| *****State Mandated Fitness testing for students in Grades 3-12.*******
Senate Bill 530 requires beginning with the 2007-08 school year, that the
FITNESSGRAM physical fitness assessment be administered to all students in
grades 3-12. FITNESSGRAM is a health-related fitness assessment developed by
The Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research and is a research-based criterion
referenced test.
FITNESSGRAM a quality assessment for three reasons:
1. FITNESSGRAM establishes a baseline of a healthy fitness zone from
which students can set goals and check their progress (non-competitive) to
plan for lifelong physical activity and to maintain and improve their fitness
level. Health-related fitness assessment measures students’ aerobic capacity,
muscular strength/endurance, flexibility and body composition.
2. FITNESSGRAM provides recommended activity program options that will
help students reach healthy fitness zones in those areas where they need to
improve.
3. FITNESSGRAM does not place an emphasis on skill or sports-related
fitness such as speed measured by an individual’s 40 yard dash time. It does
not compare students to other students.
FITNESSGRAM tests all students regardless of age, gender, or ability.
Students are encouraged to be self-aware of health-related fitness and take
responsibility by setting personal fitness goals. When students focus on the
process of doing their personal best, a more positive lifelong impact is
achieved.
If you have any questions about the FITNESSGRAM Assessment, you can send me
an e-mail, call me, or visit the FITNESSGRAM website at
http://fitnessgram.net/texas/
BISD and I will have more information for you soon. I am very excited about
this about this new component of our program
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Boxtops for Education
We are collecting 'box tops for education' again this year. Please visit
the 'boxtops' website by going to my links page and clicking on the link
under 'Boxtops for Education'. You can find a list of products and lots of
other valuable information on the site.
Please send the boxtops to school with your child in a ziplock type bag and
the teacher will turn them in to be counted and sent in.
Thank you so much for helping make our school the best that it can be!
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