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Manitoba Premier Throws Down Fitness Challenge for Students
The challenge asks students to track personal activity goals and gives participating schools $10,000, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Manitoba launched the provincewide Premier's Fitness Challenge, offering $10,000 to every participating school to support programming and equipment purchases.
- This initiative builds on the province's new kindergarten to Grade 12 health curriculum, encouraging students to set and track personal physical activity goals throughout the year.
- Premier Wab Kinew announced the program at Winnipeg's Kelvin High School, where construction is starting on a $10-million, 11,700-square-foot gymnasium and outdoor track.
- Students who improve their baseline fitness by year-end receive a gym banner, as Kinew emphasized the goal is to "compete against who we were yesterday" rather than against peers.
- Education Minister Tracy Schmidt confirmed this year's challenge is the first annual event, with specific program details being developed alongside administrators for release in the coming months.
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Province promises $10K for every Manitoba school that participates in student fitness challenge
Manitoba is making exercise a competition for schools in the province, launching the Premier’s Fitness Challenge on Tuesday and dangling $10,000 for every school that participates.
·Ottawa, Canada
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