Prairie Middle Physical Education Mission Statement To educate

Prairie Middle Physical Education Mission Statement • To educate our students about the importance of exercise and nutrition in their everyday lifestyle. To offer the opportunity to learn and develop a fitness level that would provide benefits to their lifestyle for their use in the future.

PRAIRIE MIDDLE SCHOOL FITNESS TESTS FALL 2003 PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

How fit are our middle school students? • Objective: To determine the fitness level of our male and female students using National Presidential Fitness standards. • Decision: Instructionally, what can we do to effect student fitness decisions?

Grade 6 Standards • • • NATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSN. Boys Girls Mile standard-9: 20 Mile standard-11: 17 Sit ups- 32 Sit and Reach- 25 Sit and Reach- 29 Pull ups- 2 Pull ups- 1 Bent Arm Hang- 11. 0 Bent Arm Hang- 7. 0 ALL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON 11 YEARS OF AGE. ALL STUDENTS MUST REACH THE 50% RANKING TO MEET THE STANDARD.

6 TH GRADE IMPROVEMENTS • The following improvement scores represent a pretest in those three fitness areas that were tested the first two weeks of school. Due to time constraints we chose these three tests to show areas of improvement with each grade level and each gender. All students were tested and all were given a chance to improve each of the three tests.

Grade 7 Standards • • NATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSN. Boys Girls Mile Run- 8: 40 Mile Run- 11: 05 Sit Ups- 40 Sit Ups- 35 Shuttle Run- 10. 6 sec Shuttle Run- 11. 3 sec Sit and Reach- 26 Sit and Reach- 30 Pull Ups- 2 Pull Ups- 1 Bent Arm Hang- 12. 0 sec Bent Arm Hang- 7. 0 sec • ALL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON 12 YEARS OF AGE.

7 TH GRADE IMPROVEMENTS • The following improvement scores represent a pretest in those three fitness areas that were tested the first two weeks of school. Due to time constraints we chose these three tests to show areas of improvement with each grade level and each gender. All students were tested and all were given a chance to improve each of the three tests.

Grade 8 Standards • • NATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSN. Boys Girls Mile Run- 8: 06 Mile Run- 10: 23 Sit Ups- 42 Sit Ups- 37 Shuttle Run- 10. 2 sec Shuttle Run- 11. 1 sec Sit and Reach- 26 Sit and Reach- 31 Pull Ups- 3 Pull Ups- 1 Bent Arm Hang- 14. 0 sec Bent Arm Hang- 8. 0 sec • ALL STANDARDS ARE BASED ON 13 YEARS OF AGE.

8 TH GRADE IMPROVEMENTS • The following improvement scores represent a pretest in those three fitness areas that were tested the first two weeks of school. Due to time constraints we chose these three tests to show areas of improvement with each grade level and each gender. All students were tested and all were given a chance to improve each of the three tests.

Overall analysis of Fitness Tests • Girls- are more flexible than boys at the middle school age level. • Boys-in general have a greater agility level. • Our greatest concern is motivating kids to increase their fitness level and the desire to do well in their testing. • How? -Increasing our class time and to utilize the fitness day by varying the activity

Middle School Physical Education Staff • Kimi Hynek- 1 st Year • Sara Brandt- 1 st Year • Scott Leggat- 1 st Year/Prairie Heights PE last year • Mike Trosky- 11 th Year • Keith Hynek-Student Teacher

Weekly Layout • Monday - Wednesday – Individual and Team Units – E. G. : • • • Volleyball Dance and Rhythm Weight Training Cooperative Games Gymnastics Golf • Thursday: – Fitness Activities: • • • Step Aerobics Jogging Agility Ladders Plyometrics Tae Bo Student-Led Activities Fridays-Team Teaching Activities-e. g. Mat Ball and Fitness Kick Ball

GENERAL INFORMATION • • Class Periods- 40 Minutes Average Class size-125 -130 students Excused notices: via doctor’s office only Points earned: – 5 points: changing into PE clothes – 5 points: participation/effort – 5 points: behavior

Future Thoughts? • Where do we go from here? • Slowing the day down and allowing more time to teach our kids fitness concepts. • Allow more time in class that would benefit a change in fitness lifestyles and create more opportunities to achieve success and improve fitness levels. • Some block scheduling is being discussed to provide such an opportunity.