Let’s Move! Active Schools announced that Red Mill Elementary School is one of five schools in Virginia and 544 schools nationwide to receive the 2016 Let’s Move! Active Schools National Award. The organization, part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative, recognizes outstanding efforts in creating active school environments, including providing students with at least 60 minutes of physical activity each school day.

The award is the nation’s top physical education and physical activity distinction for K-12 schools, according to Let’s Move! Active Schools. A school must meet benchmarks in five areas to earn the award: physical education, physical activity before and after school, physical activity during school, staff involvement, and family and community engagement.

Red Mill Elementary received a certificate and congratulatory letter from the First Lady as part of the award package. The school also will receive a large award banner to display.

More information about the Let’s Move! Active Schools award, including a complete list of recipients, is available on www.letsmoveschools.org.