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Schools win fitness equipment
Monday, June 29, 2009Sixteen Mississauga schools have earned themselves new gym equipment by successfully completing this year’s Go Active! Fitness Challenge.
The schools won $500 in Wintergreen phys-ed credits to use toward purchasing new gym equipment. Wintergreen is a publisher of learning material.
The schools are: David Leeder Middle School, Derry West Village Public School, Erin Centre Middle School, King’s Masting Public School, Miller’s Grove Public School, Oscar Peterson Public School, Plowman’s Park Public School, Ray Underhill Public School, Settler’s Green Public School, Sherwood Mills Public School, Springfield Public School, St. Clare Elementary School, St. Hilary Elementary School, St. Margaret of Scotland Elementary School, The Woodlands School and Willow Way Public School.
The 70 participating classes improved by an average of 7.79 per cent in all six exercises over the course of the challenge. The exercises include crunches, push-ups, 50-metre dash, shuttle run, standing long jump and an endurance run.
More than 28,600 students from 378 schools across Ontario have successfully completed the challenge. The Go Active! Fitness Challenge, presented by McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada with support from the Canadian Olympic Committee, promotes physical activity among students.
“The Go Active! Fitness Challenge is one way we are demonstrating our commitment to encouraging a balanced, active lifestyle among young Canadians,” said Jacques Mignault, senior vice-president, Ontario Region, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada.
“We are thrilled that Ontario students continue to rise to the challenge and have improved their fitness levels an average of 6.31 per cent this year.”
