Parents,
We will begin President's testing in grades 3-8 this week. The testing consists of a series of Physical Education tests that gauge muscular strength, muscular endurance, speed and quickness, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance. The tests include pull-ups, curl-ups, flex arm hang, shuttle run, pushups, sit and reach, mile run (jog) and I have added an additional test and that is the pole climb on the playground. Returning students will be told their results of last year and the idea is they show improvement from their fourth quarter results as they perform the tests in the first quarter this year (middle school has a journal that previous year's results are a part of, so they can physically see their results before testing). We will be testing the next few weeks (usually one test a class period depending on class size). We will test again in the fourth quarter to gauge improvement over the course of the year. Students that are new in grades 4-7 plus our 3rd grade students will be creating a baseline result with their first quarter testing. They will need to improve on that result in quarter 4 when we test again. President's testing satisfies our Indiana State Standards in Physical Education for self assessment and formal fitness assessments.
Students in kindergarten-second grade will begin work on the balance beam. Kindergarten will focus this week on going forward one way over the beam. First grade and second grade will go forward down and back over the beam. Balancing is one of our main areas within our Indiana State Standards in Physical Education in the younger grades.
Congratulations to Holy Spirit Alum Jack Doyle on being signed to the Colts active roster!
Good Luck Ram Sports Teams!
Have a great week!
Mr. Branigan
kbranigan@holyspirit-indy.org
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