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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Action Based Learning Lab

6. FIT LAB

7. XR Biking

8. Dance Dance Revolution

9. 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 $2000.00

10. Encourage Good Nutrition Fuel Up to Play 60 $3000.00 Healthy Celebrations Taste Testing during lunch Purchased Library Books on good nutrition Activity Zones Equipment for each grade level Family Fitness Night

12. 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

14. Grow it, and they will eat it!

15. Statistical Project by Berea College Physical Education Majors

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

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

18. 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: > 12 90 o Push-Up  Boys: > 6  Girls: > 6

19. Sample 56 Students Total  29 Boys  27 Girls Tracked 4 th & 5 th grade academic & Fitnessgram scores for two years – 2010-2011

20. Academic Test Scores Math Reading

21. 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

22. Read% %Math% % 201020112010 1814122118321934 23970356324432443 312243535 424121259 524473512 600001200 700002412 812240024 935004712 Academic Score Counts & Percentages

23. Mean Reading Scores Overall20102011 Reading2.542.29 20102011 Boys2.862.62 Girls2.191.93

24. Mean Math Scores Overall20102011 Math2.682.38 20102011 Boys2.792.59 Girls2.142.15

25. Data Analyses using Microsoft Excel

26. Functions Used  Counts  Percentiles  Means  Correlations

27. Pacer & Academic Scores

28. CorrelationCorrelation Pacer & Reading Test Scores CoefficientsCoefficients girls

29. Pacer & Math Test Scores CoefficientsCoefficients

30. Curl Ups & Test Scores CorrelationCorrelation CoefficientsCoefficients

31. Curl Ups & Reading Scores

32. Curl Ups & Math Test Scores

33. Upper Body & Test Scores

34. Upper Body & Reading Test Scores

35. Upper Body & Math Test Scores

36. Healthy Fitness Zones (HFZ)

37. BMI Overall20102011 In the HFZ 50%46% Boys20102011 In the HFZ 41%40% Girls20102011 In the HFZ 48%33%

38. Aerobic-VO2 Overall20102011 In the HFZ 80.4%69.6% Boys20102011 In the HFZ 82.8%81.5% Girls20102011 In the HFZ 77.8%59.3%

39. Back-Saver Overall20102011 Left HFZ87%78% Right HFZ85%84% Left20102011 Boys HFZ79%62% Girls HFZ93% Right20102011 Boys HFZ76%69% Girls HFZ93%96%

40. Push Ups Overall20102011 In the HFZ 48.2%64.3% Boys20102011 In the HFZ 45%52% Girls20102011 In the HFZ 59%78%

41. Curl Ups Overall20102011 In the HFZ 95% Boys20102011 In the HFZ 90%100% Girls20102011 In the HFZ 100%89%

42. Conclusions

43. Boy’s Reading Test Scores

44. Girl’s Reading Test Scores

45. Boy’s Math Test Scores

46. Girl’s Math Test Scores

47. 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!!!

48. Questions???

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

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

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

52. THANKS Y’ALL FOR ATTENDING OUR SESSION