Kelly Elementary is Governor’s Challenge Competition Finalist for Third Consecutive Year!

June 25, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: John A. Roach, Ed.D., District Superintendent
(760) 331-5001; jroach@carlsbadusd.net

Carlsbad, CA … Kelly Elementary School has been named a finalist in the
San Diego and Imperial Counties’ 2010 Governor’s Challenge Competition. The
contest, coordinated by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports,
promotes increased physical activity and better health among California’s
youth.

Finalists are under consideration for prizes that include 11 new fitness centers
valued at $100,000 each and 11 regional awards of $5,000 each to purchase
new physical activity equipment. Award-winning schools will be announced in
September.

Kelly has attained the status of Challenge finalist for three consecutive years.
Last fall, it also was named a regional winner, receiving $6,000, which has been
used to help fund the $60,000 new playground currently under construction.
A total of 2,649 California schools competed in the 2010 Challenge. Kelly is one
of seven regional and 127 statewide finalists, selected on the basis of meeting
the challenge of being active 30-60 minutes a day, at least three days a week,
for one month. According to Jake Steinfeld, chairman of the Governor’s Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports, “Kelly had 100% of its students successfully
complete the Challenge this year.”

Kelly to Receive Extra Bonus for Achievements

In congratulating Kelly, Steinfeld notes, “You are clearly passionate about
getting your kids active and making sure they eat well. I’m a big believer that
passion leads and everything else follows.”

Kelly is one of 100 California schools that will receive an extra bonus from the
Council: a new DanceDanceRevolution system. The prize is in recognition of
recording 82,676 “Active Days” in the Challenge.
Kelly Principal Tressie Armstrong confirms that physical activity plays an
important role in the Kelly curriculum. She states, “Everything we do every day
promotes healthy minds, bodies and spirits. It’s all connected. Physical fitness
is tied to academic achievement and success in life.”

For more information on the Challenge, visit www.CalGovCouncil.org. For more
information on Kelly’s fitness program, email tarmstrong@carlsbadusd.net.