RHS NATIONAL AND PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS AWARD WINNERS


 Recipients of the prestigious National and Presidential Fitness Award.

(February 2007) RHS PE teachers, Ms. Braune and Ms. Winkel, invite the girls in their physical education classes to set goals, to challenge themselves physically and to reach for excellence. One of the programs they use to help their students strengthen their bodies and their commitment to physical achievement is the Presidential Fitness Challenge.

• The President's Challenge is the cornerstone program of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Beginning with the Presidential Physical Fitness Award (PPFA) in 1966, the President's Challenge program has served as a fitness recognition program whose goal is to motivate all children, ages 6-17, to begin and continue an active lifestyle leading to enhanced physical fitness. Through participation in schools, clubs, community/recreation groups and on an individual basis, over 70 million youth have received Presidential recognition for their accomplishments in the program's three areas: active lifestyle, physical fitness, and health fitness.
  
  Physical Fitness Awards
  This program recognizes children and youth on their level of physical fitness by testing the student on a battery of tests measuring physical fitness components. The events include: curl-ups or partial curl-ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pull-ups or right angle push-ups, and V-sit or sit and reach. Three awards are available for children and youth depending on their level of physical fitness:
  
• Presidential Physical Fitness Award for a score above the 85th percentile on all five events;
• National Physical Fitness Award for a score above the 50th percentile on all five events; and
• Participant Physical Fitness Award
  
  The students sitting in the front row won the Presidential Fitness Award, and those sitting behind them won the National Fitness Award. Congratulations!
  
  Check out the challenge at http://www.presidentschallenge.org

CONGRATULATIONS to this year’s recipients of the prestigious National and Presidential Fitness Award winners:

THE FOLLOWING RIVERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL OR PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS AWARDS.

PRESIDENTIAL WINNERS
BRITTANY SCHLOSBERG
QUIERA DeCOSTA
DEIRDRE APICELLO
ELLIE MARKEWITZ
YVONNE McKAY
AMELIA CZELATKA
OLESYA SHAYDA
BRITTNEY DENNINGER

NATIONAL WINNERS
SHAQUETTA MOORE
REBECCA BEIRLE
ASHLEY BREWER
KATE SKINNER
ALEXANDRA BUDD
KARALEE VONATZSKI
AMANDA FIELDS
TAYLOR MARANGONI
ANDREA MONTESDEOCA
NICOLE HOUSTON
KRISTIN SIRRINE
AMANDA GUTIW
RACHEL WELLS
MELANIE McKAY
SAMANTHA MESSINA
KATE MURPHY
LAURA ASENDIO
BRIGIT BURGIO
KYMBERLEE STEPHENS
SAMANTHA DIRESTA
COLLEEN DOUGHERTY7
ANGELA DREXEL
CHARLEATRICE THOMAS
ALEXANDRE COX
KAYLA KING
KELLY REN
JULIANA CAMPINO
KRISTEN SAUTER
JESSICA EGAN
DEVIN DEITLEIN
TAYLOR ADAMO
NATALIE FOX
KRISTA LOHMANN
Kristen Racaniello
Sharon Ricon
Kelly Zilinicki
Emma Kent
Emily Morell
Emily Commins
Emily Cooper
Emily Moreli
Tasheena Trent