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We will begin fitness testing this week, so make sure your child wears tennis shoes to school.  The FitnessGram is the testing program the state has mandated we use for acquiring the data on your child's fitness level.  We are required to provide the state with the scores of all 4th and 5th grade students.  We will be running the Pacer (the endurance portion of the test) with all the grade levels.  Only the 4th and 5th graders will do the other tests, sit and reach, push ups and sit ups, for data collection.  The kids usually love running the Pacer, but they may want to start practicing sit ups and push ups at home.  We will send home a sheet at the end of the year with their overall fitness levels on it for you to have.