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Special Education Fitness Challenge

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Make fitness a part of each and every day. Special Ed students are given charts with maps and record keeping information. They are given a 20-week period (late October to late March, when the weather is cool enough) to walk that designated distance.

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4th - 5th
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Special Education
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