James McQueen Public School here has successfully completed the Go Active Fitness Challenge, earning $500 in Wintergreen physical education credits to use towards purchasing new gym equipment.
More than 28,600 students from 378 schools across Ontario have successfully completed the challenge. It was designed to promote physical activity amongst students.
By participating and exercising regularly, Ontario students were able to improve on all six compulsory exercises, including crunches, push-ups, 50-metre dash, shuttle run, standing long jump and an endurance run. Participants’ scores were measured in May and combined with those achieved in September to determine their improvement.
Inspired by the Canadian Fitness Awards, the Go Active! Fitness Challenge is designed to promote physical activity among students, and is available to elementary schools . Each class that registers at www.fitnesschallenge.ca will receive a kit with all the necessary materials to conduct the challenge in their school.
Eligible classes that complete the challenge and submit their results on the fitness challenge website will earn $200 in Wintergreen Phys-ed credits per participating class, up to a maximum of $500 per school.
