| Health
and Physical Education |
| What's New |
 Aetna and Magic Johnson
Enterprises bring you 3 Point Play - a wellness program to help children get healthier.
Go to www.communityvitality.com and select the purple
school!For questions, comments or concerns, contact: Jennifer Markesino Roberts |
HPE Winter Conference - February 14, 2009 Mark your calendar for February 14,
2009 and register on e-TRAIN for course CU1750. The conference is scheduled from 8:00 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m. at Pin Oak Middle School. Click here for a tentative schedule outlining the workshop topics. Take the opportunity to come together as a professional learning community to share and learn from each other to improve our physical education programs throughout the district. |
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Call For Professional Development Don't miss the opportunity to interact and learn with other health and physical education professionals.  Physical
Fitness Program meetings |
 Fitness Reporting SystemHealth and Physical Education teachers have a new to help record, monitor, and report fitness results. Student names and demographic data will be pre-populated thus allowing the teacher to enter results only. The HISD Fitness Reporting System V.2 will go-live on Monday, November 10, 2008. *new The new system can be accessed by logging into the HISD employee portal. Click here for more information on the Physical Fitness requirements. |
| Are you looking for some help for children with special needs? Are you looking to use technology in your physical education program? Are you looking for funding sources to finance a special program or activity? Try looking at the HISD HPE Online Resources link under the External Links. |
| Physical Fitness Requirements - Senate Bill 530 requires students enrolled in Kindergarten through fifth grade to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at least 30 minutes throughout the school year as part of the district's physical education curriculum or through structured activity during a campus's daily recess. |
| Physical Fitness Testing
Requirements and Fitnessgram *new |
| Read a Summary of SB530
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| Senate Bill 530 |
| Frequently Asked
Questions about Senate Bill 530 |
| Exemptions for Students with Disabilities *updated
03-31-08 |
 The Texas
Education Agency has authorized HISD to substitute private or commercially sponsored
athletic\training programs for credit. For more details and waiver application request, read the information in the Off-Campus Physical Education Equivalent Program Application Packet |
 Coordinated
Approach To Child Health (CATCH) For more information about CATCH click here. CATCH FAQs CATCH National
Fact Sheet |
| School
Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Description and Responsibilities Meeting Schedule *new ---------- |
| Handbook *updated 2007 ---------- |
| Ozone/UV Alerts ---------- |
| Heat Alert |
| Around the District |
| Schools are encouraged to submit photos to the Health and Physical Education Department to highlight programs and events that support the health and well-being of our students. |
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