| Presidential Fitness Award | ||
| What is it and where do we get it? It is listed as a
part of several of the awards. To get more information, the Presidential
Fitness Award website or contact them at: The President's Challenge 501 N. Morton, Suite 104 Bloomington, IN 47404 Phone: 1-800-258-8146 Fax: 1-812-855-8999 On the website you can download handouts, information sheets, order forms and other physical fitness resource material that is age appropriate. There are several levels of the award. Each award recognizes different levels of physical fitness. No one gets left out. |
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The Presidential Physical Fitness Award… honors students who demonstrate an outstanding level of fitness by scoring above the 85th percentile on all five fitness tests. | |
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The National Physical Fitness Award… recognizes students who score at or above the 50th percentile on all five standard exercises. | |
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The Participant Physical Fitness Award… is designed for students who complete the five exercise items, but whose scores fall below the 50th percentile on one or more tests. | |
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The Health Fitness Award… recognizes students who achieve a healthy level of fitness. | |
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The Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA)... recognizes students who participate in daily physical activity of any type for 5 days/week, 60 minutes a day or 11,000 pedometer steps for 6 weeks. Repeated 6 week participation merits additional recognition. For more information, view the PALA Fact Sheet. | |
| The cost is reasonable. A certificate, patch/emblem and stickers averages at 1.75. Each year after is 1.50. The information regarding the awards is located in a free, easy to download 32 page manual that is in pdf format. You can also get it by mail. They even have t-shirts. | ||
