This Week's Agenda

Parents,

Our new grading system (My Student Progress) is not quite ready to be rolled out yet.  With the new program, we will be able to email and blog directly from the site, which will make it easier to have communication coming from one source.

We have been working on year long procedures in all classes--what to wear for class, how students are graded in grades 3-8, seating charts, how to enter the gym and leave the gym, expectations during class, etc.

We are working on President's testing in grades 3-8. The testing consists of a series of Physical Education tests that gauge muscular strength, muscular endurance, speed and quickness, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance. The tests include pull-ups, curl-ups, flex arm hang, shuttle run, pushups, sit and reach, mile run (jog) and I have added an additional test and that is the pole climb on the playground. Returning students will be told their results of last year and the idea is they show improvement from their fourth quarter results as they perform the tests in the first quarter this year (middle school has a journal that previous year's results are a part of, so they can physically see their results before testing with me). We will be testing the next few weeks (usually one test a class period depending on class size). We will test again in the fourth quarter to gauge improvement over the course of the year.

Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade have started working on the balance beam. We have a beam on the playground that will be used when the weather is appropriate to go outside and we use a portable one in the gym when we cannot go outside. The students came up with great answers how we can stay balanced and we are putting those answers into action as we work on the balance beam.  We have completed going forward over the beam.  We will now work on going backward.

Mrs. G has been kind enough to make a schedule for middle school students and have them put it in their student planners as a way to remember when they have PE.  It is a great organizational tool.  Seventh grade has PE on "A" days, sixth grade on "B" days, and eighth grade on "C" days.

If a student is injured or is sick, please provide a doctor note, so I have documentation of what a student can or can't do during class.

Have a great week and Good Luck Sports Teams!