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Miler’ ’s Club s Club Miler Promoting Fitness

Why get involved? Why get involved? • Great way to get physically fit! – Improves focus & concentration – Decreases risk of MANY health problems – Improves mood – Improves self-esteem – Reduces stress – Establishes good habits for lifelong fitness • A fun competition • Great way to spend time with friends & family

Miler’ ’s Club s Club Miler • Three ways for student’s to get involved: 1. Do EXTRA laps at recess & check in after EACH EXTRA lap completed. 1 st lap is required of all, all EXTRAS count toward Milers Club. 1. Obtain a pedometer, complete & hand in pedometer logs each week • (Grade 2-4 ONLY, unless purchase own pedometer) 2. Complete ‘ACTIVITY LOGS’ each week recording all the CONTINUOUS physical activity they do OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

Pedometers Pedometers John Doe Mrs. Teacher 9-27-10 10, 264 12,935 9-28-10

Pedometer Use Guidelines Pedometer Use Guidelines 1. Only 1 pedometer may be given to each SES student while at SES. 2. If you see someone shaking their pedometer please report it to Mrs. Serrell or Mr. Neff. 3. If you lose, damage or break it you are responsible for replacing it or reimbursing SES $15. There will be a monthly check to make sure you still have your pedometer. If your are not using it to participate in the program, we will ask for the pedometer back to let another student use it. 4. If the screen goes blank, it’s probably the battery that needs replacing. You are responsible for buying a new battery at Radio Shack.

Pedometer Use Guidelines Pedometer Use Guidelines 5. Must fill out Pedometer log properly daily & hand in log each Monday. 6. ABSOLUTELY NO SHAKING, we will be forced to take away your pedometer if we see or hear about this. 7. Reset the pedometer to “00000” each night. 8. Must make improvements in steps count or maintain 12,000 steps steps or more per day. 9. If wearing pedometer while doing extra laps at recess, there is no need to check in, your pedometer will record your extra steps.

Activity Logs Activity Logs Guidelines Guidelines John Doe •Requires parents daily Mrs. Teacher signature for verification •Activities should be continuous & NON-STOP •Available to grades 1-4 •Hand in Activity Logs on Mondays Sept 27-Oct 1 •New Logs available in envelope outside PE office OR online at the PE Website. Bike Riding •Logs should not look 30 Minutes identical each week, that looks suspiciously inaccurate.

Miler Miler’ ’s Club Aw ards s Club Aw ards s Club Aw ards Miler Miler s Club Aw ards Every 26.2 Miles Every 26.2 Miles • Individual Individual : • Every 5 Miles Earn Every 5 Miles Earn Earn 1 Big Foot Earn 1 Big Foot 1 Little Foot 1 Little Foot – Monthly Miler’s Club Awards with “Feet”, “Big Feet” and/or special monthly Token. – Top 3 Totals for the month get pictures Special Special hung on “Milers of the Month’ poster. Monthly Monthly Tokens Tokens – Top 5 Totals for the year get a T-shirt & an invitation to a special celebration breakfast Sept Sept at the Sip N Soda. • Class Class : class with most miles by year’s • Oct Oct end gets a party with healthy foods & an entire extra recess period. Nov Nov

PARENTS: How can you help? PARENTS: How can you help? • Encourage your child to get involved. • Exercise with your child! They look to you as role models/ • Help student remember logs, check & sign each night. If they aren’t getting the 12, 000 steps they need encourage & seek out more activity. • Make sure your child DOESN’T cheat themselves & the program by shaking the pedometer. • Buy and eat healthy foods with correct portion sizes for your child.

VITAL Relay Committee VITAL Relay Committee • Get involved in helping to fund our program by volunteering to be a part of the 2011 VITAL RELAY planning committee. • Please E-mail Mrs. Serrell ASAP at: lserrell@southamptonschools.org if you are interested. • We are hoping to have our first official committee meeting in October 2010. • The VITAL Relay is slated for October 2011.