The Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee included 50$ million for PEP in 2002.  The full committee passed the bill on October 11.  No action is scheduled for the Senate yet, and the House has not included any PEP language to date.  We need you support  once again.  Contact your senators immediately!  Your help is needed again!  More coming soon.
	The PEP 2001 awards have been announced! To see the recipients and abstracts associated with their projects click here.
	Take advantage of Halloween and help others see better!  For more information here's more.
	A report titled, Increasing Physical Activity:  A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.  Here's more.
	The Physical Activity conference in Whistler has been postponed to December 9-11.  For more information visit the web site.
	Click AAHPERD for information concerning the 2002 National Convention in San Diego.
	The New PE and Sports Dimension.  A new column that opens your day by opening your mind.  Click here for more.
	CSPS 5th Annual Symposium.  For more information click here.
	Help those in need after the tragedies of last month's airplane hijackings.  Here's how.
	CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP CALENDAR
If you have a conference or workshop we can add to our calendar, please let us know. Thanks.

 

Editor Highlight!!

PELINKS4U Creator Steve Jefferies

 

Book Reviews Pedometer Walking

Secondary PE

Darla Castelli, this issue's Secondary Section Editor provides information about specific technologies that can be used with secondary Physical Education.

	Interactive CD's that are designed to help teachers and coaches.
	Software that helps your students chart fitness levels and receive prescriptions for improvement.
	Using videotapes in Physical Education.
	And the SOFIT Challenge.
	To read these and additional information on Secondary Physical Education click on more...

Technology

Debby Mitchell, Technology Section Editor, provides us with information on these topics.

	A site filled with ten minute fitness routines for kids.
	A link to exercise routines for coaches.
	Need more clipart for Physical Education concepts.  Check this site out.
	Excellent online resources for Physical Educators.
	Click here for details on these and other topics in this week's technology page.

During the last few years, we have occasionally provided updates on the growth of PELINKS4U.  It seems fitting that we once again, provide information about the growth of PELINKS as we begin to recognize those who are responsible.  PELINKS is currently experiencing over 900 different visitors daily.  The PELINKS Newsletter that is associated with PELINKS4U is being sent out to over 10,000 people every other week.  We continue to add interested physical educators at every conference where PELINKS is promoted.  Just this weekend, over 50 new subscribers were added at a state conference.   So, who is responsible for this continued growth of PELINKS?  There are really two different groups, not including the readers, of whom I attribute this growth.  The first group consists of the editors and the second includes the sponsors/advertisers.    It is only fitting that the first editor to be highlighted is the founder of PELINKS.  Steve Jefferies has taken PELINKS from a site created to help students to a site now visited by folks all over the world.  He not only created the site from scratch but has worked hard to make sure that this remain a free site for physical educators to visit and continues to act as a guest editor when needed.  In fact, Steve has provided an interesting and to some, a controversial coaching section for this issue.  To read more about Steve go to the editor highlight. It is also appropriate that we highlight the first sponsor of PELINKS4U.  Below the editorial, note that we are highlighting GOPHER Sports. We would be unable to offer a free site such as this without these sponsors. This issue then, provides us with the first installment of editor and sponsor highlights.  I hope that you enjoy finding out more about the people who put this together and also the companies that feel, quality physical education is worth supporting.  If you have an interest in becoming an editor or sponsor for PELINKS4U, please contact me.   Kirk Mathias PELINKS4U

"Does not helping another person mean saving him from despair?" ~Elie Wiesel~

Steve Jefferies, our Guest Coaching Section Editor, provides us with a variety of information including tackling a very controversial issue.

	Are you one of those high school coaches that believes winning is the only reason you are there?  Maybe there is more to your job than you thought.
	The challenge for rural schools . . . coach training.
	Is participation in high school athletics a positive or negative experience?
	Does participation in high school athletics improve classroom performance?  Better yet, which has a greater impact, team sports or individual sports?
	Click here to read these and much more...

Marina Bonella, provides a look at a variety of assessments in addition to the following items.  Portfolio task sheets for your students.    A site full of songs for your classes.   A place to go for a variety of sample assessments. Plus more including PE Central links.

Adapted Physical Education

In this issue, Adapted Section Editor Cindy Piletic, focuses on working with students in Physical Education who have Cerebral Palsy.

	What is cerebral palsy?
	Strategies for including students with cerebral palsy into your Physical Education classes.
	Ideas for equipment modification.
	Grading students with disabilities.
	Plus more . . .

Fitness, Health, & Nutrition

Health and Fitness Section Editor, Andrew Jenkins, examines a variety of topics in this issue.

	Some sobering statistics regarding smoking!  Did you know that tobacco companies spend almost 13 million dollars per day to promote smoking.
	Helping others cope with tragedy.
	Associating Harry Potter and junk food?  Read more here.
	The top 10 best and worst foods for kids.
	Click here to read these and much more.

Interdisciplinary PE

In this issue, we welcome a new Interdisciplinary Section Editor, Lynnette Young Overby, from Michigan State University.  She provides us with  the following informational items:

	Teaching Science through dance.
	Teaching math to elementary students through creative dance.
	Using movement to teach mathematical concepts related to shapes and line segments.
	For these and other ideas click here.

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