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FITNESS TESTING
Physical fitness is assessed both in fall and the spring. Our main objective with fitness testing is to provide you, your child and ourselves with information concerning your child’s current level of fitness. From this information, we as physical educators can determine which area(s) are in need of further development and design our lessons accordingly. You as parents, can also use the information to work with your child in designing his/her own personal fitness program at home.
Our fitness testing measures four components of physical fitness, which have been identified as being important because of their relationship to overall health and well being. The four components are:
- Aerobic capacity (pacer and mile run)
- Muscular endurance (push-ups & curl-ups)
- Muscular strength (push-ups and curl-ups)
- Flexibility (sit-and-reach)
We encourage children to set goals and work on improving their own scores throughout the year and not compare them to other students.