60 Minuites Is the Key!!!

 Last year we took began rewriting the curriculum for the PE department base on new state standards.  For the most part the changes were minor and they were all changes for the better and will help the PE department continue to deliver top level instruction to our students.  The biggest change is there students are required to exercise for at least 60 minutes, five times a week. 

Starting the week of September 6th the students will begin to log their exercise for the week, here are some key points:

1. PE time will count for the day so if we exercise for 40 minutes in class the students need to exercise another 20 minutes after school.

2. All sports and clubs that exercise count as time.

3. We are very open to what the student does for exercise, if they are unsure if the activity will count they should speak to their PE coach to see if the activity qualifies.  

4. The students will receive and return their logs every Monday or the first day of the week.

5. If the school week is four days the students only need to exercise for four days on their log.

6. Weekend time counts for one of the five days i.e. if your child has two soccer games that go for 60 minutes then that time will count for one of the five days. 

7. You can not "bank " time. 

If you have any questions please contact your child's PE coach and we are excited about this opportunity to extend activity outside of PE class.

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Great First Week

It was a great first week (or 2 days) to start off the school year!!!! The whole PE department is very excited to get things underway as we have a lot of new changes to unveil. Not only have we added a new PE teacher, Coach Mertens, but we also took on a new grade level, 5th grade! We revamped and resupplied our fitness room and added a cardio room to our facility list. This means that as a middle school student at Sperreng your student has 2 gyms, a pool, a fitness room, a cardio room, 2 health rooms and vast outdoor space. I'll put that up against many high schools!!!! We are extremely fortunate here at Sperreng and we are excited to teach your student(s) the value of physical fitness as the year continues. All of the PE department are readily available to assist you and your student(s) if you ever need anything throughout the year. I have listed all of the boys PE teachers contact information below.

Go Flyers!!!

Bryan Hilton
bhilton@lindberghschools.ws
Ext. 2471

Andrew Mertens
amertens@lindberghschools.ws
Ext. 2470

Nick Wagenknecht
nicholaswagenknecht@lindberghschools.ws
Ext. 2470

That was Quick

As quickly as our Outdoor Games unit started, Mother Nature said "nope, that's enough!" We are back indoors today after finally getting outside yesterday. All of the PE classes were outside on the fields yesterday playing the various games (ladder golf, washers, horseshoes, wiffleball, bocce, badminton) and it looked so awesome! We could not have asked for better weather yesterday too. I wish I would have taken pictures yesterday to post but alas in all the wonderment I forgot :(

We will attempt to pick up the unit next week, assuming Mother Nature lets us. On a side note, Dippin Dot sales went very well. We are getting a final total on the numbers and we are excited to get new fitness equipment for our department. The students are going to see some new things and experience a lot of new things next year and we are all very excited!!!!

Thanks and as always...

Go Flyers!!!

Gotta Love the Rain

It seems that Mother Nature has it out for us this year. This is easily the craziest weather year I have experienced and it really puts a damper on our outdoor plans. As many of you know, we were supposed to start our outdoor games unit this week (washers, ladder golf, horseshoes, wiffleball, badminton, bocce ball) but with the rain we have had to postpone them. We will still be selling Dippin Dots tomorrow (Wednesday 5/18) for $4 a pouch to help pay for our new fitness equipment but the games may be moved inside or we may have to call a complete audible. With these outdoor games, we need space and we have limited indoor space to set up all of these games so we may do different games inside.

Either way, we will get these fun, outdoor games in someway, somehow!!! We are determined to teach these kids the traditional Missouri outdoor games that we all play on camping trips, float trip and family gatherings.

Please let us know if you have any questions or want more information on the equipment we will be purchasing.

Go Flyers!!!

CPR and First-Aid

It's here!!!! The last three days Coach Wagenknecht's classes have been practicing CPR and First-Aid. For those that don't know, I was awarded a grant to get CPR dummies in class so our students can learn and practice life-saving techniques. We learned how to approach an accident scene (Check-Call-Care), how to treat a variety of common injuries, and how to properly perform CPR. The week culminated with hands-on CPR training using our brand new dummies!!!

Each student was also given a handout with the three steps of CPR for infants, children and adults that I encourage you to keep around the house in a readily accessible place. I also gave them a small packet on accident prevention, developing an emergency plan and First-Aid basics. Please look over that with your son and keep that handy as well. Let me know if you have any questions or would like more information on CPR/First-Aid.

Thanks again for all you do and check out the pictures below...

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Go Flyers!!!

Dr. Lindsey Reinhardt

Today in Coach Wagenknecht's health class we had Dr. Lindsey Reinhardt, DMD, MS in to speak with us about the importance of oral health and oral hygiene. Students learned how a cavity is formed, how to brush their teeth, how to care for your teeth and what happens if you don't take care of your teeth. We saw the negative effects of what soda, acid and sugar do to our teeth.

Each student left class with a "goodie" bag provided by Dr. Lindsey that contained a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss and some more info about their oral health. If you have any questions, please contact myself or Dr. Lindsey (her contact info can be found in the goodie bag).

Get those kids brushing!!!!

And

Go Flyers!!!