and staff and is designed to help them create and maintain healthy and fit lifestyles. In addition to promoting regular physical activity, the FGCU Campus Recreation Department is providing seminars and classes based on the total mind, body, spirit continuum. By teaming with the President’s Challenge, it allows the participants to stay motivated and easily log and track their progress over the course of the year.
The MyStationPE.com Fitness Lab is a collaborative effort of Station PE and the President’s Challenge Programs. The Fitness Lab is designed for High School and Middle School physical education and after school programs working toward maximizing the benefits of fitness circuit programs.
The educators and fitness experts at MyStationPE.com have worked with the President’s Challenge Programs to integrate the President’s Challenge Fitness Tests as well as the Active Lifestyle Program into this online Fitness Lab. With a focus on nutrition and goal setting, the fitness lab links activity leaders to the President’s Challenge Programs and utilizes these powerful tools in a meaningful way to teach students how to manage their own personal wellness.
Educators and activity leaders will find everything they need to implement a successful Fitness Lab program including:
- mini-lessons focused on nutrition, fitness and goal setting
- circuit ideas complete with printable station cards and video demonstrations
- music MP3s ready for download to an iPod, MP3 Player or CD
- equipment and supply recommendations
In addition, MyStationPE.com members will enjoy access to the G.Y.M. Activity Library. This section is filled with elementary and middle school lessons and activities that integrate subjects such as:
- Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Nutrition
Teachers will also find brain development concepts mixed into these integration activities. All of the G.Y.M. Activities work to meet National Content Standards in Physical Education as well as each academic area. G.Y.M. is for Great Young Minds™.
Members of MyStationPE.com can also access other teaching tools in the site’s resource center such as:
- assessment tools and rubrics
- music downloads
- activity calendars
- take-home wellness puzzles and worksheets
MyStationPE.com is produced by Station PE, Inc. who works with Sportime Physical Education and Fitness & Sport to bring the newest and most relevant resources to its members across the United States. For information visit:
http://www.stationpe.com/
With more than 5 million members, PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. PTA promotes parent involvement in schools and mobilizes its members to take action on issues that benefit students, families, schools, and communities. Children’s health and wellness has been a top concern for PTA since its earliest days, and PTA continues to advocate at the national, state, and local levels for policies that promote the health and wellness of children. Further, through the PTA Healthy Lifestyles initiative and other programs, PTA promotes physical activity and healthy eating in school communities across the nation. The PTA national organization provides local PTAs with the resources they need to implement such programs, and helps ensure that parents have access to the most current and reliable information to help their families incorporate healthy habits into their day-to-day lives. A collection of parent resources on health and wellness is available on the PTA national website at http://www.pta.org/parent_resources.html. To learn more about what PTA can do for your school and community, visit
http://www.pta.org/.
The Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) of Bloomington, IN recently launched this program to encourage all students in the corporation to be physically active each day. Funded by the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools (FMCCS), Sweat Every Day has it's own web page that links directly to the President's Challenge online tools. Students keep track of their physical activity and earn President's Challenge awards made possible by FMCCS.
This unique program serves as a model for other school corporations and organizations that are looking for ways to encourage their own students to Sweat Every Day! To view this website visit
http://www.mccsc.presidentschallenge.org. For more information on how your district can get involved email the President's Challenge
preschal@indiana.edu.
The U.S. Department of Education has teamed up with the President's Challenge and the Harlem Globetrotters during the team's 2006 North American Tour to promote healthy and fit lifestyles through physical activity and character education. Entering their 80th consecutive season in 2006, the Globetrotters are playing in nearly 200 cities and visiting over 200 elementary schools across the United States and Canada. With the CHEER Challenge the Globetrotters are encouraging students to be physically active for at least 60 minutes every day and will encourage them to earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award.
For updated information visit
http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com or
http://www.ed.gov
Wellness, Academics & You (WAY) is a program that integrates physical activity, nutrition, and substance abuse information into the general curriculum of 4th and 5th grade classrooms and meets national and state education and NASPE standards.
WAY uses a true multimedia approach that addresses multiple learning styles and is sensitive to not only ethnic and cultural issues, but also varying classroom contexts. Through the rigorous classroom-based and home activities in the program, students will be encouraged and educated in ways to increase their physical activity on a regular basis and enhance their overall wellness through participation in the President's Challenge.
Sponsored by PepsiCo, and in collaboration with the President's Challenge, PE Central created a cutting edge site designed to encourage middle school students to maintain and increase their physical activity. The site features attractive graphics and a number of tools that allow these kids to:
Founded in August of 1997, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in Ft. Myers, FL has over 10,000 students with a faculty and staff of 700. The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) Wellness Committee and the Campus Recreation Department at FGCU has created a health and wellness program entitled “Soar Into Shape.” This program is for all FGCU faculty and staff and is designed to help them create and maintain healthy and fit lifestyles. In addition to promoting regular physical activity, the FGCU Campus Recreation Department is providing seminars and classes based on the total mind, body, spirit continuum. By teaming with the President’s Challenge, it allows the participants to stay motivated and easily log and track their progress over the course of the year.