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Apply TODAY for a PEP Grant!
Application materials for 2003 PEP Grants are now available! Schools
around the country have just over a month (May 12 deadline) to apply
for a share of the $60 million allocated this year to improve
physical education.
Applying for a federal grant is not for the faint
of heart. The paperwork is extensive and compiling this information
is time consuming. Fortunately, help is available.
Last year PELINKS4U published an article based on
tips shared by successful grant applicants. This month at the AAHPERD
Convention this year's successful recipients will again share their
success stories.
If you are willing to give it a try be sure to use
the various resources available. Here are some suggestions:
- PE4Life
was not only closely involved in advocating for the initial grant
but offers suggestions and helpful site links.
- Wondering about the requirement for a "needs assessment" NASPE
provides tips.
- Sportime
has created a special web site for grant applicants. There is
even a sample application you can download as well as some excellent
links to articles
you will want to read.
- Read the PELINKS4U grant writing tips article
mentioned above
- Joseph
Krzys shares some "Valuable Information for Writing Health
and Physical Activity Grants."
- Looking for ways to integrate technology into your program?
Polar
can help!
- Beth
Kirkpatrick suggests that the PEP bill is part of the No Child
Left Behind Act.
- Read
about the "The New PE In Action"
- Most PEP grants include a significant dollar application for
equipment. Please remember to support PELINKS4U site sponsors
(logos on this site). These folk have demonstrated a commitment
to supporting quality physical education!
PELINKS4U wishes all applicants the best of luck. Don't make the
mistake of thinking that your application will not be successful.
That's exactly what other applicants are hoping you will think!
Simply going through the application process will collect information
you can use for future grants.
Steve Jefferies
PELINKS4U/Central Washington University
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"Exercise and recreation
are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary,
because health is worth more than learning."
Thomas Jefferson
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| This month, section, editor Gerry
Cernicky demonstrates a myriad of techniques and tricks to
make the technological experience a valuable asset to the health and
physical education curriculum.
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April
Book Features
Click on book for details
Character
Education
Foster emotional and social connections in physical education
classes with the activities presented in Character Education:
43 Fitness Activities for Community Building. This book takes
the idea and practice of team building to a higher level while
helping teachers meet NASPE standards in physical education.
No
Standing Around in My Gym
If you are looking for fresh ways to teach children ages 4 to
11 basic fitness concepts, movement skills, and games that emphasize
creative thinking and cooperation, No Standing Around in My Gym
is for you. This ready-to-use guide is packed with 6 units, 70
games, 15 hints, and 39 special game variations for teaching even
the largest of classes.
All purchases of Human Kinetics products made
through this link
support PELINKS4U. Thanks!
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Elementary Section Editor, Tom
Winiecki, links to some articles written by fellow physical
and health educators. He notes that April is dedicated to drug and
alcohol awareness.
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Interested in some ideas to try if you have
too many "put-downs" in your classes? |
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Should athletes be role models? That will always
be up for debate. Here is a possible way to use athletes (and
their choices of behavior) to build the character of your students.
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Learn about a game that gets your kids aware
of making a promise and sticking to it! |
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Is it possible to identify kids with a stronger
potential to get into drugs, or alcohol? |
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Being a good role model - Ideas for adults and
teachers |
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For these and more, click here. |
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month's Secondary Section Editor, suggests that the ³health club model²
in secondary physical education has become the newest twist in program
restructuring. Read why Jon thinks that this model is probably a pretty
good idea.
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"The habits of physical exercise have
decreased. There has been an entire change in the habits of this nation
within the last thirty years..." This month's section editor, Dr.
Darren Dale shares some fascinating information Catherine Beecher
noted almost 150 years ago!
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The bone decay of osteoporosis can cripple, but
an improved understanding of how the body builds and loses bone
is leading to ever better prevention and treatment options |
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According to the Harvard Heart Letter there is
"No age limit for benefits of cholesterol-lowering drugs" |
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There are an exhaustive number of books on nutrition
available. How can we separate the wheat from the chaff? Darren
suggests some simple guidelines. |
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For these and more click here.
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| "Ok...Let me understand this sports thing
and kids a little better", stated the befuddled alien from Utopia.
So begins section editor Dr. Bob McGowan
as he questions the purpose of sports.
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PEP Grant applications materials
available NOW! Click here
for more |
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May is National Physical Fitness
and Sports Month; May 1-7 is National Physical Education and
Sport Week; Wednesday, May 7 (this year) is ACES Day and Thursday,
May 1 is National Physical Education Day. Paula
Kuhn invites you to e-mail her your ideas for promoting
May activities |
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NASPE
offers physical education and health activity ideas for April
and May. |
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Healthy
Steps Walking Challenge - a 10 day walking program designed
to get students in grades K-5 moving in schools across New York
State |
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If you were awarded PEP Grant funds in Fiscal
Year 2001 or 2002, P.E.4LIFE invites you to complete a brief
survey
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New Version of the School Health
Index includes Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Tobacco
Use Prevention is available online
or by phone: (888) 231-6405 |
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The CDC's Youth Media Campaign VERB.
It's what you do is preparing for its second year of
implementation. It's mission is "To increase and maintain
physical activity among teens (9-13 year olds)." |
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FREE Four-Color Physical Activity
Promotion Brochures from the CDC in English and Spanish. Click
here
to print or order copies or call toll-free (888)-231-6405. |
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Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson will kick off the Steps to a HealthierUS initiative
at a national summit in Baltimore, Maryland on April 15 -16.
Click here
for more information. |
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Proposals invited for the 2004 AAHPERD National
Convention in New Orleans, March 30th - April 3rd. Click here
then under "convention" then "2004 Call for Presentations."
Deadline May 15th, 2003 |
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Public Health Week is April 7-13.
The theme this year is "Getting in Shape for the Future, Healthy
Eating and Active Living." Click here
for links to resource materials. |
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Leadership for Active Living, a national initiative
established with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
announces it's new website
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Check out the newly updated CDC Physical Activity
website. |
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"America Bikes" policy book is now available
online.
Offers some great charts, graphs and other information that
support bicycling. |
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Fishing and Boating Education
Grants of up to $5,000 are available to certified physical
educators interested in disseminating a comprehensive fishing
and boating education into school physical education curricula.
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PEAK
Workshop is on April 26th in Ellensburg, Washington. Join
us if you can. |
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CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP CALENDAR |
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calendar, please email
us. Thanks. |
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Physical Education Workshop
Ellensburg, WA, April 26th featuring
Beth Kirkpatrick, Debbie Wilson, Rene Bibaud, Deborah Tannehill
and more!
Click here
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Dr. David Kahan,
this month's section editor has partitioned ideas and activities
based on monthly, weekly, and daily April observances.
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Daily April Celebrations:
- Walk on Your Wild Side Day
- Tax Day
- Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
- International Walk Day
- National Honesty Day
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Weekly April Celebrations:
- Golden Rule Week
- Explore Your Career Options Week
- Young People's Poetry Week
- National Coin Week
- National TV Turn-off Week
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Monthly April Celebrations:
- Home Improvement Time
- International Legacy Month
- Keep America Beautiful Month
- Mathematics Education Month
- National Lawn and Garden Month
- National Youth Sports Safety Month
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Click here
to read more!
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April begins
the opportunity for section editor
Dr. Sue Tarr, to walk (free of snow & ice), bike, and ride
horses. Actually, Sue doesn't really ride horses, but is involved
in a therapeutic riding program. Learn more.
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Read about the physical,
social, and psychological benefits of a riding program. |
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Read about a new text
that offers a noncategorical approach to adapted physical
activity. Presented in the text are strategies that educators
can use to assist students (regardless of the disability)
in their development or mastery of motor skills. |
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Sue reports on
the Walk On Therapeutic Riding Program at the Double
K Therapeutic Riding Center. |
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Click here
to read more... |
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