Have you applied yet?
Time is running out to put in your application to present at our upcoming NorthWest District AAPHERD conference! This year's conference will be in Missoula, Montana!
Submit your proposals to share your BRILLIANT ideas TODAY!
Thinking ahead for a place to stay? Check out the NW District's recommendation.
Patrick Kelly Grant Proposal Application
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Apply for the Patrick Kelly Spirit in Action Grant sponsored by MTAHPERD, The American Heart Association, and Payne Financial Group. |
News
- Read up on the Swine Flu (N1H1) Outbreak
- Japan joins the Northwest District! Read all about it!
- Read the latest in Newsweek--"Stealth Health"
- FDA Tobacco Bill Passes the US House--Read the latest.
- Get help with your Archery Program Equipment needs--click here!
- Sexuality and HIV/STD Prevention Summer Institute--June 2009
2009 Fit Kids Day
will be held the week of May 4th!
It is a FREE ONE-DAY event taking place in Montana Schools!
Here’s How It Works:
- Plan a 30-minute segment of consecutive aerobic activity with 100% of your school participating during the week of May 4th. There is no rain date, so please have an alternative plan if an outdoor activity gets cancelled.
- A coordinator from each school plans & organizes an activity, registers for the event and at the conclusion, reports back the number of students who participated.
- We encourage schools to be creative when planning their activity.
- Each school that achieves 100% participation will be entered into a drawing to win one of three $500 monetary awards!
- Enter your school FREE for another
chance to win 3 $500 awards!
Learn more here... http://www.bigskyfitkids.org/fitkids2008_fitkidsday.html
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BE ACTIVE YOUR WAY! Celebrate National Physical Education and Sport Week May 1-7, 2009 |
NASPE encourages all K-12 physical education teachers to invite school staff, administrators, parents and community leaders into your school May 1-7 to showcase the quality sport and physical education programs in your school and community. Have your guests participate in the Physical Education Fun for Everyone Contest for a chance to
Win a Polar starter technology package
Register today!
ING Announces Grants Program for School-Based Running Programs
Fifty grants of $2,000 each will be awarded to U.S. public elementary and middle schools working to establish programs to help young people fight obesity and discover the benefits of running....
Read more about this grant program and find an application!
Posted on April 17, 2009
Deadline: June 1, 2009
Upcoming Conferences
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Accessible Outdoor Recreation Areas, Programs, and Facilities: Why, What, When, and How Workshop, May 19-21, 2009, University of Montana, Missoula, MT |
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MTAHPERD Award Nominations
Know anyone who you feel deserves an award? Our online Award Nomination form is available for download. Just open the award nomination page and print a copy.
The award nomination form uses The Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available for free download.

The Montana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MTAHPERD) is a professional organization of educators dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles among all Montanans through the promotion of health education, physical education, lifetime fitness and recreational activities, and dance. The mission of MTAHPERD is to provide advocacy to its members; provide a venue for presentation of research; provide information on grant opportunities; and provide professional development through conventions and workshops to its members. It is the duty of the officers and members of MTAHPERD to actively seek out new information regarding health enhancement and education in order to ensure professional development and to communicate this information with the people of Montana.
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