The fitness challenge is the main part of the STEP Express competition. Students are encouraged to increase their physical activity minutes by competing against other school’s 4th-graders. Students record their activity in a passport. After eight weeks, you will record the class miles in the electronic tracker and send it to stepexpress@selecthealth.org to be eligible for the grand prizes.*
You may chose to have your students participate in a pre-fitness assessment and then try to improve their own scores in a post-fitness assessment at the end of the eight weeks. This is your choice, but it is not required for the grand prize. These assessments are adapted from the President’s Fitness Challenge found at www.presidentschallenge.org.
If you have any questions before, during, or after the fitness challenge, e-mail stepexpress@selecthealth.org.
*The fitness challenge is required to be entered in the grand prize competition.