Cottonwood School - Chiefs Yearbook (Cottonwood, CA)

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EDUCATION and PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING

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The schools continue to search and invite available resource people to come to the schools and share their knowledge and experiences. To the right, officer Jack Duprey is shown conducting and discussion with an 8th grade class. M, .,.h h ME ,Qigf At the left is Prabha Devi Prasad from India. She presented Pop Tunes played on the Sitar. She was accompanied by her husband Alakh Prasad. This was another assembly pro- gram. 141

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Try out for the President? ll AmericaTeam. The 50-yard dash is one of Q ,eggs the 7 exercises in this test of Tryouts will be held in schools 4 V., , all over thecountry. There's still time to get in shape. Ask your school about the .y yes Q! rrgige 5 7' e , of 3? l '31 all-around physical fitness. 2 1' 3 ' 5 President's All America Team. Or write: President's Council on Physical Fitness. Washington, D.C. 20203 ,. s , L. , 5 . rw, .M AQ 2 THE PRESIDENT'S PHYSICAL FITNESS AWARD PROGRAM Established by President Johnson, the Presidential Physical Fitness Award Program honors students who demonstrate exceptional physical achievement. It is designed: C13 to motivate boys and girls to develop and maintain a high level of physical fitnessg C25 to encourage good testing programs in the schoolsg Q0 to stimulate improvement of health and physical education programsg and C43 to provide additional information on the physical condition of America's youth. The President's conviction of the importance of physical fitness stems from his own experience as a school principal more than 30 years ago. His first paycheck was used to buy a volleyball and net for the playground use of his pupils. The Award program was conceived by the President's Council on Physical Fitness, and program details were developed jointly by the Council and the American Association for Health, Physical and Recreation. The Program is administered by these two organizationsfl The importance of fitness of the individual in relation to mental productivity was not first conceived by the President of the United States. But it is the first time any President has seen fit to personally honor those students who have worked hard to develop themselves to be physically and mentally alert. The Cottonwood Schools have operated under a similar testing program years before the Award Program was initiated. We have found our Physical Education? rogram to be a fertile field in which to develop attitudes and self-discipline as well as fitness of the body. We heartily endorse the cooperation and concern of our President with the Physical Fitness Program ofthe Cottonwood Schools. 4Bulleting President's Council on Physical Fitness and the American Association for Health'Physical Education and Re- creation. ik f -:gp Wfffllllfllali -R S gfgiy r 143