We recently (January of 2009) received a grant through the Highmark Foundation (Healthy High Five School Challenge Grant). Are we eligible for the Active Schools Grant?
A. The Active Schools grant was intended to support activities related to new programs and enhancements to existing programs. Therefore, you may submit an application for the Active Schools grant. Q. Our middle school is considering applying your grant opportunity. 1. Is there a limit on how many students need to participate in the program? 2. Can the pre and post tests be altered slightly? We currently are using the Presidential Fitness testing program and do the tests however the curl-ups and flexibility test are a different version. We already do a pre and post test. 3. Can our PE staff share the days of the week to cover groups of students coming either before or after school? A. 1) The intent of the Active Schools Grant Program is to involve the greatest number of students as possible in at least 30-60 minutes of daily, moderate to vigorous physical activity. 2) The Active Schools Fitness Assessment tests should be used as described and not altered. It is expected that the Active
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