Gym Rules

1. Gym shoes are required.

2. Quiet when entering and leaving.

3. No gum or candy.

4. No Jewelry

5. Be safe.

6. Be nice.

7. Work hard.

 8.Play by the rules.

9. SOS is our stop signal.

10. Take care of the equipment.

11. Have fun

Medical Notes

Please make sure your child's physical education teacher is made aware of any medical

 condition that would affect your child's participation in gym class. Send a note or call the

 school to talk with the teacher.

Boxtops

   We are, again, collecting boxtops for education in order to purchase p.e. equipment .  What a great start to another school year!!  Please keep your eyes open for the products that carry these boxtops.  If you need a list of the products, visit the boxtops for education website.  Click on the following Link

WEBSITES

    Here are some interesting websites concerning health and nutrition;  American Heat Association- http://www.americanheart.org/   PE Central-http://www.pecentral.org/  Food Guide Pyramid-http://www.mypyramid.gov

New Assessment

   New for the 2010-11 school year, we will be using the FitnessGram assessment.  FitnessGram is a complete battery of health-related fitness items that are scored using criterion-referenced standards.  These standards are age and gender specific and are established based on how fit children need to be for good health.  

F.Y.I.

    DID YOU KNOW THAT 60MINUTES, 5-7 TIMES A WEEK OF AEROBIC EXERCISES WILL HELP TO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE, CONTROL WEIGHT, AND HELP WITH ONE'S CHOLESTEROL?

HEALTHY  EATING

    The USDA has come out with a new food pyramid in 2005.  If you go to their website, www.mypyramid.gov/ you will see the changes.  The students were introduced to this new pyramid last spring and we will continue to work with it this year.