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Tell us your story and you could win free registration to our upcoming Resource Conference, plus loads of other prizes!

PE4life Academy Director, Tim McCord, recently wrote a powerful statement on the PE4life blog - "There is no better time than the present to be a physical educator. The spotlight is shining upon us."

We think Tim is right. With all the anti-obesity efforts recently initiated, including the First Lady’s admirable Let’s Move campaign, there has never been a better time for us to stand up and declare the importance of physical education in the fight against childhood obesity. After all, it’s the physical educators who are in the trenches, executing PE4life’s Core Principles and witnessing the affect they are having on students and communities. So, while we are well aware of the positive impact physical education has on our youth, it’s the perfect time to share our successes with the rest of the world! 

Make your stories heard – stories of academic achievement, improved fitness scores, community involvement, decreased disciplinary incidents – any and all testimonials that demonstrate quality physical education is having positive impact on the lives in your school and community.

Send your stories to info@pe4life.org by May 1^st and we’ll compile all the testimonials into a downloadable booklet available on our website, which we encourage you to use as a resource to garner additional support for your program. You'll also be entered to win free registration to our upcoming Resource Conference, plus other cool prizes. Remember to include your name and school district to get the credit you deserve! 

Want to share your story in photos? Just be sure to have your student’s legal guardian fill out a photo release form, giving us permission to use the photo.

PE4life’s Core Principles
We believe PE should:

·         Be directed to all students, not just the athletically inclined

·         Offer a variety of fitness, sport, leisure and adventure activities

·         Provide a safe and encouraging learning environment 

·         Utilize individual assessments 

·         Incorporate current technology

·         Extend beyond the walls of the gymnasium

·         Ideally, be offered to every child every day

Upcoming PE4life Events:

National:
2010 Resource Conference
Play to W.I.N.
Working together to Integrate PE4life Core Principles with New ideas

October 4-5, 2010
Overland Park, Kansas

Learn more or register now!

Presenting Opportunities Available
PE4life provides a platform for showcasing innovative practices, programs that produce positive outcomes and groundbreaking methods and teaching techniques.  PE4life's network of experts are renowned around the globe for their measurable results, innovation and cutting edge programs that meet the needs of all children.  We continue to expand our pool of resources and are seeking leaders in the industry who are interested in sharing their expertise with others.  Download the proposal form. Submit your proposal to events@pe4life.org by April 2, 2010.

Sponsorship and Vendor Opportunities Available
PE4life has its finger on the pulse of what is new and what works in the world of fitness equipment and programming. Learn more about sponsorship and vendor opportunities available.

Iowa:
PE4life / IBC Adopt-A-School Challenge Summit

Monday, April 12, 2010
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa

Are budget cuts impacting your school and its PE program? This FREE event will provide insight to the PE4life / Iowa Business council partnership, the Adopt-A-School Challenge and give you a taste of PE4life's Core Principles through a variety of learning opportunities. Additionally, you will be given the chance to apply for an Adopt-A-School scholarship which may result in $45,000 worth of services, including up to $10,000 for equipment!

Featuring Artie Kamiya:

Artie Kamiya, renowned physical education activist
Artie has been called one of the nation's leading K-12 physical education experts. Listen as he provides participants with critical background information and tools for helping every physical educator maximize his or her chances to "keep our children first."

Learn more or register now.
 

 
Mississippi:
Building Better Student Brains in Mississippi through Movement
Join us for a FREE event featuring Jean Blaydes Madigan of Action Based Learning!

Monday, May 3, 2010
8:30am to 3:30pm
Madison Central High School
Madison, MS 39110 

Jean is the co-founder of Action Based LearningTM, a program based on brain research findings that support the link of early motor development, intentional movement, increased physical activity and exercise to improve cognition. Jean has 30 years experience as an Elementary Physical Educator and is the author of Thinking on Your Feet: A Year's Worth of Lesson Plans and Action Based LearningTM Lab Manual. She's a presenter, keynote speaker, and workshop facilitator on the subjects of brain theory supporting movement's link to learning by teaching academic subjects kinesthetically. Jean has presented workshops internationally in 9 foreign countries and nationally in all 50 states. 

Register now!

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School Spotlight:

Ankey Community School District
Ankey, Iowa

The 6-12 Physical Education/ Health staff have had the opportunity to work together on a monthly basis as a professional learning community to strengthen programming and work collaboratively to create the best curriculum and delivery for students.

The entire staff is excited about the opportunity to showcase all of the good things they are doing to benefit kids. Read more.

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This month's blog postings:

Want to be inspired?
Found myself digging through the PE4life archives, looking at old articles and testimonials that have been written over the years. Each time I do this, I am reminded why I work for PE4life.

Technology in the Classroom
We all know the importance of utilizing technology in the classroom, it's even one of our Core Principles! But, we also know that it's sometimes easier said than done. 

PE4life Day at the Big 12 Tournament was a huge success!
As a way to say "thanks" to the students, PE teachers, administrators and other faculty, we hosted a PE4life Day at the Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship here in KC.

Fed Up With Lunch
A school teacher is doing recon work in her school cafeteria, monitoring and consuming the food offered to students on a daily basis. Not only that, she is blogging about it!

Great summary article of the PEP Grant!
What to Know About the Carol M. Whit PEP Grant by Ryan Frank in Education / K-12 Education

Excuses, Excuses
Welcoming back guest blogger: Tim McCord, PE4life Academy Director, Titusville Area School District, Titusville, PA. In the last ten years our school district has hosted numerous teachers, administrators, and parents all looking for ways to take PE4life's Core Principles integrated into our physical education program in Titusville, PA and implement them into their existing program.

Heads Up Iowa!
A funding opportunity is coming your way!! And no better time than now with the budget cutbacks schools are facing.

Take a brain break!
More and more educators are turning to break breaks. It's important that students have an opportunity throughout a class period to move around to take "brain breaks" to refocus their attention so they can learn new material.

2010 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships
presented by Wonderful® Pistachios

Don’t miss this opportunity to join more than 1,000 stackers of all ages from around the world in beautiful Denver, Colorado for the world’s premier sport stacking event.  

 T-BOW®

Swiss TTP is proud to partner with PE4life as part of their mission to introduce innovative products that focus on prevention rather than treatment of injury or disease. As a PE4life Preferred Vendor Partner, they can extend their efforts into our nation's schools and support you, the physical educators, on your mission.

Introducing T-BOW®, like regular swiss army knife of fitness.  This incomparable fitness tool is sweeping schools across the nation with its versatility.  With T-BOW® you can train balance, endurance, strength, flexibility and coordination all at once while strengthening the joints, stabilizer muscles and proprioceptors.  Group exercise, circuit training and individual workouts are all possible with the T-BOW®.  With the ability to tailor the movements and intensity of each exercise to every individual, T-BOW® offers fun training for adapted fitness through sport specific training. 

Invented in Switzerland by Sandra Bonacina, a Physical Therapist and Sports Lecturer at Zurich University, the T-BOW® was developed as both a physical therapy tool and an exercise device.  The T-BOW® owes its light weight, safe design and stacking ability to renowned Swiss design.

The T-BOW® is available in the USA through the North American distributor, Swiss TTP.  For more information including PE4life discounts, please visit www.T-BOW-USA.com or call 330.486.0915.

SCIFIT

SCIFIT is a proud new Platinum Partner with PE4life. They have been working closely with PE4life for several years and have developed an exciting, safe and easy fitness program for schools.

Every student can be successful on SCIFIT equipment. Students do not have to possess skill or natural athletic ability. With SCIFIT equipment each student goes at their own pace, without intimidation or embarrassment, while still getting a challenging workout. Students of every fitness level can feel comfortable on SCIFIT equipment because it is easy to use, they can just get on and go.

Chris Bozarth, PEP Grant Coordinator with Jay Public Schools in Jay, Oklahoma says, “One of the goals we had was to pick something that would work for all of our kids, and not just those who were athletes or those who were in better shape.  We wanted to target all of our kids with something every kid could use, regardless of fitness level. SCIFIT is very user friendly and the kids love it, it’s a perfect fit.”

SCIFIT’s equipment and programs make it fun and easy for more kids to get active and stay active. SCIFIT products are easily accessible and easy to use, allowing students of all abilities to benefit from exercise. SCIFIT programs can help increase participation in PE classes and help instructors track progress.

Using USB technology, SCIFIT’s exclusive Fit-Key™ sets up the program for each machine – students simply press Start.  SCIFIT equipment and programs allow instructors to designate and modify workouts easily and efficiently.

For more information visit www.SCIFIT.com or call 800.278.3933.

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