Pictured: Two students attempt to play a badminton game
with US Badminton Champions during an elementary school demonstration assembly.

The physical education department prides itself in providing knowledge and experience in activities that will encourage and assist the student to view fitness as a lifelong endeavor, and a way of life.

Extensive curriculum and assessment revisions over the past several years reflects this philosophy and affirms the district's commitment to its' character education initiative.

Project Adventure, along with the introduction of some exciting unit activities such as golf, orienteering, snowshoe, and kayaking, were added.

In 2002-2003, the district received a Carol M. White Physical Education grant from the federal government. This grant enabled the district to focus on non-traditional sports programs for all students in grades K-12. Some of these programs are: table tennis, team handball, skateboarding, BMX biking, mountain biking and badminton. Money from the grants helped the district purchase new equipment for these programs, provide in-service opportunities to all interested staff, intensive physical education teacher training and assemblies for students and staff. As a result of this grant, physical education curriculum has changed dramatically. The district hopes that exposing students to different types of physical activity and non-traditional sports will improve lifelong physical fitness and activity and promote student skills, habits and attitudes to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The high school staff has been working extensively to help students improve their physical fitness by increasing their level of aerobic and anaerobic capacity. One of the areas staff have been focusing on is core and trunk strength activities on a daily basis. Results have been promising with students improving by 50-60%.

Pictured: Students participate in parachute activities
during Elementary School Optimism Day.