Show A V JH Stresses Fitness With rI E Exercise Ashley Valley Junior High Fich J lg In the Na National 1 nal Y Youth th Ph Sl l 1 li ness Program which is being endorsed so o heavily by President dent Kennedy Principal Ron Ron- Rondo do S Harmon reported this week Under the program every boy Is tested twice a year and records record are kept on the individual Improvement made by each cach student These rec- rec records records are kept from test to test and also a cumulative record Is kept from from year to tD year This record is used to evaluate the Physical tion program in order to see seethe the strong and weak Areas ot of It THE TESTS themselves are a series of exercises dew de- designed signed to valuate the abut abut- ties of the individual student The exercises are arc designed to different areas or parts of assess the strength of the the body for example pull pull- ups are used to ascertain arm strength Abdominal and trunk I strength Is measured with the use of ups setups arid and speed peed and ability are measured with the use of the yard o-yard shuttle shuttle- run Muscular coordination Is tested by a softball throw and endurance Is tested with witha a yard walk run timed event A yard 75 dash is used to determine lei leg development This program is an excel excel- excellent excellent lent poll to determine the value of a 11 Physical Education Education tion Program It will also provide the boys with added Incentive to Improve their bodies The use of the program is not connected in any way with the grading ot of students However awards are given to those who excel during a certain and also aloo from year to year THE PROGRAM is spon sponsored by the American As- As Association Association of Health Ph Physical Education and Recreation The Science Department at atA A Is sponsoring en an ac acs whereby they plan to Invite the parents to every science student to spend an evening att at school In a 11 pro pro- program program gram designed to acquaint them with the Science Pro Pro-I Pro Pro- gram In the school The program will allow the parents to spend hours with the teachers In the Science De During this time the teachers will explain the tho Science program and take them through a mock lesson discussion and lab exercise similar to those given each day to the students Before the project is com com- completed each parent will wUl re- re receive re a notice by snail mail advising advis- advis advising ing them as to the date they should plan to attend The parents are urged to take ad vantage ot of this program to acquaint themselves with the Science program at the School The Science Department also plans to take a special group croup of grade Science students on a field trip this week to Red Springs area where they will study geological formations as well as biological principles TilE THE CREATIVE TIVE Arts de de- de department Is making arrange arrange- arrangements ments to begin slip casting In Inthe inthe the near future At present the students are making molds which will be used soon Later these students will learn the use of the Pot Pot- Potter's ter's Wheel The beginning classes class's are learning tile the fund of and the advance classes cla are doing still life In water colors |