Coach Bare’s GM PE

Garage Sale

If you need to schedule a large item pick-up to be donated to the Foundation Garage Sale,

Please call Patti Lavender:  770-552-1162

We are planning to schedule pick-ups for Sunday afternoon, April 27^th, but we may be able to make other arrangements.

Fun Run This Saturday!

Don't forget the Fun Run and Fitness Triathlon this Saturday, September 29, 2007. Race day registration is welcome.

• Registration: 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. in the gym.
• Cost: $10 per participant. This is a fundraiser for the PE department, with all proceeds going to replace equipment and to start up new programs.
• 5th grade race begins at 8:30, followed by 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and K. Fitness triathlon for each grade will begin immediately after the awards and picture for each grade.
• Medals will be awarded to the top three finishers, both boys and girls, in each grade. All race participants will receive a ribbon.
• The fitness triathlon will be a little different this year with 2 new events. Top finishers in these events will also receive ribbons.

A big thank you to Amy Ostrowski and all of the parent volunteers for all of their hard work in helping to organize the Fun Run. You all make great events like these possible at Garrison Mill.

Please mark your calendars so you will not miss this fun event at Garrison Mill!

FUN RUN DOWNLOADS:

Download FunRunMap.PDF

Download FunRunRegistrationForm.PDF

Download FunRunSponsorForm.pdf

Download FunRunTshirtContest.PDF

Physical Fitness Testing

Students are currently undergoing physical fitness testing in P.E. classes. The Physical Fitness Test recognizes students for their level of physical fitness in 5 events: curl-ups or partial curl-ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pull-ups or right angle push-ups, and V-sit or sit and reach.

The Physical Fitness Test offers three awards for students:

The Presidential Physical Fitness Award
This award recognizes students who achieve an outstanding level of physical fitness. Boys and girls who score at or above the 85th percentile (based on the 1985 School Population Fitness Survey) on all five events are eligible for this award.

The National Physical Fitness Award
Students who score above the 50th percentile on all five events - demonstrating a basic, yet challenging, level of physical fitness - are eligible for this award.

The Participant Physical Fitness Award
Students whose scores fall below the 50th percentile on one or more events receive this award for taking part in all five events of the Physical Fitness Test.

In the fall of last year, 97 students received the National Fitness Award and 13 students received the Presidential Fitness Award. Students were tested again in the Spring and 186 achieved the National Fitness Level, while 50 achieved the Presidential Fitness Level. Great improvement was seen in all students, and we look forward to seeing similar improvements this year!

Student's fall fitness testing results will be sent home the first week of October.

To download the qualifying fitness standards for each event, click here: Download FitnessStandards.PDF

For more information on The President's Challenge and Physical Fitness Awards, visit http://www.presidentschallenge.org.

Coach Bare

Welcome Back Students

Parents and Students,

It was so good to see the students again and hear about their summer. We always like to welcome students back by introducing new games and activities. Hopefully, students had fun and learned something new their first week. Students received forms that would inform us of any health concerns while in P.E. class. If you have not already turned your health form in, please send it in with your student as soon as possible.

Next week, students will be receiving information about our school “FUN RUN” scheduled for Saturday, September 29. All students will have the opportunity to compete in the design for this year's Fun Run T-Shirt, which will be judged by members of our faculty at Garrison Mill. The winner will be presented with the first T-Shirt on T.V. during announcements along with other prizes. We had a record breaking fund-raiser last year and a record number of students competing. We are planning even more activities for this year with hopes of even more participation of students and involvement of parents. In the weeks ahead we will gradually increase the distance of our runs in class and encourage students to also take advantage of home opportunities to prepare for the event. Students with asthma or other health-related concerns may need to be reminded of their limitations. Be advised, if students forget inhalers or exhibit any signs of concern we will have no choice but to request they stop participating (safety first).

Our Presidential/National Fitness Test takes place during the same time period just before the FUN RUN. Be on the lookout for your child’s test results, which will be given to the students upon completion. We had 13 students who achieved Presidential Fitness and 97 National Fitness Levels in the Fall of 2006. In the Spring of 2007 we had 50 students who achieved Presidential Fitness Awards and 186 who achieved National Awards on their fitness level. We were so proud of these students and more importantly the ones who made great improvement but fell a little short on the test. We couldn’t have been any prouder of these students for their successes.

One other announcement of achievement by our school: Garrison Mill was the top fundraiser for The Cobb County School District in the Jump Rope for Heart Fund Raiser last year. The American Heart Association presented the award to me in honor of all of the hard work and dedication by our students, parents, faculty, and our awesome administration. Congratulations to all for your involvement in making Garrison Mill the greatest school around. Remember, parents: “If it is important to you it will be just as important to your child.” Everybody plays a role in making Garrison Mill the greatest school ever.

Coach Bare