Governor's Challenge Competition
Overview and FAQs
The 2008 Governor's Challenge Competition
is a contest among all k-12 schools in the state to help California students
How can my school participate?
To participate in the 2008
Governor's Challenge Competition
a school must have students complete the Governor's Challenge
by May 31, 2008 - the Governor's Challenge is to be active 30-60 minutes a day
at least three days a week for a month.
The principal of every school wishing to participate
in the 2008 Governor's Challenge
Competition should select a Governor's Challenge
Coordinator to lead the school's efforts in the Competition.
Governor's Challenge
Coordinators can register at
www.CalGovCouncil.org/Coordinator.
School Awards
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Grand Prizes - Three brand new fitness
activity centers (retail value $100,000 each) to the grand prize winning elementary
school, middle school and high school
thanks
to Anthem Blue Cross
Foundation in partnership with iTECH Fitness
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Regional Awards - Eleven $5,000 awards to
purchase physical activity equipment
thanks
to Longs Drugs
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Front Runner Recognitions - Thirty-three
$1,000 awards to the elementary, middle and high schools in each region that record
the most Active Days by January
31, 2008
thanks
to Longs Drugs
How can my school qualify to be considered for a regional or grand prize award?
There are two ways to qualify as a finalist
for one of our eleven regional awards and three grand prizes in the 2008
Governor's Challenge Competition:
1. A school can finish with the highest percentage of
students completing the Governor's Challenge in its region.
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Or -
2. A school can finish with the highest number of students
completing the Governor's Challenge in its region (at least one elementary, one
middle school and one high school per region will become a finalist through this
path).
To win a Regional Award and qualify as a
finalist for the Grand Prize
Each finalist for our Regional Awards and
Grand Prizes will be asked to
submit three essays, one describing their school's
commitment to promoting healthy eating
on campus, one describing their commitment to supporting physical activity on campus,
and one describing the impact a brand new fitness center would have on their school
community.
Essays, along with the number
of Active Days a school records will be reviewed and considered by the Governor's Council and the Network
for a Healthy California in determining award winners.
Note: The number of Active Days a school
records is very important!
A school's total number of Active Days is the
sum of their students' Active Days plus their teachers' Active Days for all Governor's
Challenges attempted during the 2007-2008 school year.
Students and teachers
are encouraged to attempt more than one Governor's Challenge each, but can only
qualify for one patch and one Certificate of Completion in a given school year.
How can my school qualify for a Front Runner
Recognition?
The elementary school, middle school and high
school in each region that have recorded the most Active Days by January 31, 2008,
will be recognized with a $1,000 check for physical activity equipment.
Who can sign up?
-
Governor's Challenge Coordinator
- one person from each school, selected by the Principal, should sign up to lead the
school's efforts in the Governor's Challenge Competition.
The Governor's Challenge
Coordinator will have the opportunity to upload a school's student roster onto the
Governor's Council website and make the administration of the Governor's Challenge
faster and easier for teachers.
www.CalGovCouncil.org/Coordinator
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Teachers - have the opportunity to
administer the Governor's Challenge for their students and to take the Governor's
Challenge themselves.
www.CalGovCouncil.org/Teachers
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Students - can sign up for the Governor's
Challenge directly, track their own Active Days and qualify for incentives and rewards www.CalGovCouncil.org/Students
Note: Students who have teachers administering
the Governor's Challenge on their behalf should not sign up for the Challenge directly
Student and Teacher Incentives and Awards
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Each student completing the Governor's Challenge
will earn a Certificate of Completion and an official patch from the Governor's
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
thanks to General Mills
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High School students qualify for free 30 day
passes to 24 Hour Fitness when they sign up for the Governor's Challenge and free
90 day passes when they complete the Governor's Challenge
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Is there a minimum enrollment a school must
have to qualify for Awards?
Yes, to qualify as a regional or grand prize winner
in the Governor's Challenge Competition, schools must have a minimum enrollment
of 100 students.
Who can participate in the Governor's Challenge
Competition?
Any student actively enrolled in an accredited
What counts as physical activity in the
Governor's Challenge?
To successfully complete the Governor's Challenge,
students must be active 30-60 minutes a day at least 3 days a week for a month in
addition to the physical activity they engage in as part of their school's
regularly scheduled physical education classes. For the purposes of this competition,
physical activity is broadly defined and can include any and all forms of physical
activity including, but not limited to such things as playing basketball, biking,
boarding, diving, hiking, lacrosse, soccer, surfing, swimming, volleyball, walking,
and wrestling.
Where do teachers record students' physical
activity?
In order to get credit for taking and completing
the Governor's Challenge, teachers must record their students' Active Days on-line
at www.CalGovCouncil.org/Teachers
(students who do not have teachers administering
the Governor's Challenge on their behalf can record their own Active Days)
How does the Council know if students and
teachers are
really being active?
The
Governor's Challenge Competition and
the Governor's Challenge are based on the "honor system" which is a critical part
of many sports and fundamental to fair play. Note: In determining the finalists
for the Governor's Challenge Competition,
the Governor's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports does reserve the right to ask the school's principal
to verify its Governor's Challenge completions.
What is the duration of the competition?
Teachers and students must record their Active
Days by midnight May 31, 2008 in order for their school to get credit for their
efforts in the 2008 Governor's Challenge Competition.
For more information
Governor's Challenge
