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New P.E. Program Coming to (California) City Schools Funded by Federal Grant
by Tracy Garcia, Staff Writer Posted: 03/02/2011 WHITTIER(, CA) – An expanded physical education program, complete with new equipment for each school and teacher training, is coming to the Whittier City School District next fall, thanks to a nearly $400,000 federal grant. The 6,600-student district was among 13 organizations in California to be awarded a Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant, which is designed to help schools expand or improve P.E. programs for K-12 students by including lessons in healthy eating habits, good nutrition and daily exercise. “We are all required, as public schools, to provide 200 minutes of instruction in...
Read MoreNew P.E. Program Coming to (California) City Schools, Funded by Federal Grant
New P.E. Program Coming to (California) City Schools, Funded by Federal Grant by Tracy Garcia, Staff Writer Posted: 03/02/2011 WHITTIER(, CA) – An expanded physical education program, complete with new equipment for each school and teacher training, is coming to the Whittier City School District next fall, thanks to a nearly $400,000 federal grant. The 6,600-student district was among 13 organizations in California to be awarded a Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant, which is designed to help schools expand or improve P.E. programs for K-12 students by including lessons in healthy eating habits, good nutrition and daily exercise. “We are all...
Read MoreCATCH Can Help Pave the Road to a Healthy Future for Children in California
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ – Sept. 6, 2007. This Spring, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell, announced that California schools will receive $500 million in Arts, Music and Physical Education grants for professional development, equipment and supplies to improve instruction in physical education and the visual and performing arts. O’Connell remarked, “High-quality arts education and improved physical fitness can support academic achievement in all areas of a student’s education. These grants will help provide our schools with resources to implement standards-based instruction in physical education and visual and performing arts.“ This...
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