Money

Even though we got a grant to order equipment and complete some renonovations for our new fitness center, it seems like it is still a barrier when it comes to getting things done. The wellness committee and I are interested in going out into the community for some help. We thought about have a fun run, school dances, and possibly a step athon. I think that if we get some sponsors to donate money and hold some extracurriclar events that we would get a response from the community.

Monaca Center merger

Currently I am a teacher at Monaca High School. Right now we are going through a merger with Center Area School District. It sounds like a good thing, but in the end there might be some job cuts. With this in mind, the phys. ed. department is looking to see how we can better things and what kind of classes we might be able to offer. Right now we offer your standard phys. ed. and a fitness/health cooking class. I am thinking about researching information on an adaptive program, a health department (both elementary and high school), and a way to have coed classes. Just wondering what other classes some double A schools are offering, now that we are going to be in a new class.

my daily plate

In Health class, we are starting our nutrition unit. We are going to do a lot of work on understanding their diets. I like using mypyramid.gov and mydailyplate.com. The children record what they eat for 3 days and then enter everything into the dailyplate journal. Once they have completed that for each day, they must go in and enter their information for their profile. I like doing this activity, because they can relate it to themselves individually. Then at the end of the year they put all of their work, including this project into their portfolio.

Smart boards

I like using smart boards and most of the time I use the projector to show power point slides. I know that there are some interative sites to go to, so the students can view and participate at the same time. I am mainly looking for sites based on health for high school students. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Right now our unit is nutrition.

Fitness

I am part of the wellness commity at my school and we are in charge of creating a new fitness center. Like I said before, it is not going so well and it seems like the school year will be over by the time they start renovations. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what game system would be better to order for interactive games that would be the most compatable with bikes and games such as DDR? Even though the center isn't done, they still want us to make our "wish list."

fitness centers

I am an elementary physical education teacher and I am trying to create a fitness center at my school. Things are not going so good. I feel like that every step I take, I take two steps back. It seems like we are falling so far behind, that our research for the grant will never get done. I like the idea of having a center, but it seems like I am fighting a never ending battle.