1. Kinard Middle School Wellness Team “Mustangs in Motion”

2. 2008-09 Wellness Team Kathy Ryan – Co-Leader Jeanne Morgan – Co-Leader Jacob Benson – Teacher Lindsay Matkin – Teacher Lori Limon – Teacher Julie Morain – Parent Jackie Hunt – Parent Melanie Manning – Parent Jessica Hinterberg - CanDo

3. School Health Index Survey Module 1 – School Health and Safety Policies and Environment – 77% Module 2 – Health Education – 62% Module 3 – Physical Education and Other Physical Activity Programs – 70% Module 4 – Nutrition Services – 80% Module 5 Health Services – 50% Module 6 Counseling, Psychological, and Social Services – 44% Module 7 – Health Promotion for Staff – 53% Module 8 – Family and Community Involvement – 22%

4. Wellness Goal # 1 –Create an active, sustainable school wellness team to lead wellness efforts in our school. Made a plan Made a wiki space for communication Developed a Parent newsletter Set monthly meetings Decided students needed to be added to the team

5. Wellness Goal # 2 Increase Physical Activity/PE for students –2008-09 6 th graders received 100 minutes per week of PE. 2009-10 6 th grader now receive 220 minutes per week of PE. –Developed an Intramurals program for 6 th graders –Started Enrichment clubs – (Adventure Education) –Initiated “Mustangs in Motion” 10 minute exercise breaks –Initiated CSAP “Go” Breaks (student lead) –Maintained 220 minutes per week for 7 th & 8 th grade PE classes

6. Wellness Goal # 3 Promote healthy eating practices/opportunities for students –Suggested to have a healthy reminder in the student planner for 2009-10 –Proposal to students and parents for healthy snacks throughout the year –Suggested to the Student Council to sell healthier snacks in their concession stand. –Snack machines have healthy snacks and there are no soda machines for students. –Developed a CSAP snack memo to parents

7. Wellness Goal # 4 Promote Staff Wellness –Developed and organized the 50 miles in 50 days competition –Suggested to office manager to serve Healthy snacks for staff meetings –Suggested we have activities after school for staff (yoga) –Developed a Staff survey on needs and wants for their wellness

8. Wellness Goal # 5 Increase Community/Parent Outreach Education –Developed our Wellness Wiki Space (mustangsinmotion.wikispaces.com) –Produced a wellness memo to go out to parents and staff –Increased communication around expectations, policies, absences for middle school parents to lower stress & anxiety –Increased our community events. –Suggested a research section in the library for students, parents and staff

9. Activities 50-50 Competition Move it ! Move it! Hoops for Heart Fit For Life Intramurals 10 minute fit breaks Fitness Goal Setting / School Writing Goal

10. Move it Students were challenged to do 1 hour of activity a day, Record it, Set goals, and Write Reflections. (Link on kinardpe.wikispaces.com)

11. Kinard 6 th & 7 th grade Baseline Fitness Testing Data 2009-10 283 students - 6 th & 7 th graders –Male – 50.5% (143) –Females – 49.5% (140) Strength –Needs Improvement – 46.6% –Healthy Zone – 50.5% –Exceeds – 2.8% Flexibility –Needs Improvement –.4% –Healthy Zone – 99.6% –Exceeds – 0% Body Composition –Very low – 17.1% –Low – 30.9% –Optimal – 22.9% –Moderate – 16.7% –High – 12.4% –Very High – 0%

12. What areas should we work on as a school, grade level, and individual? 1 Mile Run –Needs Improvement – 16% –Healthy Zone – 44.4% –Exceeds – 39.6% Pacer –Needs Improvement – 24% –Healthy Zone – 66.5% –Exceeds – 9.5%

13. How will we tell if increased fitness scores will increase student learning? Paced Curl-Up –Needs Improvement – 35.5% –Healthy Zone – 31.9% –Exceeds – 32.6% Trunk Lift –Needs Improvement – 14.4% –Healthy Zone – 63.3% –Exceeds – 22.3% Push-Up –Needs Improvement – 45.1% –Healthy Zone – 43.6% –Exceeds – 11.3%

14. What are Kinard’s goals? Back Saver Sit and Reach (Left) –Needs Improvement – 32.5% –Healthy Zone – 67.5% Back Saver Sit and Reach (Right) –Needs Improvement – 33.9% –Healthy Zone – 66.1% Shoulder Stretch (Left) –Needs Improvement – 20.7% –Healthy Zone – 79.3% Shoulder Stretch (Right) –Needs Improvement – 5% –Healthy Zone – 95%

15. Fitness Essay to answer the needs and wants of the students Collaborating with the English department on our school writing goals, we assigned an essay for our PE students to see what they wanted to improve on their fitness levels. The students will be graded on Ideas, Content, Organization and Sentence Fluency. So far, the rough drafts are amazing. Students are truly interested in their wellness!

16. Goal Setting Name: _____________Period: _____ 12 Steps to Goal Setting 1.Desire: (brief statement) 2.Belief: (brief statement) 3.Analyze Where You Are Now: (Write a paragraph analyzing where you are with each component of fitness.) 4.Set Realistic Goals 5.Write Your Goals in Detail 6.List the Benefits You Will Receive 7.List any Obstacles you might come across 8.Identify Knowledge You Will Need: 9.Make a Plan of Action: 10.Develop a Timeline: 11.How will you monitor your progress? 12.What will you do if you start to give up?

17. “Fit for Life”