Presidential Fitness Testing Starts Monday

Children in grades 1-6 will be participating in Presidential Fitness Testing during the weeks of April 15-18 and April 22-25 during scheduled PE times.  One of our primary goals is to encourage and promote healthy and active lifestyles among our students. 

The Presidential Fitness Test measures children’s level of physical fitness  (strength, agility, flexibility, and endurance) in five activities:

Sit-ups

Shuttle run

Push-ups

 Sit and Reach

 Endurance Run/Walk

In order to make the fitness test run as smoothly as possible, and be enjoyable for the children, we would appreciate your help in reminding your child to wear appropriate clothing on his/her PE day.  Class PE schedules are as follows: 

Monday               Tuesday                        Wednesday                        Thursday          
Krause                    Larson                            Crawford                        Abercrombie         
Brand                     Edde                              Smoot                              Owens         
Johnson (4th)         Hung                             Pixton                               Asay
Heywood               Sharp                            Johnson (5th )                   Tracy
Longaker               Chung                           Watts                                 McBride
A. Anderson          J. Anderson                    Haggerty                           Lee

For those who would like additional information on the Presidential Fitness Test or other President’s Challenge activities, please go to www.presidentschallenge.org.  We hope that the Presidential Fitness Test will boost your child’s desire to be active and healthy.  Your encouragement and support is greatly appreciated! 

Dragons Are Presidential Fitness State Champions

Congratulations to Draper Elementary as 2011-12 state winners of the  Presidential Fitness Challenge in category 3, schools with more than 500 students.  Our Dragons earned scores in the 85th percentile or higher on the physical fitness test.  

The President’s Challenge helps people of all ages and abilities increase their physical activity and improve their fitness.

Draper's challenge is a PTA-sponsored program coordinated by Brenda Andrewsen and Erin Miller.  Our students recently completed their initial testing for this year's challenge.

Presidential Fitness Testing Reminders

Dear Parents,

We can’t believe that spring is already here, and it’s time for round two of our Presidential Fitness Testing program for grades 1-6. Introductory testing took place in September and spring testing is scheduled for the second and third weeks of April during scheduled PE classes. Parent volunteers, organized through the PTA’s Health, Safety and Welfare Committee, will be assisting Mrs. Wertner, our PE teacher, with this activity.

The Presidential Fitness Test measures children’s level of physical fitness (strength, agility, flexibility, and endurance) in five activities: Sit-ups, Shuttle run, Push-ups, Sit & Reach, and Endurance run/walk.

During the week of April 16-20, we are planning to begin testing with the endurance run/walk and sit & reach outside on the grass field. We have moved the sit & reach testing to follow the run with the hopes that warmer, looser muscles will help the students stretch further. We will finish up testing the week of April 23-27 by running students through the remaining three activities in the gym. If, however, the weather does not cooperate with us for the run we will flip-flop the testing activities/locations. At present, we are anticipating that testing make-up sessions will take place each Friday.

To celebrate his/her achievements, each child will receive an award in May based on his/her performance. They are as follows:

Presidential Physical Fitness Award – For those who score at or above the 85^th percentile on all five activities based on national benchmarks.

National Physical Fitness Award – For those who score above the 50^th percentile on all five activities based on national benchmarks.

Participant Physical Fitness Award – For those who have participated in all five activities, and one or more of their scores fall below the 50^th percentile.

Please remind your child that qualifying for the Presidential and National Awards is not easy. This fall only one student met all of the requirements for the Presidential Fitness Award, and 58 students met all the requirements for the National Fitness Award. Many students performed at either the Presidential or National level in one or more event, but not all five, and therefore, did not qualify for the award overall.

In order to make the fitness test run as smoothly as possible, and be enjoyable for the children, we would appreciate your help in reminding your child to wear appropriate clothing on his/her PE day. Class PE schedules are as follows:

Monday: Krause, Taylor, Sharp, Chacon, Snow

Tuesday: Larson, Chiu, Asay, Anderson (5th), McBride, Anderson (1st)

Wednesday: Brand, Owens, Johnson (4th), Johnson (5th), O'Rourke/Watts, Haggerty

Thursday: Abercrombie, Smooth, Pixton, Heywood, Pearson, Lee

For those who would like additional information on the Presidential Fitness Test, please go to www.presidentschallenge.org. We hope that the Presidential Fitness Test will boost your child’s desire to be active and healthy. Your encouragement and support is greatly appreciated!

Schedule for Presidential Fitness Testing

Students in grades 1-6 will be participating in the Presidential Fitness Test this year at Draper Elementary. One of its primary goals is to encourage and promote healthy and active lifestyles among young people. Initial testing will be held during the weeks of Sept. 12-16 and Sept.19-23 during your child’s scheduled P.E. time. Final testing will be held in April. Parent volunteers, organized through the PTA’s Health, Safety and Welfare Committee, will be assisting teachers with this activity.

The Presidential Fitness Test, measures children’s level of physical fitness (strength, agility, flexibility, and endurance) in five activities: sit-ups, shuttle run, push-ups, sit and reach, and endurance walk/run.

Students will celebrate their achievements based on their performances. In order to make the fitness test run as smoothly as possible, and be enjoyable for the children, we would appreciate your help in reminding your child to wear appropriate clothing on his/her PE day.

Class PE schedules are as follows:

Monday: Krause, Taylor, Sharp, Chacon

Tuesday: Larson, Chiu, Asay, Anderson (5th), McBride, Anderson (1st)

Wednesday: Brand, Owens, Johnson (4th), Johnson (5th) Eng/Watts, Haggerty

Thursday: Abercrombie, Smooth, Pixton, Heywood, Pearson, Lee/Snow

For more information on the testing or other President’s Challenge activities, please go to www.presidentschallenge.org. We hope that the Presidential Fitness Test will boost your child’s desire to be active and healthy. Your encouragement and support is greatly appreciated!