Physical Education

Students in kindergarten through fifth grade participate in physical education.  The teacher does a lot of testing on the children along with many different activities.  Students in kindergarten and first grade are tested on locomotor skills (skipping, hopping, jumping, and galloping).  Grades one through five are tested on manipulative skills (catching, kicking, hitting, and throwing).

Students in grades one through five do the Presidential Physical Fitness  Testing.  They are tested on pull-ups (arm strength), sit-ups (abdominal strength), v-sit (flexibility), and shuttle run (agility).  Grade one runs 1/4 mile for time, grade two runs 1/2 mile, and grades three-five run one mile (endurance).

Students get to have their names placed on the gym wall if they can run their respected distance without walking, regardless of their time.

They can also get their name on the wall if they can do all the locomotor skills and manipulative skills correctly.  the wall is getting quite full.

The entire student population has been taught the Macarena Dance and the Boot Scootin' Boogie.

The favorite activity the students participate in is field day at the end of the school year.  The kids get a chance to play all day at more than 20 stations.  There is no competition involved.  The kids play at their own level.  The physical education teacher enjoys watching the students have such a great time.

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