Parents and Administrators
Welcome parents and administrators! You are reading this because you care about your students’ wellness. More than ever before we see the need for physical activity and fitness to relieve stress and anxiety, improve immune system effectiveness, build resilience, and boost brain function and learning in our children.
The physical benefits of exercise are numerous, and more important than ever. We know that an inactive lifestyle plays a major part in most of the causes of premature death in the US, such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. On the other hand, people who are active and fit have a better immune system, and are more able to fight off infections, influenza and viruses. But there may be other benefits you have not yet learned about, including the positive effects of physical activity on the brain and learning. You may also not be aware that the point of school-based physical education is to help all children become physically literate, and that there are standards and specific outcomes for each grade level that teachers should aim to meet.
In our opinion, Physical Education is the most important class your child takes (assuming of course that it is quality and standards-based). No other place provides children with the knowledge, self-management skills, virtues, fundamental motor skills, and specialized motor skills in a vast variety of physical activities, -all tools needed to be physically active and healthy for life.
Our website has information that will help you understand what students should be learning in physical education, and tools to help teachers provide quality lessons. You may be surprised what quality physical education looks like and what grade level outcomes are recommended by the national organization.
The physical benefits of exercise are numerous, and more important than ever. We know that an inactive lifestyle plays a major part in most of the causes of premature death in the US, such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. On the other hand, people who are active and fit have a better immune system, and are more able to fight off infections, influenza and viruses. But there may be other benefits you have not yet learned about, including the positive effects of physical activity on the brain and learning. You may also not be aware that the point of school-based physical education is to help all children become physically literate, and that there are standards and specific outcomes for each grade level that teachers should aim to meet.
In our opinion, Physical Education is the most important class your child takes (assuming of course that it is quality and standards-based). No other place provides children with the knowledge, self-management skills, virtues, fundamental motor skills, and specialized motor skills in a vast variety of physical activities, -all tools needed to be physically active and healthy for life.
Our website has information that will help you understand what students should be learning in physical education, and tools to help teachers provide quality lessons. You may be surprised what quality physical education looks like and what grade level outcomes are recommended by the national organization.