Basketball

Students in grades K-5 have been working on Basketball. The 5th and 4th grade are working on ball handling and shooting skills. They took a quiz on dribbling cues and Shooting cues. They are working on progressing into games by practicing give and go drills and 1 on 1 games.
The K-3rd grade are doing the same thing except they are practicing more on skills by rotating around to different stations. Examples are king of the circle a dribbling game, dribbling around cones, passing and a couple shooting stations.

Team Handball

Classes are now participating in a game called Team Handball. This is a game of quick passes. It is a good lead up activity to basketball because students are working on getting open and making the quick pass.
Kindergarten and 1st grade classes are practicing jump rope with a short and a long rope. They are also working on dribbling practicing with different shaped balls in a dribble frenzy.

Baseball

With the World Series going on the K-4th grade have been working on baseball skills. They have been practicing throwing and catching with scoops. They have also been hitting off a T and running bases. We continue to work on fitness playing Monster tag and adding a fitness station to our baseball stations.

Football

The 5th grade classes have been working on football. They have been practicing throwing a football. They have also been learning about football positions and what it means to make a first down. The 5th grade will be starting flag football games next week.

Volleyball

The kindergarten thru 3rd grade classes have been working on volleyball skills. We have been working with beach balls to help with skills of setting, passing and serving.

Fitness

Students in all classes continue to work on some sort of fitness every day. We will be running the pacer test again in 4th and 5th grade. Younger students warmup each day with some sort of activity that raises their heart rates.

Welcome

Welcome back!
I am excited for the new year. This year students in K-5 will have PE every 4th day. They will need to have appropriate shoes for physical education. Students will receive 10 points for participation in PE. If they do not have appropriate shoes they will not be allowed to participate. This is for their own safety and to keep our floors looking great. I would appreciate your help in reminding your student to wear their PE shoes on PE days.
Thank you,
Laura Parsons