PE Central Challenge Parent Nights

One of the most popular events that teachers who participate in the PE Central Challenge is a PE Central Challenge Parents Night. Parents and their children are invited to come and try the Challenge tasks with their kids on a designated night of the week. It is great fun and a great way to bring physical activity and parents together. Below are some examples of parent nights that have been done in the past.

Parent Night Newspaper and Online Articles

Are You More Coordinated Than a 5th Grader PEC Challenge Parent Night

Description: From Lori Leber, teacher who came up with the idea:

"We have done this event the past 2 years. It is a very relaxed event where the families come in anytime between 7-8 one night. They get a check off sheet of the events. At the end when they are done, I give the parent a certificate...I am AS coordinated, NOT AS coordinated, or MORE coordinated than my fifth grader. The parents and their kids just go around to the centers and try the events at their leisure. They can stay at a center for as long or as short as they want. The kids get a kick out of seeing their parents work really hard at the hula hooping one!"

Scoresheet (from Lori Leber and Katie Cicero):

• Parent/Child Scoresheet (Leber PDF)
• Parent/Child Scoresheet #2 (Cicero PDF)

Certificates (from Lori Leber and Katie Cicero):

• IS as coordinated... (Leber PDF)
• IS AS coordinated... (Leber PDF)
• IS NOT AS coordinated... (Leber PDF)
• ARE as coordinated... (Cicero PDF)
• ARE NOT as coordinated... (Cicero PDF)
• ARE MORE coordinated... (Cicero PDF)

Pictures:

• Katie Cicero Parent Night Slideshow
• Katie Cicero Parent Night Powerpoint of Pics (Very Large File in PDF Format)

Diane Cramers PE Central Challenge Parent Nights

Diane conducted PEC Challenge Parent Nights several years in a row. She would invite all of the parents, administrators, students, and teachers and they would get a demo of the tasks and then do them for an hour or two. It was great fun!

• Check out Diane Cramers 2001 Challenge Night Pics from Abu Dhabi
• Check out Diane Cramers 2005 Challenge Night Pics from La Paz, Bolivia