Resurrection School named finalist in statewide fitness competition

The Tidings Online

Friday, June 25, 2010


LOS ANGELES --- Resurrection School in Los Angeles is one of 19 school finalists in the Los Angeles Region and 127 schools statewide that have been named finalists in the Council's 2010 Governor's Challenge Competition ---- a contest that promotes increased physical activity and better nutrition among California's youth.

Finalists were selected from 2,649 participating schools statewide based on the percentage and number of students in the school who successfully completed the Governor's Challenge of being active 30-60 minutes a day, at least three days a week for a month. Resurrection School, which is being named a Governor's Challenge finalist for the fourth time, had 100 percent of its students successfully complete the Governor's Challenge this year.

Each of the school finalists named today is now under consideration for prizes including 11 brand new fitness centers valued at $100,000 each and 11 Regional Awards of $5,000 each which will be used to buy new physical activity equipment. Award winning schools will be announced at a special ceremony at the Capitol in September.

Additionally, Resurrection School is one of 100 schools statewide that will receive an extra bonus from the Council: a new DanceDanceRevolution system that it will receive for recording 57,970 "Active Days" in the Challenge and being one of the top 100 schools in the state in that category. Statewide more than 1.3 million participants recorded more than 11 million days of physical activity through the Governor's Challenge in 2010. Complete physical activity records of participating schools in the Governor's Challenge can be found at www.CalGovCouncil.org.