1. Swampscott High School Physical Education I: Common Assessment Data Analysis ___________________________ September 2010 Fitness Pre-Test January 2011 Fitness Post-Test Instructors: Mrs. Lavender & Mr. P. Bush

2. PE I: Predominantly 9 th Grade Students Pre-test Entry Fitness Scores (Sept. 2010)

3. PE 1 STUDENTS SCORING IN “AT RISK” FITNESS CATEGORY UPON ENTERING SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL (79% of all students, 92% male, 69% females)

4. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1&2 CORE STANDARDS  Core Standard 1. Students will demonstrate responsible personal and social behavior in a physical activity setting.  Core Standard 2. Students will demonstrate competency in many and proficiency in a few movement forms of physical activity.  Core Standard 3. Students will strive to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.  Core Standard 4. Students will understand, value, and identify the many benefits of physical activity including: enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, social interaction, stress release, and physical fitness.  Core Standard 5. Students will be able to design (and maintain) personal fitness programs.  Core Standard 6. Students demonstrate critical and problem solving thinking skills in a physical education setting.

5. Data Focus: Core Standards 3,4 & 5 Over the past few years, the lack of fitness among our students, as well as the latest research linking fitness and brain function, has inspired many changes in our curriculum. We have now placed an even stronger emphasis on helping our students reach a healthy level of physical fitness.

6. Physical Fitness: A Daily S.H.S Physical Education Focus Every day in class, we focus on activities that help students improve their areas of health fitness including cardiovascular function, muscular strength & endurance, flexibility and body composition. In the process, we are exposing students to a variety of exercises they can use in their own homes to improve personal fitness.

7. Benefits of Healthy Fitness / Exercise Improved concentration Brain cell growth Decreased depression, stress, anxiety Improved self-confidence Improved test scores: Cambridge Public Schools found a connection between fitness levels and MCAS scores.

8. Naperville School District School District Highlighted in Book: SPARK, by John J. Ratey, MD, Harvard & Eric Hagerman (2008) -Naperville School District: 97% students healthy BMI Zero hour “am workouts” for students, found connection between fitness levels & test scores, began scheduling hardest classes after PE One of first U.S. schools to compete with, and beat Singapore, China on international Math and Science exams

9. Titusville, PA Added 10 min. school day, cut academic time for daily PE Test scores improved from below state avg. to 17% above in reading, 18% above in math Not one physical fight since started program (Source: Ratey, J.J., & Hagerman,E. (2008)

10. ENCOURAGING S.H.S. PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM NEWS Every male and female who participated in both the Pre and Post test, with the exception of two students (due to injuries), improved in at least one area of physical fitness.

11. PRE – POST TEST IMPROVEMENTS By the end of semester of PE1 The following graph shows the breakdown of improvements by gender by the end of our semester PE 1 program. Note: more than 60% of students improved in every category!!

12. Work Still Needed To Help Our Students Although improvements were significant, many students are still not meeting minimal fitness recommendations. Furthermore, we will not see those students again for another year. After the second semester of their sophomore year, we will not see them again in a required PE class at SHS.

13. INCREASED DEMANDS + TECHNOLOGY= INACTIVITY IN YOUTH Deprogramming what bodies were designed to do for survival: MOVE Interestingly, only organisms that move have a brain. In one of our project adventure community building activities, students were asked how many text messages they send/receive each day. Answers ranged from 200-1000. Kaiser Family Foundation (2003, 2005) reports children nearly 4 hrs. TV, almost 2 hrs. computer or video games 61.5% age 9-13 do not participate in any organized exercise non- school hours (Pate et al. (2006))

14. “AT RISK” GENDER BREAKDOWN Post Test @ End of PE 1

15. “AT RISK” BREAKDOWN BY AREA OF FITNESS: POST TEST

16. Have an opportunity to meet as a K-12 Wellness Staff to examine when student fitness declines are happening Find a way to connect with students during unscheduled PE time: Crossfit Training Program / Online Blog (training necessary) Provide Physical Education Opportunities for our Juniors and Seniors FUTURE GOALS OF OUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM/REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

17. MIND & BODY: ONE BEING In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. -Plato (quote taken from: Ratey, JJ, & Hagerman, E. (2008).)