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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

In March 2024, I was lucky enough to be named the 2024 SHAPE America National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year! In my award application, I wrote about introducing students to new lifetime activities in my, what I think is unique, advanced PE class. Rock climbing at LEF Climbing gym in Lexington, KY.

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside. When snowplows create large piles of snow outside our school, each PE class gets a hill of snow to create a snow fort.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

SHAPE America

at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., and as students slowly file into the gym, curiosity fills the air. To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom. The bell rings at 9 a.m.

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. Middle and high school students take even fewer steps during a typical school day.

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Yoga For High School Students In Action

PLT4M

Yoga for high school students opens the door to a lifetime of physical fitness and mental health benefits. At Canton High School, every student has the opportunity to explore and try out yoga during physical education class. And with that, the demand for yoga in high school is also on the rise. Download Now!

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PE Students Need Senior Citizen Role-Models

Physical Education Update

I’m the beneficiary of my own school experience in PE and sport. I still play a weekly game of old-man’s basketball – in my old high school gym with some of my old high school schoolmates – in a ritual that has been part of that school since the mid-1960’s.

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My Title IX Story: Rules, Uniforms, and Play Space – Oh My!

SHAPE America

I started high school in 1973 — just one year after Title IX went into effect. When I was in high school, the boys teams always had much better uniforms. It was not unusual for my girls volleyball team to be kicked out of the gym because the football team needed an indoor space because of bad weather. The Uniforms.