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Physical Education...

A planned, sequential K-12 curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activity areas such as basic movement skills; physical fitness; rhythms and dance; games; team, dual, and individual sports; tumbling and gymnastics; and aquatics. Quality physical education should promote, through a variety of planned physical activities, each student's optimum physical, mental, emotional, and social development, and should promote activities and sports that all students enjoy and can pursue throughout their lives. Qualified, trained teachers teach physical activity.

Physical activity among adolescents is consistently related to higher levels of self-esteem and lower levels of anxiety and stress. (Calfas and Taylor, 1994)

Physical activity is positively associated with academic performance. (Dwyer, Blizzard, and Dean, 1996)

Rock-climbing at Escalante Middle School

Community	District	Individual Schools
The Healthy Lifestyles Coalition, SJBHD (San Juan Basin Health), and Southern Ute are collaborating on a grant to prevent Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) and Cancer with a focus on increasing physical activity.	PEP Grant: Wellness Regulation Development with Physical Activity; PEP grant received all equipment and has been working on professional development for all PE teachers with pedometers.	Recess has been scheduled before lunch at Animas Valley, Florida Mesa, Ft Lewis Mesa, and Sunnyside. At Needham the “Drop Everything and Walk” program for every grade, including staff, has got everyone moving! (one walk per week) Animas Valley has integrated Fitness awards in PE classes, a Dodgeball tournament between staff & students, as well as a master schedule committee to evaluate PE time and the lunch schedule.

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