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 Convention Special Edition

February 15/2012

EXECUTIVE BOARD NEWS

We need your help at the NJAHPERD Convention Monday, March 5, 2012 and/or Tuesday, March 6, 2012. 

Please register for the convention and check the box willing to volunteer to help (i.e., registration desk, NJAHPERD Booth, hospitality room, presider for the presenter, badge checker, etc.) We truly appreciate all you have done and continue to do for our profession. I hope I will see you RIDING THE WAVE OF CHANGE, in Long Branch, N.J. 

Thank you in advance. JoAnn Doherty, Retired Network Coordinator

The Lake Conference will be held September 28-30, 2012. Set aside some time to join the fun for this action-packed activity weekend featuring Jean Blaydes (Texas), Amy Gagnon (Connecticut), Kerry Lubin (Pennsylvania) and our own Chip Candy, Jim Ross, John Smith, Shawn Bennett, Arvin Arjona, (New Jersey) and Eric Eder 2010 NJAHPERD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Check out the tentative schedule and the session descriptions on the NJAHPERD web site. See the Lake Conference page listed under Our Professional Events and check out the speaker page for more information about our presenters. MORE

Have further questions? Contact Gregg Montgomery, NJAHPERD Lake Chair, 973-927-4862 home, 201-841-1059 cell or the NJAHPERD office.

Distinguished Keynote Speakers:
* Dr. Bob Pangrazi (Arizona State University)
* Dr. George Graham (Penn State)
* Dr. Stevie Chepko (Winthrop University)
* Dr. Dolly Lambdin (University of Texas)
* Paula Hudson Hildebrand (NC Dept. Public Instruction)
* Dr. Jayne Greenberg (Miami-Dade Schools, Florida)
* Judy LoBianco (South Orange-Maplewood Schools, NJ)
* Dr. Marybell Avery (Lincoln Public Schools, Nebraska)
* Ginny Popiolek (Harford County Schools, Maryland)
* Shellie Pfohl (President's Council) 

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Register today!

You are invited to submit an article for publication in the NJAHPERD REPORTER. The 2012 theme is Assessment in Health and Physical Education and articles should focus on strategies to improve student learning and teacher effectiveness. The goal of this issue is to provide assessment resources for members including, but not limited to, the following topics:

Health Education (all levels, all topics)

Technology

Project based learning

Wellness

Fitness Education

Supervision and evaluation of H & PE professionals

Lifetime sports and activities

Articles are peer reviewed. All authors accepted for publication will receive a complimentary registration for the NJAHPERD event of their choice for the 2012-2013 school year. 

Please visit the website for guidelines for authors. Questions should be emailed to the REPORTER editor, Dr. Kathy Silgailis.

TICKETS FORE CHARITY - NJAHPERD will once again partner with The PGA "Tickets Fore Charity" Program and the First Tee and sell ADVANCE WEEKLY TICKETS for $150.00 (daily tickets will cost between $80.00-$90.00). Last year the U.S. Open Tickets at Bethpage Black cost $150.00 a day. You may purchase your tickets directly from us at the NJAHPERD Convention in March or through the NJAHPERD website.

All profits from this GREAT CHARITY EVENT are used to promote quality health and physical education programs in our schools.

Thank you in advance for your support of this worthy program. 

Registration is now open! Make your plans now to attend the 2012 AAHPERD National Convention & Expo March 13-17, 2012 in Boston. Register by February 21 to get the advanced rate!

The AAHPERD convention cannot run without a dedicated group of volunteers.  We are looking for professionals and students who are willing to offer their service in three hour blocks of time.  In exchange, you will receive a t-shirt, an opportunity to provide a service to your profession, and a chance to meet and network with new colleagues!  It's easy to volunteer.  Click here for Volunteer Form and submit it to VolunteerAAHPERD@gmail.com.  Questions click here.  Let's make Boston's 2012 AAHPERD Convention a great success!

Let's meet for a casual rendezvous "TEA PARTY" drink of your choice at the SIDE BAR & GRILLE in the lobby of the Sheraton Boston, on Wednesday,March 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM. 

at the 2012 AAHPERD National Convention & Expo in Boston! Put your students to the test with the step-by-step video tutorials. Once they have it down, come represent your school at the convention in Boston and show off those moves for all to see! The event will take place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Grand Ballroom on Thursday, March 15th at 11:30am.

Can't make it to Boston? Show us your moves on video. Share your video with us on the AAHPERD Facebook page for a chance to have your school and students featured on the big screen at the convention! Read more

The EDA/AAHPERD MEMORIAL LECTURE will honor the memory of our beloved NJAHPERD member, past president and award recipient, PEARL KOWALSKI, on Thursday, March 15, 2012, from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM.  Dr. Virginia Overdorf, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, William PatersonUniversity, RC Fellow, NAS Fellow, will be the EDA Scholar for Pearl's Memorial.  Mark your calendar so we all can honor the memory of Pearl's life.

Congratulations, Lilyan B. Wright, New Hampshire (formerly of NJ) 

NJAHPERD is excited to announce that our own Lilyan Wright is this year's recipient of the 2012 NASPE Joy of Effort Award. Lilyan was nominated by both NJAHPERD, and New Hampshire AHPERD, and was the "slam dunk" choice by the national awards committee! 

During her career that has spanned over 70 years, Lilyan has made enormous contributions to our profession. She was a teacher and coach at the High School level prior to her 29 years at Trenton State College as a professor, coach, department chair, and athletic director. Just this year, at the age of 91, she retired from officiating both Field Hockey and Lacrosse. It is estimated that she has been on an athletic field or court for over 5,000 games as a coach or official (and that number is probably low). She still is teaching fitness classes to the elderly in New Hampshire, and continues to attend both New Jersey's and New Hampshire's state conferences. Both states have awards named in her honor; ours being the student of the year award and New Hampshire has the Lilyan B. Wright service award. 

She will be recognized at the NASPE Awards Banquet in Boston during the AAHPERD National Convention. We are asking everyone in our state to attend the banquet in support of our 92 year young New Jersey treasure! Congratulations Lilyan...you are the definition of Joy of Effort, and this award is long overdue! See you all at the banquet in Boston...let's "pack the house for Lil"!

Congratulations Award Recipients

• Honor Award:  Gregg Montgomery, Retired, Mt. Olive School District       
• Honor Award:  John Smith, Retired, Ho-Ho-Kus School District   
• Distinguished Leadership Award: Linda Guerrini,  Parsippany Troy Hills School District         
• Elementary Teacher of the Year Award: Mark Camardo, Oak Knoll Elementary School, Monroe Township
• Middle School Teacher of the Year Award: Susan Toth, Tenafly Middle School, Tenafly
• Outstanding Teacher in Higher Education Award:  Anne Farrell, The College of New Jersey    
• Mary Jo Young Health Teacher of the Year: Dawn Francavilla, Wardlaw-Hartridge, Edison
• Thomas Vodola Adapted Physical Education Award: Diane Glover, Mercer Elementary School, Mercer Co Special Services
• Dance in Education Award:  Barbara Brady, Linden High School, Linden
• Lilyan B. Wright Outstanding Student Award: Victoria Taylor, Kean University       
• Excellence in Recreation Programming and Leadership Award: Salvatore Randazzese, Flemington-Raritan Parks and Rec                
• Student Healthy Lifestyle Award: Abner Dela Cruz, Horace Mann School 
• Sal Abitanta Exemplary High School Health and Physical Education Award:  Hopewell Valley Central High School, Hopewell
• Supervisor/ Athletic Director- Kristen Enderle
• Interim A.D. -Ryan Pandolfini 
• Ms. Pam Edwards
• Ms. Lois Fyfe
• Mr. Ken Harrison
• Mr. David Machin
• Mr. Jeff Molinelli
• Mr. Gary Nucera
• Ms. Maggie Rarich
• Ms. Daphne Shaub
• Mrs. Jamie Taranto

FlagHouse is the official sponsor of the NJAHPERD Physical Education Teachers of the Year (TOY) program and will present each TOY with a FlagHouse gift certificate, NJAHPERD/FlagHouse logo equipment bag and apparel at the Annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Teachers of the Year represent NJAHPERD and are featured as presenters at various professional development events including the NJAHPERD Election Day Conference and Annual Convention. NJAHPERD is proud of our Teachers of the Year and thanks FlagHouse, our official TOY sponsor.

 

NJAHPERD is proud to congratulate the following schools for their #1 American Heart Association's fundraising events for the 2010-2011 school year: 

 

• #1 American Heart Association's fundraising events for the 2010-2011 school year:
• #1 JRFH School: HB Whitehorne Middle School, Verona, NJ, $34,504.10
• #1 HFH School: Moorestown Upper Elementary School, Moorestown, NJ, $15,673.99
• #1 JRFH/HFH (combined event): Lawrence Intermediate School, Lawrence Township, NJ, $15,756.85
• National Highest Per Capita: Winston School, Short Hills, NJ (National AHA   Award Recipient-4th Consecutive Year)
• National Faye Biles Award: Deb Weiss, Beechwood School, Mountainside, NJ (National AHA Award Recipient) 

NEWS YOU CAN USE

The 2 day workshop would be designed to introduce teachers to the concept of adventure activities for Physical Education.  This workshop will teach staff how to implement a sequential Adventure curriculum. Participants will receive the following training:

• Receive a copy and learn how to facilitate activities from the Adventure Curriculum for Physical Education (during the workshop each participant selects an Elementary, Middle or High School curriculum book).
• Learn to connect adventure activities to specific learning outcomes, state and national standards, which includes National Physical Education Standards, as influenced and developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) using the ACPE text as a guide.
• Learn age-appropriate assessment tools for adventure education.
• Explore core themes of the curriculum by grade level.
• Discuss how to integrate PA's ACPE curriculum to their specific programs.
• Implement components of the K-12 Adventure Curriculum for Physical Education
• Experience a fun, positive and professional environment and learn how to re-create that at work.

This 5 day training focuses on Adventure programming and Technical skills. Teachers will be trained on using low and high challenge course elements.  The trainings would be designed to introduce teachers to the newly installed challenge course elements at Columbia High School as well as those at their academic institution.

Participants will:

• Learn the cornerstone philosophies of Project Adventure including Challenge by Choice, the Full Value Contract and the Experiential Learning Cycle
• Be introduced to sequencing, framing and debriefing techniques
• Experience ground activities, low and high challenge course elements

• Gain knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures, the safety guidelines, for low and high challenge course elements

• Acquire an understanding of the applications for a variety of equipment including harnesses, helmets, carabiners, and belay devices and belay set-ups
• Gain knot tying and belaying skills
• Learn belay team management including alternative belay techniques
• Learn challenge course set-up and takedown procedures including gear retrieval
• Be able to operate high and low challenge course elements at their site.
• Receive an Adventure Programming manual and a Technical Skills Intensive manual.

• Understand how to infuse positive, appropriate risk taking and trust into their teaching methods.

For more info please contact, Marv Alexander, PEP Grant Coordinator, South Orange-Maplewood School District, 973-762-5600. Ext: 1293, Fax: 973-378-7607, malexand@somsd.k12.nj.us

A funding opportunity from Action for Healthy Kids for elementary schools is still available. AFHK, in partnership with the Stop & Shop Giant Family Foundation, is offering grants of up to $1000 to schools in seven states (DC, VA, MD, NY, NJ, CT, and MA) to implement AFHK's Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge web-based school wellness toolkit. Game On provides schools with a roadmap for creating sustainable changes to school environments around nutrition and physical activity through creating a school-based team of stakeholders to develop and implement a plan with support from AFHK. It has proven very effective at helping schools to strengthen and expand existing wellness initiatives, and to launch new ones.

We currently have grant funds available for thirteen (13) additional schools. Complete the  Proposal Request and contact Steve Greene as soon as possible. Disregard the current due dates on the RFP, as they are out of date. Interested schools should get their application in by Friday, February 24.

Steve Greene, M.Ed, MPA  Regional Field Manager, East and MidAtlantic  O: 703-261-6294  M: 703-674-8802  sgreene@actionforhealthykids.org Take Action for Healthy Kids!

Friday, March 23, 2012 from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Sponsors: The NJ Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (NJCPFS) in collaboration with the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS).

NJAHPERD is an active member of the NJCPFS.

Established in 2006, the Leaders' Academy provides this training opportunity to focus on policy & environmental changes so healthy choices are easier forNew Jersey residents.

 

Following the Academy, mini grants of $2,500.00 - $10,000 will be offered through a competitive state grant process to implement a healthy community initiative. To date 87 mini grants totaling $300,000 have been awarded. Some projects funded in the past were school gardens, Fitness Trails, Walking/Bike to School program, bike racks, Fitnessgram and others. Past grant recipients will be highlighted during the Academy.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

TO REGISTER: Registration is required; there is no fee to attend. Please call (609.292.2209) or e-mail shapingnj.onf@doh.state.nj.us including the following information: all team member names, area of expertise, mailing and e-mail addresses & phone numbers.

The deadline to register is March 15, 2012. Space is limited. MORE

On Friday morning, the gymnasium looked more like the setting of a barn dance than a basketball game. Instead of T-shirts and shorts, most students wore button-up shirts and colorful blouses. Parents, some toting cameras, filled nearly every folding chair around the gym's perimeter.

The students were showing off their skills in a dance program, a tradition at the school that stretches back more than 20 years, said Nicholson, Sunset Elementary physical education teacher. MORE

Each year since 1963, each U.S. President officially proclaims February to be "American Heart Month." Although American Heart Month coincides with Valentine's Day (which, next to Christmas, is the largest card-selling holiday in the U.S.), its primary purpose is not the celebration of romantic love. Rather, Congress designed American Heart Month to be a means of promoting awareness of heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) diseases (also generally referred to as heart disease) as a nationwide problem, and of generating support for "essential" solutions to this problem. More news from the American Heart Association

February is American Heart Month!

With American Heart Month just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start thinking about ways that you and your community can show support for the health and wellness ofAmerica's future generations. What better way to jump in to the action than by holding your very own Jump Rope For Heart or Hoops For Heart event? When you complete a Jump Rope For Heart or Hoops For Heart event, you provide children with the knowledge and tools they need to stay heart healthy for life.

Join the Fight and Register Your Event Today
It's not too late to join in the fight against heart disease, stroke and childhood obesity by registering your Jump Rope For Heart or Hoops For Heart event today! The American Heart Association has provided everything you will need online. In one easy step you will be up and jumping in no time. 
 
Already scheduled to hold an event?

Jump For Heart ResourcesGreat! Check out the some of the resources available for coordinators holding Jumps For Heart and Hoops For Heart Events. These tools provide you with everything you need from getting started, tips for success, raising funds online and more. We've even got comprehensive feedback from past event coordinators who know all the tricks of the trade!

Jump For Heart Resources

Hoops For Heart Resources

Online Fundraising Resources

For information on American Heart Month and additional info please visit the CDC website! 

ChildObesity180 has launched Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP) Innovation Competition. The competition is looking to uncover and highlight the most innovative and effective physical activity programs in elementary schools across the country.  ASAP wants to learn about any approach that motivates quality physical activity at school and beyond. If you have a great physical activity program and want the opportunity to share your program's success, enter the competition for a chance to win up to $100,000. Top programs also will have an opportunity to develop and expand their initiative to other schools. Deadline for entries: April 2, 2012. MORE
  
Click here to see First Lady Michelle Obama discussing the Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP) Innovation Competition in support of the Let's Move! initiative.

The Million Hearts™ is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in the U.S. by 2017. Launched by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in September 2011, it aligns existing efforts, as well as creates new programs, to improve health across communities and help Americans live longer, more productive lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), co-leaders of Million Hearts™ within HHS, are working alongside other federal agencies and private-sector organizations to make a long-lasting impact against cardiovascular disease.

Why this focus? Heart disease and stroke are the first and fourth leading causes of death in the United States, making cardiovascu­lar disease responsible for 1 of every 3 deaths in the country. Americans suffer more than 2 million heart attacks and strokes each year, and every day, 2,200 people die from cardiovascular disease. Further, heart disease and stroke are among the leading causes of disability in our country, with more than 3 million people reporting serious illness and decreased quality of life.

What can you do? The Million Hearts™  is asking Americans to sign the Million Hearts pledge at www.millionhearts.hhs.gov and make a commitment to

• Prevent heart disease and stroke by understanding your risks
• Get active by exercising for 30 minutes several days a week
• Know your ABCS: A - Appropriate Aspirin Therapy B- Blood Pressure Control C-Cholesterol Control S-Stop Smoking
• Stay strong by eating a heart-healthy diet
• Take control of your heart health by following your doctor's instructions for medications and treatment.

Click for more information or download the Million Hearts™ initiative fact sheet.

Help educate members of Congress on the importance of quality physical education and physical activity during NASPE's SPEAK Out! Day on March 28-29th. Your efforts have already helped keep PEP funded 
and we need to continue making our voice heard during this important election year.

Build new relationships and network with passionate professionals from around the country. This is a great opportunity to receive basic advocacy training and learn how to effectively communicate your message to legislators.   You will have an impact at a national level and leave feeling empowered to make a difference in your state!

In preparation for SPEAK Out! Day, NASPE is holding a free advocacy 101 webinar on March 8th at 3 PM EST. During the webinar, we will conduct the SPEAK Out! Day lottery and select an individual who will receive discounted hotel rates for all members in their state! The more people who register to attend SPEAK Out! Day from your state, the better your chances!

The 2012 Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA will be released in early March.   The report will provide a current picture of physical education in the American education system and will be a powerful tool to use on Capitol Hill.

Register by February 29th to become a NASPE advocacy ambassador! Travel scholarships are available.

Appropriate Instructional Practice Guidelines, K-12: A Side by Side Comparison

The grid includes developmentally appropriate and inappropriate practices in elementary, middle and high school physical education classes. The grid organizes the practices into five sections.

D3NJ (Don't Drive Distracted NJ) is a contest for New Jersey High School students statewide to compete in a competition designed to raise awareness about the dangers young drivers face when behind the wheel of a car or even as passengers riding with friends. This contest is the first of its kind by an auto retailer (DCH) in New Jersey.

The entire competition will run from February 16 to May 5. Safe driving campaign ideas submitted will be judged based on the contest participant's clarity and conciseness of their safe driving message and the creativity they choose to deliver that message. The grand prize winner will be selected by an outside panel of judges, experts in the field of teen safe driving.  The winner will be announced at a ceremony scheduled for May 5. We will fund production and execution of the winning idea and use it in ongoing teen safe driving initiatives. Here's the best part: the winner of D3NJ will have their choice of a new car or a college scholarship.

Contest rules and entry forms

ENTER THE $20,000 GREAT CURRICULA GIVEAWAY!

Is your school/district in compliance with the revised CCCS for 2.1-2.4? Implementation deadline is September 1, 2012. Using the YES You Can! curricula puts schools in compliance with the AIDS Prevention Act and enables them to meet 94% of all NJ's revised 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4! Using the YES You Can! curricula assures schools that they have current, medically accurate information in their classrooms and that the tool they are using has been systematically evaluated. 

This character based curricula has a strong theoretical base and is grounded in social-cognitive, social learning, and protection motivation theories. The New Jersey Physicians Advisory Group, publishers of the middle school and high school sexual health curricula YES You Can! will announce the winning schools on March 6th, at the 2012 NJAHPERD Conference in Long Branch, NJ. MORE

ADVOCACY

You don't have to be a lobbyist to call on lawmakers - just an advocate passionate about heart and stroke issues. In just a few moments, you can make a huge difference. We'll make it easy for you to email, phone or even visit your legislators. And we'll keep you informed on the progress you're making as one of the very important voices for the cure. Together You're the Cure advocates have succeeded in creating smoke-free communities, placing AEDs in public places, securing funding for medical research, and more through policy change. Join You're The Cure Today!

Please register for You're the Cure today to receive updates of issues that affect our profession and the health of our family, friends and students. It is a convenient way to express your opinion on issues.

RESOURCES

Schools are powerful places to shape the health, education and well-being of our children. That is why the Alliance's Healthy Schools Program supports more than 12,000 schools across the U.S. in their efforts to create environments where physical activity and healthy eating are accessible and encouraged. 

The Alliance collaborates with school staff, parents, students and community members to transform schools into healthy campuses. We provide a step-by-step roadmap for success, a resource database and expert staff that helps schools become healthier places. 

The NJ Coalition for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities is a special program of The Arc of New Jersey. It was created in 1985 and its membership includes over 400 individuals and representatives from the public and community agencies and organizations with an interest in, and dedication to the prevention of developmental disabilities.  The Coalition offers schools access to FREE professional Speakers' Bureau.  Topics available presentations include:

• Causes of Developmental Disabilities
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
• FASD in the Classroom-Understanding Invisible Disabilities
• Lead poisoning
• Environmental Contaminants and DD
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Other Unintentional Injury Risk
• Nutrition

If you or your schools are interested in scheduling a presentation, please contact us at:  

The Arc of New Jersey
985 Livingston Avenue
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
T 732.246.2525  x23
F 732.214.1834  www.arcnj.org

NASPE's Teacher Toolbox delivers the best online tools and ideas for your quality physical education, physical activity and youth sport programs - and it's free! We added an RSS feed to the homepage of Teacher Toolbox, subscribe to the feed to find out when a new Teacher Toolbox comes out!

 Let's Move in School

We encourage all NJAHPERD members to register their school as a Let's Move in School advocate. It's free and all schools are recognized on the NJAHPERD website!

Register your School Today! It's FREE and all participating schools are listed on the NJAHPERD website.

Begin planning your special events for National Physical Education and Sport Week-May 1-7

 Many new resources are available to teach Driver Education so take advantage of them!

 Teen Driving Toolkit 

A full day Driver Education track is scheduled on Monday, March 5, 2012 during the Annual Convention led by Pam Fischer and the Teen Safe Driver Coalition. Visit the NJAHPERD website for more details.

GRANTS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

March 4-6, 2012

Ocean Place Resort & Spa

Long Branch, NJ

Pre-Convention Workshops

March 4, 2012

Physical Best/Fitnessgram Training

Project Adventure Symposium

AAHPERD/EDA National Convention  

March 13-17, 2012
Boston, Mass.

Regional Workshops
Best Practices: Fitness Education
North, South and Central Region TBD
 
Fitnessgram Trainings 
NJAHPERD will provide Fitnessgram training for your staff at your site. Fee: $650
Please call/email the NJAHPERD office.

Details are available on the NJAHPERD website for all professional development events.

Let's Move in School WEBINARS

Integrating Nutrition Education into PE

March 7, 2012

1:00-1:45pm EST

Nutrition is an important part of students' overall fitness and health.  Learn simple ways to effectively integrate nutrition education into an existing physical education curriculum.  Hear from physical educators who are successfully implementing nutrition into their PE programs. REGISTER 

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS:

The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Movement

Friday, March 9, 2012

9:00am - 3:00pm

Richard Stockton College of NJ

Campus Center

101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ

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4th Leaders' Academy for Healthy Community Development

Friday, March 23, 2012

8am-1pm

Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health & Wellness, Mercerville

The New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Office of Nutrition & Fitness, Department of Health & Senior Services invite community collaboration teams representing the health department, policy makers, local champions, citizens and other stakeholders to a skill building workshop.  Following the Academy teams will have an opportunity to apply for competitive mini grant funding -- $2500 - $10,000 for a total of up to $50,000 based on available funding -- to implement an evidence based healthy community food or physical activity initiative.  Communities of high need and teams in attendance will receive first consideration in grant funding.

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