The PENNCREST School District was recently awarded the Carol M. White PEP (Physical Education Program) Grant through the U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students. This $1.4 million grant will provide the district with athletic equipment that will hopefully improve the students’ personal fitness and make them more aware of the benefits of exercise along with maintaining a healthy diet. For Saegertown High School to truly reap the rewards of this grant, a national data collection using pedometers will be conducted. Starting on Jan. 10, randomly selected students, in grades 5 through 12, will be wearing pedometers for a week and recording their steps. The experiment will help PENNCREST meet the PEP Grant’s data collection criteria. Junior, Mackinzie Price, a participant in the experiment said, “I probably would not have volunteered for it, but it’s worth it to help out the school.”