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 October 1/2012

EXECUTIVE BOARD NEWS

NEWS YOU CAN USE

The launch of this new program signals a new era in youth fitness assessment-one that focuses on health over performance. The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) began recognizing participation in the Youth Fitness Test in 1966. This step represents the first major changes to the test in 25 years. The new program features three key components: 1. Assessment, 2. Professional Development, and 3. Recognition and awards. The Youth Fitness Test, will be phased out during the 2012-13 school year to encourage use of FITNESSGRAM®, which provides a barometer on students' overall health and, when used in conjunction with the other elements of the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, empowers kids and families to become physically active for a lifetime.

On Saturday October 6th, Nickelodeon will present its 9th annual Worldwide Day of Play, a full day dedicated to healthy and active play. Nickelodeon will go dark, turning off all programming for the afternoon, to inspire kids to get out and be active. In honor of Worldwide Day of Play, thousands of local schools, communities and organizations are hosting their own play day events. MORE

Beginning in the fall of 2012, school cafeterias must meet tough new federal nutrition standards which include some of the biggest changes in 30 years. The new standards make sure that students receive well-balanced meals and all the nutrition they need to succeed in school. MORE

The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey, in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health, is launching the "Protect Me with 3"campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness about the importance of adolescent immunizations. As kids get older, protection provided by some vaccines they received in childhood can begin to wear off. Kids can also develop risks for more diseases as they enter their pre-teen years. Adolescent vaccinations provide protection from devastating diseases including: pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, meningococcal, cervical and anal cancers, and genital warts. For these reasons, older kids need vaccinations too. The "Protect Me with 3"collaborators are challenging all New Jersey pre-teens and teens, 11 through 18 years of age, to create short (30 second) videos about one of the above three vaccines. .

There are three vaccines that should be given to 11 or 12 years olds. If pre-teens and teens have not yet received these vaccines, they should speak to their doctor about getting them now! The "Protect Me with 3" campaign emphasizes the importance of receiving the following three vaccines:

Tdap vaccine, which is a booster against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. Pertussis, or whooping cough, can keep kids out of school and activities for weeks. It can also be spread to babies, which can be very dangerous.

Meningococcal conjugate vaccine, which protects against meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria and is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis (a serious infection around the brain and spinal cord) and its complications.

HPV vaccine, which protects boys and girls against genital warts and anal cancer. HPV vaccine can also guard girls and women against the types of HPV that most commonly cause cervical cancer.

The Challenge: The "Protect Me with 3"collaborators are challenging all New Jersey pre-teens and teens, 11 through 18 years of age, to create short (30 second) videos about one of the above three vaccines. MORE

Now that the school year's begun, it's time to get back in the game with Fuel Up to Play 60, the free in-school wellness program from the National Dairy Council and the National Football League, in collaboration with the USDA. Here are a few things you can do to activate the program in your school this year.

Sign up to be a Program Advisor. Every school needs one or more adults to help activate the program, support students as they take make their schools healthier places and receive exclusive Perks for taking on this important role. Only schools with at least one Program Advisor can apply for Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60 - up to $4,000 to activate the program. During the month of October, any adult who becomes a Program Advisor will automatically be entered into a random drawing to win a Fuel Up to Play 60 Prize Pack.

Apply for Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60. The competitive funding initiative provides money to help schools jump-start and sustain healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements. The next application deadline is January 15, 2013.

Encourage students to submit Challenge entries. The current Fuel Up to Play 60 Challenge is the Super Bowl Breakfast Challenge, now through December 3, 2012. Students who submit their best idea for a delicious oatmeal breakfast their friends and classmates will love could win big... SUPER BOWL big. Quaker is supporting the Super Bowl Breakfast Challenge by providing two national winners with a VIP, all-expense-paid trip for two to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans! Quaker will also give these lucky winners a $1,000 grant for their school to help turn their great idea into a reality! Entries can be submitted by Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisors online at FuelUpToPlay60.com.

Fuel Up to Play 60, now in nearly 73,000 schools across the nation, encourages students to eat healthy, be active and implement long-term, positive changes for themselves and their schools.  More information about the program can be found at FuelUpToPlay60.com.

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Links of interest:
Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Grantwww.aahperd.org/jump 

NASPE Standards linking Physical Education to JRFH 

Register YOUR event: http://www.aahperd.org/jump/AboutJump/eventregistration.cfm

The PULSE online newsletter

RESEARCH RESULTS

GOOD IDEAS & GOOD DEEDS

All AAHPERD members have the privilege of submitting nominees for the following 2013 National Association Awards. Nominations are due by October 15:

• Adapted Physical Educator of the Year - AAPAR
• Dance Educator of the Year (College/University)-NDA
• Dance Educator of the Year (K-12)-NDA  
• Health Education Professional of the Year School K-12 (HEPYS) -AAHE
• Physical Education Teacher of the Year (3 levels-Elementary, Middle School, Secondary)--NASPE

Any AAHPERD member who has not previously received one of these National Awards is eligible to apply or be nominated. Candidates do not have to have been selected as their state winner in order to apply or be nominated.

State Associations may follow a process of selection and forwarding to the national pool providing that all candidates are submitted to AAHPERD by October 15.

All applicants or nominators will submit application materials using national association forms [available on the National Association websites] to the Programs Office at AAHPERD headquarters, postmarked by October 15: AAHPERD Programs Office, 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. For more information call 703-476-3400.

ADVOCACY

RESOURCES

ShapingNJ

Working with Schools to Increase Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents in Physical Education Classes: An Action Guide

Creating Healthy Actice School Toolkit

Childhood Obesity  has tripled in the last three decades. But the United States Tennis  Association (USTA) is doing its part to encourage kids to live healthy and  active lifestyles - during September, National Childhood  Obesity Awareness Month, and beyond - through tennis and encourages parents  to attend a USTA Free Tennis Play Day with their kids in celebration of Nickelodeon's  Worldwide Day of Play.  

From Sept. 1 - Oct. 6,  there will be thousands of  events taking place across the country -  and there's sure to be one near you! Best of all,  USTA Free Tennis Play Days are open to all skill levels.  

Tennis is the sport for a lifetime so give the kids in your life the gift of  tennis!

Check out the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Heads Up public service announcements (PSAs) with Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner - just one of the professional athletes who are volunteering their time to help keep kids and teens safe from concussion, and more serious brain injuries. The new CDC Heads Up PSAs will air nationwide to help educate parents, kids, and teens about this injury both on and off the sports field.

Through the Heads Up program, CDC provides information on preventing, recognizing, and responding to concussion, and more serious brain injuries. MORE

Go to the website and click on the poster icon at the bottom of the home page for a free Healthy Highway poster for the beginning of your year.

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Describes how tobacco products are designed for addiction and how young people are especially susceptible 

• Shares information about why youth smoke, what influences them, and what health harms can result
• Identifies what parents can do to protect their children from tobacco's harms and help keep them tobacco-free
• Provides helpful resources about the health consequences of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke as well as quitting resources for a variety of audiences
  
  Information on OSH's Web Site
  Continue accessing CDC's Smoking & Tobacco Use Web site for helpful resources and the latest information. The OSH August Media Calendar page contains links to the CDC feature article, information for parents, quitting resources, and social media tools.
  
  Social Media Engagement
  Take advantage of all the activities OSH has planned on its social media profiles by liking and following @CDCTobaccoFree on Facebook and Twitter and subscribing to the Smoking & Tobacco Use playlist on YouTube. That way you can receive and share status updates and profile updates as they are posted.
  
  Another means of engagement that has been developed for this feature is a button: A Tobacco-Free Life Starts Now.  Support CDC's tobacco control and prevention efforts by posting this button on your Web site, blog, or social networking site.
  
  Digital Media
  Now that all Smoking & Tobacco Use and Tips From Former Smokers Web site pages are social media optimized, we encourage you to share your favorite pages on your social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

The redesign of www.recreation.gov is an initial step in a multi-year strategy to engage visitors with enhanced interactive content and more multimedia, mobile, trip-planning tools. The seven million visitors who use the web site every year will be able to make reservations, see ready-made itineraries for destination cities, and search for activities on interactive maps.

TEEN DRIVER RESOURCES

Back-to-School Reminder to Parents, Teens & Coaches

The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey is launching the 3rd Annual U Got Brains Champion Schools Program - a contest to challenge New Jerseyhigh school students and faculty to create unique projects aimed at educating teens about the importance of safe driving.  Attached is a flyer promoting the program that we would like you to share with any high schools you might have contact with. 

Here's how it works: 

• High schools develop an idea for a project related to teen driving safety.
• They then submit their project name, a 500 word summary of the proposed project, and a list of strategies and events to be implemented along with it.
• Each school that is selected to participate in the program will receive a $1,000 stipend to implement it.
• Selected schools will have several months to implement their projects and compete against other schools to win the ultimate prize: a driving simulator
  for their school!

This is a great opportunity to engage high school students in an educational, fun and interactive competition, while addressing an important safety issue.  
 
To learn more, apply or view previous year's winners

GRANTS & CONTESTS

Deadline: December 15, 2012

Application

The Eat Right Move More campaign is a joint effort between the New York Jets professional football team, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, and the American Dairy Association, & Dairy Council, Inc. We are pleased to again recognize schools in New Jersey that have made significant changes to improve their school nutrition environment.

This year there will be an emphasis on selecting the schools that are implementing school breakfast programs that are served "after the bell".  Eating a nutritious breakfast everyday plays an important role in students' academic achievement.  Serving breakfast after the bell ensures maximum participation in the breakfast program. MORE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Fitnessgram Trainings for In-service Days 

NJAHPERD will provide Fitnessgram training for your staff at your site. Fee: $650
Please call/email the NJAHPERD office.

Events Listing:

• Regional Workshops Fitness Education
• Lake Conference
• Teacher of the Year Conference
• Communities and Schools in Motion: Working Together for Healthy Active Kids
• Engaging Strategies for Teaching Adolescent Health
• Adapted Health & Physical Education Conference
• NJEA Convention
• Mary Jo Young Hands on Health Conference
• 2013 Annual Convention
• Pre-Convention Workshops

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

Disclaimer: The ideas in the FYI do not necessarily reflect NJAHPERD's official position on the issues. NJAHPERD assumes no responsibility for any statement as fact or opinion presented, nor does acceptance of advertising imply endorsement of any products or services by the Association.