The Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee included 50$ million for PEP in 2002.  The full committee passed the bill on October 11.  No action is scheduled for the Senate yet, and the House has not included any PEP language to date.  We need you support  once again.  Contact your senators immediately!  Your help is needed again!  More coming soon.
	The PEP 2001 awards have been announced! To see the recipients and abstracts associated with their projects click here.
	Check out a new indoor game.  New SportaPolis Game.
	The School Community Action Partnerships (SCAP) are recruiting new members.  For more information contact carolyn@ophea.org.
	The Bureau for At-Risk Youth announces its new Pathways to Learning activity book series.  Click here for more.
	HOT P.E. is the creation of master teachers Bud and Sue Turner, Gary Adrian, and Judy Wilson. For more information click here.
	Physical activity recommendations from the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity.
	CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP CALENDAR

 

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Editor Highlight!!

PELINKS4U Creator Steve Jefferies Held Over!!  Out of respect of Dr. Jefferies and PELINKS.

Book Reviews Pedometer Walking

Secondary PE

Bart Cagle, this issue's Secondary Section Editor provides information about fitness testing in secondary Physical Education along with other information.

	Medicine balls.  Here's how to make your own.
	A site that is dedicated to getting people fit.
	Making use of dead volleyballs.
	To read these and additional information on Secondary Physical Education click on more...

As a new and soon to be parent for the second time, I have begun to examine things from a different perspective.    I now ask myself questions like: what kind of experience will my child(ren) have in physical education?  Will Physical Education be required daily?  Will my child receive a QUALITY physical education experience or simply a time filler designed for other teachers to have prep time?   With these and many other questions in mind, I must say that I am thrilled with changes that have been and are currently taking place nationwide in Physical Education.  These changes include everything form funding for improving Physical Education to Physical Educators working to find ways to make improvements possible in their programs. At the origin of each of these changes there is a  catalyst.  That catalyst is a professional that cares about children and education.  So,  thanks to all of those who are acting as catalysts who are attempting to make a difference.   In this issue, you will read a collection of information from individuals who are also acting as catalysts in our field.   Kirk Mathias PELINKS4U

"This should be the aim of every human being, to make the world better for their having lived." ~Eldress Harriet Bullard~

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Mike Clark, our Coaching Section Editor, provides us with a look at of the off season for  coaches in addition to more on the evaluation process.

	Resistance training from the Coaches Info Service.
	Revisiting the coach evaluation.
	How can players be included in the evaluation of coaches?
	Age specific conditioning.  Who benefits and who doesn't?
	Evaluating the little league coaches.
	Click here to read these and much more...

Technology

Gerry Cernicky, Technology Section Editor, provides us with information on these topics.

	Creating slide shows for parent visitation days.
	Educational sites to be used in the class.
	Links to free packages that can be used in creating and in support of a technology rich program.
	Click here for details on these and other topics in this week's technology page.

Tom Winiecki, provides a collection of articles and strategies by teachers in the field of Physical Education.

	A look at volleyball.
	Sites sharing a number of activities.
	A site with a bowling score calculator.
	Plus more including PE Central links.

Adapted Physical Education

In this issue, Adapted Section Editor Carol Heuttig, focuses on working with students in Physical Education who have Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD).

	PDD, what is it?
	Strategies for including students with PDD into your Physical Education classes.
	Resources for information concerning students with PDD.
	Plus more . . .

Fitness, Health, & Nutrition

Health and Fitness Section Editor, Darren Dale, examines a variety of topics in this issue.

	Knowledge of health and fitness among college students.  Have students been educated in the basics prior to entering college?
	Concerns about fitness testing.
	A variety of sites to help keep your nutritional knowledge up-to-date.
	Click here to read these and much more.

Interdisciplinary PE

In this issue, our Interdisciplinary Section Editor, Cindy Kuhrasch, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides us with activities for the holidays.

	A December holiday scavenger hunt.
	Integrated lesson ideas related to the holidays.
	Creative movement activities that relate holiday origins from a variety of countries.
	For these and other ideas click here.

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