Madison County Schools Shannon Johnson Elementary A Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program that fosters lifetime fitness!

A CALL TO ACTION Initiated District Support Formed a District Coordinated School Health Team Formed Community Partnerships Attended PE 4 Life Academy

INTOFITNESS 4 LIFE Create a school environment that supports increased physical activity and good nutrition SJE Coordinated School Health Council Daily Physical Education Daily Recess Adopted a research-based PE Curriculum SPARK Encouraged Healthy Celebrations Fitness Assessment (Fitnessgram) Partnered with Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Increase Physical Activity Removed Library from related arts rotation and created the “open library” concept Designated “Full Time Sub” position for the labs. Developed Fitness Lab for Grades 3-5 Action Based Learning Lab for PK-2 Daily Physical Education

Action Based Learning Lab

FIT LAB

XR Biking

Dance Dance Revolution

Involve Families and Community Partners Triple Crown Event (3 races) Spoonbread Race (St. Joe’s Hospital) Starlight Mile (Pattie A. Clay) Pumpkin Run (Madison Co. Schools) Get Healthy Berea (St. Joe’s Hospital) Earned $

Encourage Good Nutrition Fuel Up to Play 60 $ Healthy Celebrations Taste Testing during lunch Purchased Library Books on good nutrition Activity Zones Equipment for each grade level Family Fitness Night

Grow Your Own Collaboration with Berea College Ag Students Targeted SJE Fourth Grade Each class built, decorated and planted their own raised bed. Lessons in preparing the soil, composting, planting and harvesting. Harvest Celebration

Grow it, and they will eat it!

Statistical Project by Berea College Physical Education Majors

“Fit & Smart” at Shannon Johnson Elementary School Blake Sadler, Molly Jack, Jordan Whitehead, & Danielle Goldman Future Physical Educators Berea College Berea, Kentucky

Fitnessgram Evaluations Aerobic - PACER Abdominal Strength - Curl Up Upper Body – Push Ups Flexibility – Back-saver

Healthy Fitness Zones: 5 th Grade Aerobic Capacity- PACER  Boys: > 40.2  Girls: > 40.2 Back-saver Sit and Reach  Boys Left: 8 Boys Right: 8  Girls Left: 10 Girls Right: 10 Body Mass Index  Boys: > 20.8  Girls: > 21.0 Curl-ups  Boys: > 12  Girls: > o Push-Up  Boys: > 6  Girls: > 6

Sample 56 Students Total  29 Boys  27 Girls Tracked 4 th & 5 th grade academic & Fitnessgram scores for two years –

Academic Test Scores Math Reading

Coding for Academic Scores 1 = distinguished 2 = proficient 3 = apprentice high 4 = apprentice 5 = apprentice medium 6 = apprentice low 7 = novice high 8 = novice medium 9 = novice low

Read% %Math% % Academic Score Counts & Percentages

Mean Reading Scores Overall Reading Boys Girls

Mean Math Scores Overall Math Boys Girls

Data Analyses using Microsoft Excel

Functions Used  Counts  Percentiles  Means  Correlations

Pacer & Academic Scores

CorrelationCorrelation Pacer & Reading Test Scores CoefficientsCoefficients girls

Pacer & Math Test Scores CoefficientsCoefficients

Curl Ups & Test Scores CorrelationCorrelation CoefficientsCoefficients

Curl Ups & Reading Scores

Curl Ups & Math Test Scores

Upper Body & Test Scores

Upper Body & Reading Test Scores

Upper Body & Math Test Scores

Healthy Fitness Zones (HFZ)

BMI Overall In the HFZ 50%46% Boys In the HFZ 41%40% Girls In the HFZ 48%33%

Aerobic-VO2 Overall In the HFZ 80.4%69.6% Boys In the HFZ 82.8%81.5% Girls In the HFZ 77.8%59.3%

Back-Saver Overall Left HFZ87%78% Right HFZ85%84% Left Boys HFZ79%62% Girls HFZ93% Right Boys HFZ76%69% Girls HFZ93%96%

Push Ups Overall In the HFZ 48.2%64.3% Boys In the HFZ 45%52% Girls In the HFZ 59%78%

Curl Ups Overall In the HFZ 95% Boys In the HFZ 90%100% Girls In the HFZ 100%89%

Conclusions

Boy’s Reading Test Scores

Girl’s Reading Test Scores

Boy’s Math Test Scores

Girl’s Math Test Scores

Parting Comments…………… Although the correlations were not strong, the relationship between academic and fitness scores describe a positive trend. More physical activity supports improved fitness levels!!! Improved fitness levels may support more learning in the academic classrooms!!!

Questions???

Are You Fitter than a 5 th Grader? Let’s Find Out!

Fitness Test: Sit and Reach Healthy Fitness Zone  Boys: 8 inches  Girls: 10 inches

Fitness Test: Shoulder Stretch Healthy Fitness Zone  Boys & Girls: Touching fingertips together behind the back on both the right and left sides

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