Strategic Plan Calls for NFHS to ‘Protect the Purpose’ of High School Sports, Activities
Courtesy of Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff, NFHS Chief Executive Officer
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Periodically, The NFHS Voice will be presented in the form of video. This week, NFHS CEO Karissa Niehoff shares one of the key priorities of the new NFHS Strategic Plan, which will guide the work of the organization for the next four years. The NFHS will be implementing a new campaign titled “Protect the Purpose,” which highlights why education-based athletics and activities are so important in the lives of young people. She says unlike all other levels of sport in our nation, the No. 1 goal of high school sports is not winning games but helping students learn valuable lessons that prepare them for successful careers and lives.
Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff is in her seventh year as chief executive officer of the NFHS, the national leader and advocate for high school sports and performing arts programs based in Indianapolis. She is the first female to head the national leadership organization for high school athletics and performing arts activities and the sixth full-time chief executive of the NFHS. She previously was executive director of the Connecticut Association of Schools-Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference for seven years.
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About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 18 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,900 high schools and 12 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 8 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.
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