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Some Very Important Facts from the website:

Physical Education

* According to the National Association of Sports and Physical Education (NASPE) – The average budget spent annually for physical education is $764

* According to ACE® – Most physical education programs to do not offer students resistance training…more

* According to the American Heart Association – A high-quality physical education program enhances the physical, mental, and social/emotional development of every child and helps them understand, improve, and maintain physical well-being.


* According to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports – Only 28 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in daily school physical education in 2003, down from 42 percent in 1991.


* According to the American Heart Association -The national recommendation for P.E. is 150 minutes per week in elementary and 225 minutes per week in middle and high schools.


* According to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports – Only 25 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 engaged in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes on 5 or more of the previous 7 days in 2003.


* According to the National Association of Sports and Physical Education (NASPE) – 38% of teachers who use technology more frequently perceive that parents’ interest in students’ physical activity has increased in the past three years…vs. 26% of teachers who use technology less frequently/not at all.


* According to the American Diabetes Association – The Department of Health & Human Services estimates that by 2010, 20% of children and youth in the U.S. will be obese.


* According to the National Association of Sports and Physical Education (NASPE) – Elementary school teachers are more likely to have attended special training conferences than have middle or high school teachers.

I am going to enter my school in this contest! {I am a phys ed teacher and we could surely use the money!!} Now, why don’t you enter your school?!

For more information on the contest or you’d like to enter your family, click here.