Dear Parent/Guardian,

Texas law requires school districts to measure children in grades 3-12 in a PE class with the FITNESSGRAM. The FITNESSGRAM measures your child's aerobic capacity, muscular strength & endurance, and flexibility. Additionally, your child's body composition is measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI), which is determined from your child's height and weight. Below are the descriptions of the health-related fitness areas and how each assessment is measured and identified.

Aerobic Capacity/PACER measures the ability of the heart, lungs, and muscles to perform continuous physical activity. This test consists of the PACER test.

Muscle Strength & Endurance and Flexibility are components of health-related fitness that measure the overall fitness of the body. These tests will consist of push-ups, curl-ups, trunk lift, and back saver sit and reach.

Body Composition / Body Mass Index (BMI) - This test will consist of measuring height and weight.

Testing dates will be from October 4th - Nov. 1st. Fitnessgram scores are NOT used for a grade for students. Scores are kept confidential. You are able to view your child’s information via the AISD parent cloud after November.

Thank you,

The Physical Education Department

Want to participate with Marathon Kids at home????

Some of our classes at Mills are participating in Marathon Kids. Students will be earning miles for minutes of heart-pumping movement and laps completed.

If you would like to participate at home with your child, send me an email (anita.norris@austinisd.org) with the following information:

After you send me that information, you will be receiving an email from noreply@marathonkids.org to create your parent Marathon Kids account.

You will be able to submit miles completed at home.

Be sure to check your junk folder if you can’t find it.

Once you receive your email from MarathonKids, here are three helpful resources to help you create your account and know how to submit miles completed at home.

English how-to instructions: https://marathonkids.org/parent-acct-and-log-miles_english/
Spanish how-to instructions: https://marathonkids.org/parent-acct-and-log-miles_spanish/
How-to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIFnRxFPDJA

If you need further assistance the customer service team at Marathon Kids can help you.

Thank you,
Mills PE Department

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