TEACHER
Maureen Dugan

CURRICULUM
This year, in conjunction with many schools throughout our state, the P.E. program will focus on increasing the overall physical fitness of our students.  Classes will include exercises designed to increase flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and cardio-respiratory fitness at every grade level.  Proper form and breathing in addition to some resistance training, (in the middle and upper grades), will enhance each student's overall physical well-being.  Of course, we will continue working with our various equipment in "game-type" activities in order to provide opportunities for our children to experience maximum participation, healthy competition and good sportsmanship.

GRADES 6th, 7th and 8th
In the spirit of encouraging the concept of "fitness for life", we are participating in the Sussex County Partnership Pedometer Program.  It is a 12 week program for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 in which the children will wear a pedometer three times a week throughout the school day.  Each student will record the number of steps he/she has taken on each day in a "journal" which will be handed in at the end of the program.  The goal is to increase the number of steps you take as the program progresses.  More details will follow shortly.

The 6th, 7th and 8th graders twice a week, so one day a moth the P.E. classes will be devoted to a health class.  The class will focus on the importance of exercise and good food choices in living a healthy lifestyle; as well as, discussions on current health issues as presented in various periodicals.

Our bodies are a gift from God.  By respecting them through physical fitness and making healthy choices, we give Him thanks.