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Proof of fitness
  
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By Norma Engelberg
Physical education teacher Denise Neal has every right to be proud of her students, all 109 of them. For a second year in a row, Colorado Springs Christian School Woodland Park students earned the Physical Fitness State Champion Award for the number of students who have met the President’s Challenge.
The 53-year-old challenge requires students to prove their agility, quickness, flexibility, endurance and to increase their upper body and abdominal muscle strength.
More than 68 percent of students at the school have met or beaten the challenge, the best percentage in the state of students in schools with fewer than 200 students.
“We have been emphasizing physical fitness for five years,” Neal said. “I was amazed at how low some of the percentages were for some of the winners in other states.”
Liberty Common School in Fort Collins came in first for schools with 200-500 students with 32.7 percent of students meeting the challenge. No Colorado schools in category III, schools with more than 500 students, entered.
The 53-year-old challenge requires students to prove their agility, quickness, flexibility, endurance and to increase their upper body and abdominal muscle strength.
More than 68 percent of students at the school have met or beaten the challenge, the best percentage in the state of students in schools with fewer than 200 students.
“We have been emphasizing physical fitness for five years,” Neal said. “I was amazed at how low some of the percentages were for some of the winners in other states.”
Liberty Common School in Fort Collins came in first for schools with 200-500 students with 32.7 percent of students meeting the challenge. No Colorado schools in category III, schools with more than 500 students, entered.
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