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B.J. Hodges Class News
Fitness Gram Reports Will Be Sent Home 10/08/07 Parents please review your students’ results. Sign and return by 10/15/07. I will be sending home fitness logs and contracts for you and your student to sign. The contracts need to be returned by 12/07/07. Each student will keep a six week fitness log beginning 12/10/07 and ending 1/25/08. The student must exercise 3 to 5 times a week for 30 to 60 minutes. Parents are encouraged to join their student in the exercise program. Parents have to sign the log each week verifying that the student has completed his / her fitness routine for the week. Parents if you have any questions please call or email me Good Luck Coach Hodges September 17, 2007 Dear Parent/Guardian, Students across Greenville County will demonstrate their health-related fitness with a new fitness test and reporting system starting this 2007-2008 school year. With the passage of the Student Health and Fitness Act of 2005, an individual student’s fitness status must be reported to his/her parent or guardian during a student’s fifth grade, eighth grade, and high school physical education courses. The Greenville County School District has adopted the FITNESSGRAM as a health-related fitness assessment and computerized reporting system. FITNESSGRAM promotes parental awareness of children’s fitness levels and provides an effective way for physical education teachers to report the results of physical fitness assessments. FITNESSGRAM is a battery of health-related fitness test items that are used to measure four components of fitness: (1) cardiovascular endurance, (2) muscle strength and endurance, (3) flexibility, and (4) body composition. FITNESSGRAM uses criterion-referenced standards, called Healthy Fitness Zones, rather than national averages, to evaluate fitness performance. These standards are age and gender specific and based on how fit children need to be to have sufficient or good health and thereby be protected against conditions that result from sedentary living. FITNESSGRAM reports also provide physical activity recommendations that will help students improve fitness in each of the component areas. Greenville County Schools are committed to quality physical education programs. Fitness education and assessment is characteristic of quality physical education and is part of an ongoing process for helping students learn to assess their fitness levels, set goals for improvement, and monitor progress in reaching their goals. Physical education is one avenue to help students achieve and enjoy good health and well-being. For more information about FITNESSGRAM, visit the Greenville County Schools website at www.greenville.k12.sc.us. Sincerely, B.J. Hodges Southside High School Physical Education Instructor Department Head |
