7th Grade Mission Statement:

7^th Grade P.E. working hard to become physically fit.

6^th Grade Mission Statement:

9^th period students working to accomplish the presidential challenge goals.

Physical Education: 6^th and 7^th Grade

The president’s challenge is a physical fitness awards program to encourage youth to make a commitment to increase physical activity and to maintain a lifetime of fitness.

The students are tested over five components of fitness.

Curl-ups:

Objective: To measure abdominal strength/endurance by maximum number of

curl-ups performed in one minute.

Shuttle run:

Objective: To perform the shuttle run as fast as possible. This is to test for total body

coordination and agility.

One mile walk/run:

Objective: To measure cardiorespiratory endurance by fastest time to cover a

one-mile distance.

Push-ups:

Objective: To measure upper body strength /endurance by maximum number of

push-ups completed.

Sit and reach:

Objective: To measure flexibility of lower back and hamstrings by farthest distance

reached.

	AGE	CURL-UPS	SHUTTLE RUN	SIT AND REACH	ONE-MILE RUN	PUSH-UPS
B O Y S	11 12 13 14	47 50 53 56	10.0 9.8 9.5 9.1	31 31 33 36	7:32 7:11 6:50 6:26	27 31 39 40
G I R L S	11 12 13 14	42 45 46 47	10.5 10.4 10.2 10.1	34 36 38 40	9:02 8:23 8:13 7:59	19 20 21 20