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As We Begin a New Year

rpoore — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:27:38 +0000

As we begin a new year here at Pleasantville Elementary School the Physical Education department would like to take a moment to say “Welcome Back.” We hope that you had a healthy, active and exciting summer. Mr. Vignola and Mr. Poore are back and excited for the start of the new year.

As a quick reminder we wanted to reiterate that it is important for our students to be prepared for P.E. (Physical Education). This means sneakers when possible. Students may not have open toed shoes or shoes with a heel. Thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Grades and the Holidays

jvignola — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:46 +0000

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

October Fitness Testing

jvignola — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:13:53 +0000

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:

15 Meter Pacer Test (Its bascically a shuttle run)
Push-up Test
Curl-up Test (crunches)
Sit and Reach Test (Hamstring flexibility)
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

Welcome Back!!!

jvignola — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:01:49 +0000

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.

School’s Out For Summer!!

jvignola — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:11 +0000

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.

4th Grade Fitness Testing

rpoore — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:57:30 +0000

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)

Physical Education Department

rpoore — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:19:16 +0000

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.

Mr. Poore’s Bio

rpoore — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:13:11 +0000

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.