See how physical activity can boost your teen’s academic performance and health.

Download and sign the attached petition for a second Health and Physical Education activity credit.
Consider asking your friends and family to add their names too.

 

Reality PE: The 60 Minute Edge! DVD

This 6 minute DVD shows the positive impact that a second physical education credit can have on your teen’s life

Copies can be purchased in Ontario for $12.00

Gold Award Recipient!

“Reality PE: The 60 Minute Edge” won the top Gold Award at the recent Aurora Awards for film and video held annually in Salt Lake City Utah.  The Aurora Awards is an independent competition open to Producers from around the world.  It was shot and edited by Omni Media Productions in St. Catharines.  Congradulations to Peter Murray and his crew at Omni!!
 
   
What you can do   Send an open email to the Minister of Education urging her to add a second compulsory
Physical Education credit for secondary schools.
   
Niagara Residents Outside of Niagara
     
    Please download and sign the attached Petition for a second PHYS ED credit and send it to us.
MPP Kim Craitor will read these into the Chamber at Queen’s Park.
     
What else you can do   How to be a voice for change and encourage a second physical education credit
     
Evidence for Physical Education   Read articles and quotes that show the need for physical activity in secondary schools to
promote health, happiness and to boost brain power.
     
Talking Points    
     
PE For Life   Information From the Literature ….
     
More information   Read more evidence that shows the link between physical activity, academics, and health.
     
Background information    See the list of partners that developed the “Reality PE” DVD and find out why they came together.

 

What else you can do
 
Talk to your teen, encourage your teen to take a second physical education credit in high school.
 
Show the DVD at your school – speak to your principal or student council about showing the DVD to parents at a meeting or school event. To get a copy of the DVD, an introductory script, and hand outs for your audience email hln@regional.niagara.on.ca.

Print this flyer, then post in your community, school, and workplace.
 
Call your MPP to let them know that you support a second compulsory Physical Education credit for secondary schools.

Parent Council Package

Letter about the DVD
Script to introduce the DVD
Flyer for more information about a second PHYS ED credit
Petition for a second PHYS ED credit


Evidence for Physical Education — Read articles and quotes that show the need for physical activity in secondary schools to promote health, happiness and to boost brain power.


Talking Points - Key points about the need for a 2nd Health and Physical Education activity credit


PE For Life -- Information and Quotes from the Literature ….

 

More Information
 
For more information about the how physical activity is an essential component to a teen’s education go to:
 
www.oasphe.ca
www.ophea.net

 


Background Information
 
Healthy Living Niagara’s Secondary School Committee aims to facilitate the optimal health of Niagara school communities. The committee works to plan, implement, and evaluate school-based initiatives that encourage children, parents and school staff to adopt healthy lifestyle choices.
 
In 2005 the committee began work on a DVD to demonstrate the positive impact of physical activity on teenagers’ education. The DVD urges parents to encourage their teenagers to take more than one physical education credit in high school. It further urges viewers to ask the Ministry of Education to add a second compulsory Health and Physical Education Credit at the secondary level.
 
 
Committee members include: