Pleasantville Physical Education Department

As you know the second marking period has come to a close and the holiday season is upon us. We know it is a very busy time of year for everyone, but the P. E. Deparment is never to busy to speak with a parent or guardian regarding their child. Please, if you have any questions why your student received the grade they did, or just want to talk about your child’s progress, do not hesitate to call or e-mail us. With that said we would like to wish all of our students and parents a very safe, happy and healthy holiday.

Sincerely,

Pleasantville P.E. Department

email us at:

jvignola@colonial.k12.de.us

rpoore@colonial.k12.de.us

To All 4th Grade Parents,

During the month of October the Phys. Ed. department will be administering the state required fitness-gram test to all 4Th grade students.  This test is basically a pre-test to measure students flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and cardio-respiratory endurance. The tests are as follows:

1. 15 Meter Pacer Test (Its bascically a shuttle run)
2. Push-up Test
3. Curl-up Test (crunches)
4. Sit and Reach Test (Hamstring flexibility)
5. Trunk Lift  (Back strength and flexibility)

In April the students will be retested to assess if our Physical education program is helping your student to improve his/her overall level of fitness.  Being that we only see your student twice a week for 45 minutes it is imperative that they stay active at home. Some helpful tips to help your student be the best that they can be are as follows:

• While watching TV challenge your student to do 5 push-ups or crunches at each commercial.
• Go for a walk or run with your student.
• Encourage your student to play outside instead of sitting inside playing video games.

Your student’s overall health is in our best interests.  We encourage and applaud your efforts in helping us to achieve our goal. 

Thank you for all of your help and support!!

Sincerely,

Pleasantville P.E. Department

The Pleasantville P.E. Department would like to take this opportunity to welcome back parents and students.  We are eagerly waiting your return, and can’t wait to get the students active in our P.E. program.  Parents please have  your child wear sneakers on the days in which they have P.E. for special.  If you look click on the P.E. Schedule page you can locate your child’s P.E. schedule for the upcoming school year.  Thank you for your support and have a wonderful school year.

The Pleasantville P.E department would like to wish all parents and students a safe, fantastic, and healthy summer vacation.  Although the summer months are pretty hot and sticky, there is no reason to park yourself in the air conditioning all the time.  As long as you stay hydrated and take breaks you should be fine outdoors.  Stay active and we will see you in August.

Not only does the month of May contain my birthday, but it is also special because it is National Physical Fitness and Sport month. 

May 2008– “Healthy, physically active kids learn better!” That is the key message the pysical education department of Pleasantville wants to express in honor of May: National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. However, to achieve that goal the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) urges parents, schools and communities to work together to help children become more physically active by creating “physical activity friendly” environments.

You can help, by offering your child opportunities outside of the school day to be active.  When it is nice out encourage your child to go outside and play, go to the park with your child on the weekends, or sign your child up for little leauges.  Little things like monitoring how much television your child watches, or video games they play.  It is unrealistic to think that all of our students will have the opportunity to exercise every day, but we need to be encouraging to get as much exercise as possible.

Happy Physical Fitness and Sport Month to you all.

February is HEART month, so all of us should be a bit more concious about heart health this month, especially because cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, are our nation’s No. 1 killer. 

Try to get some extra exercise this month.  According to the latest joint American Heart Association/American College of Sports Medicine guidelines on physical activity, all healthy adults ages 18-65 should be getting at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity five days of the week.   Even smaller amounts of exercise can be helpful for your heart especially if you are not very active now.  Becoming more active can also help encourage your student be become healthier. 

Diet also plays an important role in your health and the health of your heart.  It is important to educate yourself on issues of diet and healthy food choices.

The American Heart Association is a great resource for heart information www.americanheart.org

I know it seems early, but talk to your child to see if he/she might be interested in playing in an organized sports leauge this winter or spring.  Registration for a sports team could be a great holiday present.  For many sports sign-ups are coming up quick.  Check out the Youth Sports Ogranization page on this website to find out more information.

You can help your child’s overall fitness by providing opportunities for activity.  Take your child to the park, for a walk, or just outside to “play.”  Pleasantville students should be able to teach you and others different activities that will help to increase their overall fitness level.  Just 30 minutes a day of play can go a long way to increase your child’s overall quality of life. 

Pleasantville Elementary School, as well as every other elementary school in the Delaware, is conducting mandatory 4th grade fitness testing.  All fourth grade students will be tested using the Fitness Gram testing system.   The Fitness Gram test includes a multi-stage areobic capacity exam (pacer test), muscular strength and endurace exams (curl-ups and push-ups), and flexibility exams (trunk lift and sit and reach)

A new school year has begun and as with every other one this year brings change.  We have three P.E. teachers this year at Pleasantville.  We are welcoming back Mr. Poore and Mr. Vignola, and we are happy to introduce Ms. Kendall to the Pleasantville Physical Education Department. 

I am Rob Poore and I am an absoloute sports fanatic.  I love just about everything pertaining to sports.  Throughout the course of my life athletics and physical activity have given me many things: confidence, friends, appreciation (not acceptance) for failure, determination, knowledge of sportsmanship, values, goals and much more. 

I love my job as a Physical Educator because I not only get to deal with sports and athletics, but also the opportunity to invest in young people’s lives.  I am more than excited for the opportunity to share things so valuable to me and to hopefully make an impact on my students that will impact their quality of living for the rest of their lives.

The FIFA World Cup starts on Friday June 9th.  The highly ranked Yankees are the extreme underdog in their own group; with many not expecting the US to make it out of group play.  Thinking that a top ten USA team might not make it out of group play and the idea that in soccer any team can beat anyone on any given day just makes my point so much stronger: THE WORLD CUP IS THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT….PERIOD

Official World Cup website

Lacrosee is the fastest growing sport at the youth, high school and collegiate level.  Take the opportunity this summer with your free time to come and check out the fastest game on two feet. 

Delaware Lacrosse.com

New research says that the amount of water one should consume daily depends on body weight.  In general you should drink one half of your body weight in ounces.  So if you were to weigh 100 lbs. you should be drinking somewhere around 50 oz. of water each day.