Students will be able to receive their results in March, by request only.
Cumberland County Schools
P.O. Box 2357
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302
910-678-2300
DR. FRANK TILL SUPERINTENDENT
CARRIE SUTTON, CHAIR LARRY L. LANCASTER, VICE CHAIR MACKY HALL MICHAEL C. BOOSE JAMES A. MCLAUCHLIN ALICIA S. CHISOLM MARY EMILY ROYAL
KIMBERLY P. FISHER GREGORY E. WEST
2010-2011 School Year
Dear Parent/Guardian,
One of the initiatives of FITNESSGRAM is to assess the physical fitness levels of students in grades three through eight. We have chosen the FITNESSGRAM to accomplish this task. FITNESSGRAM is a research-based criterion referenced test developed by The Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research. The Cumberland County School System considers FITNESSGRAM a quality assessment for three reasons: 1. FITNESSGRAM established a baseline of a healthy fitness zone from which students can set goals and check their progress to help them plan for lifelong physical activity and to maintain and improve their fitness level. Health-related fitness assessment measures aerobic capacity, muscular strength/endurance, flexibility and body composition. 2. FITNESSGRAM provides recommended activity program options that will help students reach healthy fitness zones in those areas where they need to improve. 3. FITNESSGRAM is non-competitive. It does not compare students to other students. The FITNESSGRAM test items for the Waukegan Wellness Program include: ü The Pacer (measures aerobic capacity) ü Push Ups (measures upper body muscular strength/endurance) ü Curl Ups (measures abdominal muscular strength/endurance) ü Back Saver Sit and Reach (measures flexibility) ü Body Mass Index (measures body composition)
Your child’s physical fitness assessment is being provided to you. We know how critical it is for us to partner with you, the parent, if we are going to be successful in assisting your child to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. One need only turn on the television or pick up magazine to know that the nutritional and physical well being of many of the young people in our country is at risk. Simply put, the facts tell us that not only do fit students have fewer health problems but physically fit students perform better academically and are, in general, more successful. Please review the health related fitness information and recommended activity program with your child and work with them to some set some goals that will lead to their improved fitness. You might want to join your child and make this a family venture because improved fitness is a worthy goal not only for children, but for adults as well. Please join us as we commit ourselves to wellness of each and every child in Cumberland County Schools. Thank you in advance for your help.
Students will be able to receive their results in March, by request only.
P.O. Box 2357
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302910-678-2300
DR. FRANK TILL
SUPERINTENDENT
CARRIE SUTTON, CHAIR
LARRY L. LANCASTER, VICE CHAIR MACKY HALL
MICHAEL C. BOOSE JAMES A. MCLAUCHLIN
ALICIA S. CHISOLM MARY EMILY ROYAL
KIMBERLY P. FISHER GREGORY E. WEST
2010-2011 School Year
Dear Parent/Guardian,
One of the initiatives of FITNESSGRAM is to assess the physical fitness levels of students in grades three through eight. We have chosen the FITNESSGRAM to accomplish this task. FITNESSGRAM is a research-based criterion referenced test developed by The Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research. The Cumberland County School System considers FITNESSGRAM a quality assessment for three reasons:
1. FITNESSGRAM established a baseline of a healthy fitness zone from which students can set goals and check their progress to help them plan for lifelong physical activity and to maintain and improve their fitness level. Health-related fitness assessment measures aerobic capacity, muscular strength/endurance, flexibility and body composition.
2. FITNESSGRAM provides recommended activity program options that will help students reach healthy fitness zones in those areas where they need to improve.
3. FITNESSGRAM is non-competitive. It does not compare students to other students.
The FITNESSGRAM test items for the Waukegan Wellness Program include:
ü The Pacer (measures aerobic capacity)
ü Push Ups (measures upper body muscular strength/endurance)
ü Curl Ups (measures abdominal muscular strength/endurance)
ü Back Saver Sit and Reach (measures flexibility)
ü Body Mass Index (measures body composition)
Your child’s physical fitness assessment is being provided to you. We know how critical it is for us to partner with you, the parent, if we are going to be successful in assisting your child to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. One need only turn on the television or pick up magazine to know that the nutritional and physical well being of many of the young people in our country is at risk. Simply put, the facts tell us that not only do fit students have fewer health problems but physically fit students perform better academically and are, in general, more successful. Please review the health related fitness information and recommended activity program with your child and work with them to some set some goals that will lead to their improved fitness. You might want to join your child and make this a family venture because improved fitness is a worthy goal not only for children, but for adults as well. Please join us as we commit ourselves to wellness of each and every child in Cumberland County Schools. Thank you in advance for your help.