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The Physical Education Department is excited and eager to get started on a new and challenging school year.
While the activities will vary in duration and vigorousness, it is your child’s effort in which we are most interested. Active participation is the key to our program. We will also be emphasizing the characteristics of responsibility, respect, and honesty. The development of these characteristics is an important part of our program Our goal is to build knowledgeable and healthy students who will stay active for a lifetime. We will use a variety of activities to keep students interested and motivated in exercise to ensure our students are getting the maximum benefits of physical education
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These are some rules and guidelines that should help lead to a happy, healthy and safe participation of your child in the PE Program.
Physical education class is based on safety and effectiveness. Students do not need to have a separate set of clothes for PE.
For safety reasons please no sandals, crocs, backless shoes or heels for PE. Tennis shoes intended for athletic use are recommended. All shoes must have enclosed toes and a closed back. Preferably Shoes with strings or Velcro and securely tied.
Students have to follow the dress code implement by the school. It is advisable to the students to wear the following uniform on the days that they have PE Class:
T-shirt
Appropriate sports shoes
Shorts
White sports socks
Sweatshirt and track pants may be worn when it is cold. If the students are wearing khaki, navy colored pants or jeans, they may bring dark color track pants and change before and after the class period.
Link to 1- The Rules and Guidelines for PE |
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Help your kids make a difference for themselves and others by encouraging their participation in Jump Rope For Heart!
The American Heart Association, with its partner the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, launched Jump Rope For Heart as a national fund-raising and education program in 1978. More than 30,000 schools jump in each year to help fight America’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers – heart disease and stroke – and teach kids the importance of physical activity and a healthy heart. Jump Rope For Heart continues to educate students about living a heart-healthy lifestyle.
Jump Rope For Heart develops rope-jumping skills that are fun for everyone while promoting the value of physical activity and teamwork. Students learn about the seriousness of heart disease and stroke, the lifelong benefits of physical activity and the importance of living a heart-healthy lifestyle. The program also teaches students to set and achieve goals and shows them how they can make a difference through volunteering and community service.
Last year we raised around $2.600,00, and I am confident that we can beat that mark.
Link to 2- Jump Rope for Heart 2009-2010 |
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In an effort to boost test performance, many schools are taking time away from physical education and using it for more time in class.
But studies now show that rigorous physical activity can actually lead to better grades.
In Broward County, Florida, many schools are getting the message.
Fourth grade teacher Katherine Bennett takes her students out for a five-minute walk after a long lesson.
“I found that when my children start yawning and they start not paying attention, then one way I can refocus those children is to take them out for a brief, little fun walk,” she says. “And by the time we’ve got them back into the room again, they’re ready to study some more.”
In fact, according to new research from Michigan State University, kids who are physically active get ten percent higher grades in math, science and English.
“Children who are physically fit do better academically - they perform better on standardized examinations, they concentrate better,” says former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher.
Jackie Lund, president of the National Association for Sports and Physical Education, explains: “If kids feel better about themselves, if they feel better, period, they’re going to be more likely to learn.”
“On the other hand,” says Satcher, “children who are obese are four times as likely to be depressed, very likely to be absent from school - so it’s just the opposite of what schools have thought.”
What’s more, many kids say it’s easy to get distracted if you have to sit still, all day long, in school.
“After a while I just get antsy and I want to move around - cause I start to get stiff and it’s like, I want to get up and walk around,” complains 18-year-old Eric DeGreeff. “But in class you can’t really get up and walk around,”
That’s why, experts say, if your child’s school does not provide vigorous physical education, you have to speak up.
“If parents go out and demand quality physical education, where their kids are learning and they’re moving and they’re involved in activities that are going to create the next steps for a life time, then they will be heard,” says Lund.
Link to 3- Physical Education Can Lead to Better Grades |
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DO NOT CONFUSE YOUR WANTS AND YOUR NEEDS TOGETHER.
HOW A PERSON PLAYS A GAME SHOWS SOME OF THEIR CHARACTER; HOW A PERSON LOSES A GAME SHOWS ALL OF IT. (UNKNOWN)
THE MORE SHOTS YOU TAKE, THE MORE CHANCES YOU HAVE OF SCORING. (JACK CANFIELD)
THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN ARE DELICATE ORGANS. A CRUEL BEGINNING IN THIS WORLD CAN TWIST THEM INTO CURIOUS SHAPES. (CARSON McCELLAN)
IT'S LACK OF FAITH THAT MAKES PEOPLE AFRAID OF MEETING CHALLENGES, AND I BELIEVED IN MYSELF. (MUHAMMAD ALI)
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example. (Joe DiMaggio)
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. (Ayrton Senna)
Link to 4- P.E. Quotes |
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Neuse Charter School
Renato Freitas
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