Prairie Middle Physical Education Mission Statement To educate our students about the importance of exercise and nutrition in their everyday lifestyle. To offer the opportunity to learn and develop a fitness level that would provide benefits to their lifestyle for their use in the future.

PRAIRIE MIDDLE SCHOOL FITNESS TESTS FALL 2003 PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

How fit are our middle school students? Objective: To determine the fitness level of our male and female students using National Presidential Fitness standards. Decision: Instructionally, what can we do to effect student fitness decisions?

Grade 6 Standards NATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSN. BoysGirls Mile standard-9:20Mile standard-11:17 Sit ups- 37Sit ups- 32 Sit and Reach- 25Sit and Reach- 29 Pull ups- 2Pull ups- 1 Bent Arm Hang- 11.0Bent Arm Hang- 7.0 ALL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON 11 YEARS OF AGE. ALL STUDENTS MUST REACH THE 50% RANKING TO MEET THE STANDARD.

6TH GRADE IMPROVEMENTS The following improvement scores represent a pre- test in those three fitness areas that were tested the first two weeks of school. Due to time constraints we chose these three tests to show areas of improvement with each grade level and each gender. All students were tested and all were given a chance to improve each of the three tests.

Grade 7 Standards NATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSN. BoysGirls Mile Run- 8:40Mile Run- 11:05 Sit Ups- 40Sit Ups- 35 Shuttle Run secShuttle Run sec Sit and Reach- 26Sit and Reach- 30 Pull Ups- 2Pull Ups- 1 Bent Arm Hang secBent Arm Hang- 7.0 sec ALL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON 12 YEARS OF AGE.

7TH GRADE IMPROVEMENTS The following improvement scores represent a pre- test in those three fitness areas that were tested the first two weeks of school. Due to time constraints we chose these three tests to show areas of improvement with each grade level and each gender. All students were tested and all were given a chance to improve each of the three tests.

Grade 8 Standards NATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSN. BoysGirls Mile Run- 8:06Mile Run- 10:23 Sit Ups- 42Sit Ups- 37 Shuttle Run secShuttle Run sec Sit and Reach- 26Sit and Reach- 31 Pull Ups- 3Pull Ups- 1 Bent Arm Hang secBent Arm Hang- 8.0 sec ALL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON 13 YEARS OF AGE.

8TH GRADE IMPROVEMENTS The following improvement scores represent a pre- test in those three fitness areas that were tested the first two weeks of school. Due to time constraints we chose these three tests to show areas of improvement with each grade level and each gender. All students were tested and all were given a chance to improve each of the three tests.

Overall analysis of Fitness Tests Girls- are more flexible than boys at the middle school age level. Boys-in general have a greater agility level. Our greatest concern is motivating kids to increase their fitness level and the desire to do well in their testing. How?-Increasing our class time and to utilize the fitness day by varying the activity

Kimi Hynek- 1st Year Sara Brandt- 1st Year Scott Leggat- 1st Year/Prairie Heights PE last year Mike Trosky- 11th Year Keith Hynek-Student Teacher Middle School Physical Education Staff

Weekly Layout Monday - Wednesday –Individual and Team Units –E.G. : Volleyball Dance and Rhythm Weight Training Cooperative Games Gymnastics Golf Thursday: –Fitness Activities: Step Aerobics Jogging Agility Ladders Plyometrics Tae Bo Student-Led Activities Fridays-Team Teaching Activities-e.g. Mat Ball and Fitness Kick Ball

GENERAL INFORMATION Class Periods- 40 Minutes Average Class size students Excused notices: via doctor’s office only Points earned: –5 points:changing into PE clothes –5 points: participation/effort –5 points: behavior

Future Thoughts? Where do we go from here? Slowing the day down and allowing more time to teach our kids fitness concepts. Allow more time in class that would benefit a change in fitness lifestyles and create more opportunities to achieve success and improve fitness levels. Some block scheduling is being discussed to provide such an opportunity.