Madison School Celebrates $25,000 In Fitness Upgrades

MADISON, NJ - The hard work of faculty and staff to secure a $25,000 grant for fitness equipment is about to turn into the literal hard work of Central Avenue School students as the ribbon was cut on the new facility Nov. 7.

Madison Mayor Robert Conley presented a proclamation at yesterday’s ribbon cutting ceremony proclaiming Nov. 7, 2018 as Project Fit America Day at Central Avenue School.

Central Avenue School, after students and staff members voted daily in January and February, received a grant for $25,000 from Dannon and ShopRite for the Project Fit America Program (PFA). PFA is a non-profit organization that implements innovative Fitness in Education in schools.

The PFA program provided the school the with the following:

• State-of-the-art above ground outdoor fitness equipment and installation support.
• Indoor fitness program materials:
• 1,000 Fitness Cups. These are fitness cups for explosive cardio, teamwork, challenge and cooperation with the kids.
• A squad set of five Sports Hoops. The hoops are three pounds in weight and great for creating upper body strength, cardio, abdominal training and development.
• A squad set of five heavy ropes for upper body strength development.
• Ten medicine balls for upper body strength development.
• Pacer cadence CD. Activity led in an area as small as 43-60 feet. This activity provides outstanding cardio training with “beeped” cadence the kids shuttle run in timed sequences in progressively faster sequences.
• Lesson Plan Support Materials. Essential school supplies such as six sets of laminated skeleton bones and PE Music to accompany the most popular lesson plans. As well as unlimited certificates and ribbons for award and incentive for the students!
• Comprehensive Core Curriculum for the PE Teacher.
• Teacher training at the school site with a PE Fitness Specialist from PFA this fall to teach how to use all the equipment, lessons and materials. The program will be integrated into the school and used on a daily basis.
• $7,000 cash stipend to use toward installation of the outdoor equipment component and/or to further enrich the schools’ overall physical education program.

Dannon and ShopRite pledged over $100,000 to award the PFA program to a total of four schools with the most vote via a grant contest that spanned the states of Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York from Jan. 5 to Feb. 15, 2018.

(Photo courtesy of the Madison School District)

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