Mukwonago Moves
Get Active - Eat Healthy - Move Often
Mukwonago Moves ON! Year II - Carol. M. White PEP Grant
1. Continued testing of motor skills, Fitnessgram testing, Youth Risk Behavior Survey one fruit and vegetable consumption, and activity tracking using pedometers.
2. More SPARK ( Sports, Physical Activity and Recreation for Kids) activities in class.
3. The introduction of Focused Fitness "Five for Life" curriculum, a physical literacy curriculum for movement and nutrition.
4. Continued PE Staff development, exposing MASD PE Teachers to new and innovative ideas.
5. The new PVMS Fitness Center will open in September
6. More Mukwonago Moves activities and programming for the health and fitness of our students.
Get Active!
Join a school activity club, like FUEL UP To Play 60, a sport team, or exercise club.
Eat Healthy!
Drink plenty of water, especially after exercise. Replenish with chocolate milk, a nutritious and delicious sport drink.
Move Often!
Fun Physically Active Things You and Your Family Can Do
- Take a walk after dinner.
- Play catch or Frisbee.
- Dance to music.
- Ride a bike in the morning.
- Go for a hike on the weekend
PVMS FITNESS CENTER TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER!
PVMS Fitness Center
Beginning this fall, the students of Park View Middle School will be the first to try out the new fitness center in physical education class. The facility, which was created in an existing classroom, will house both cardiovascular and functional strength exercise equipment purchased through PEP Grant Funds. The Mukwonago School District was awarded the prestigious Physical Education Grant (PEP) from the U.S. Department of Education in 2014, to improve the K-12 physical education program. A portion of PEP Grant monies were used to purchase all fitness equipment to meet the Wisconsin State Standards in Physical Education.
The fitness center will add a third teaching station to allow each physical education teacher to meet separately with their classes while making improvements in the physical education curriculum. The new curriculum will align more congruently with the Wisconsin State Standards in Physical Education. Students will have a chance to work individually on their personal fitness goals in regard to cardiovascular strength training and functional strength conditioning (as opposed to strength training with weights) under the direction of their physical education teacher.
The new equipment includes cardiovascular training treadmills, elliptical machines, and several types of user-friendly exercise bikes specifically made for lower ages and abilities. The strength training equipment includes both functional training machines, and suspension training systems which condition the body to carry out more “everyday moves”. Students use the equipment to perform exercises like squatting, pushing, pulling, and lifting using correct body alignment to strengthen core muscles and prevent injuries. PEP Grant Coordinator, Nancy Movrich, is excited for her students to begin training, “The suitability of this training is age and body size appropriate and is enormous for developing health-related physical fitness. Regardless of their fitness level every student will benefit because they can work at their own pace”. Functional training is also a great lead-up for the strength and conditioning programs offered in the high school curriculum.
All students will have a chance to meet regularly in the new fitness center and develop their personal fitness goals, for healthy living or for skill-specific fitness improvement.
Focused Fitness - Five for Life, Bringing literacy to Physical Education!
Focused Fitness Training is designed to guide teachers to align the Wisconsin State Standards for Physical Education into their classes, incorporate health and nutrition standards into the curriculum without losing beneficial active minutes of class time, and guide teachers through the curriculum resources.
All PE teachers will receive additional training in November while participating in the Sports, Physical Activity, and Recreation for Kids (SPARK) training. The staff will also have a chance to receive more training at the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Conference (WHPE) on October 29-30, 2015, and the Sports Health and Physical Education Conference (SHAPE) in Minneapolis on April 5-9, 2016.
All funding is provided from the PEP Grant.
Email: movrina@masd.k12.wi.us
Website: masd.k12.wi.us
Location: Mukwonago Area School District
Phone: 262-363-6292
PEP Grant Testing for 2015-16
1. The Youth Presidential Fitness Test (FITNESSGRAM).
2. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) on fruit and vegetable consumption.
3. The Pedometer/3DPAR activity tracker test
GPRA TESTING WINDOWS:
Fall
Elementary - October 5 – November 20
Secondary-September 8 – October 2
SPRING
Elementary -February 22- April 15
Secondary - January 11 – February 19
For more specific dates and information please contact your building PE teacher.
Do YOU know these fitness terms?
100 Mile Summer Club keeps student activity moving all summer!
Pictured with Zoey are Section School Principal, Bob Slane and Physical Education Teacher, Mickey Neumann.