Annual Sports Physicals

It is that time of year again when we offer sports physicals to the students of Highland Hills and Floyd Central High School as a fundraiser for the Renaissance program. As a reminder to those that may be new to the area or the blog, here is a summary on the program.

The Renaissance Education Foundation was started as a way to motivate students to attain a higher level of academic success. FCHS began in the 1993-94 school year to join more than 2,000 other Renaissance schools in the United States. These schools, through this program, are attempting to break through the paradigms of today's educational system by offering numerous recognition and incentive programs to reward both student and teacher performance.

Part of the program consists of a Student of the Month program and a program to recognize outstanding faculty or staff. Sr. high success cards, which recognize grade point average, attendance, and/or improvement, are issued to deserving students. These may be given to a student that has brought a D up to a C grade. They are incentives for all successes. These cards entitle the holder to various privileges and discounts at school and at local businesses. There are anywhere from 40-60 "students of the month" each month and each month PTO/Renaissance recognizes a teacher from the Sr. High as "Teacher of The Month." This teacher is given balloons, gift certificates, and goodies as well as having his/her picture displayed in the Sr. High offices.

Renaissance is a cooperative effort between parents, teachers, administration, and business partners.

There are many other things that PTO/Renaissance assists with during the year. Parents assist with test proctoring and registration. Parents serve on several committees at the school and help apply for grants and reward programs. They supply refreshments for Open House and Building Committee meetings, and they work closely with the Student Renaissance committee and sponsor some other activities.

Just as all of the sports programs have parent boosters, the Renaissance consider themselves academic boosters. They want every student to reach or exceed their potential.

With the volunteer help of local physicians we are able to donate all of the proceeds to the Renaissance Program. In about 2 hours, we perform around 200 complete athletic physicals based on IHSAA standards. This year, we have a physical therapist who will help provide information on sports related injuries and exercises.

The PTO/Renaissance helps coordinate the event and supplies all of the parent volunteers. The physicians all donate their time and services. The fee is basically all profit for the PTO/Renaissance and is used to support all the academic Renaissance programs.

It is their single major source of funding over the years. The event is tonight at my office and we again look to have 200 plus students take advantage of this opportunity.

We are very lucky to have these dedicated parents supporting this program in a time when sports seem to take most of everyone’s time, efforts and money.