Gateway Middle School Health and Fitness Program

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Gateway Middle SchoolHealth and Fitness Program
A strong body makes the mind strong-Thomas
Jefferson
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Teacher Contact Info
The preferred way to reach us is through district
e-mail.

• Eric Hruschka ehruschka_at_everettsd.org
• Kristin Blakely kblakely_at_everettsd.org
• Dyann Swaney dswaney_at_everettsd.org
• Nina Bus nbus_at_everettsd.org
• Chris Pratt cpratt_at_everettsd.org
• Michelle Schwantes mschwantes_at_everettsd.org

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Program Goals

• Teach students how to be healthy for life
• Educate students how nutrition affects fitness
• Master basic sports and movement skills
• Build teamwork

and cooperation
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Unit Objectives

• Each unit is an introduction
• Most units start with basic motor skills
• Study Guides reinforce non-fiction reading as
  they learn the rules and history
• Our hope is that discover an activity that they
  can enjoy as adults

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Making Up Absences

• Participation Day Complete a make-up form
  within two weeks. Heart rate must be taken
  before, during, and after activity.
• Fitness Day Must be supervised by a PE teacher
  after school from 255 to 320P.M. Mostly on
  Wednesdays.

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Limitations and Injuries

• Parent note 1 to 3 school days. Student still
  needs to suit up.
• Doctor note Include the specific limitations on
  the medical note so that individual curriculum

adjustments can be made.
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Grading Categories

• Participation/effort/sportsmanship
• Health, Written work Unit tests
• Fitness Days
• Journals
• Fitness tests

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Family Fitness Nights

• 630P.M. to 730P.M.
• November 18, 2015 (1st semester)
• May 4, 2016 (2nd semester)
• Tentative

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Units and Assessments
Archery written retest
Badminton written
Bowling written retest
Dance practical retest
Flag Football written
Floor hockey written
Frisbee written practical retest
Golf written
Health written retest
Heart Monitors practical retest
Journals written
Jump rope practical retest
Kanga written
Lacrosse written
Pickleball written
Rec Sports practical
Rockwall practical retest
Rugby written
Soccer written retest
Softball practical
Team Handball written
Tennis written practical retest
Volleyball written practical retest
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Gateway Health Fitness Website

• http//everettsd.schoolwires.net/gms-pe
• Found at each teachers website in the left
  column
• Link to Focus Fitness (Welpro)
• Study guides
• Make-up sheets
• Fitness test standards
• Journals
• Health and Fitness unit calendar
• And more . . .

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Thank You For Coming!
It is not what you do for your children, but
what you have taught them to do for themselves
that will make them successful human beings. -
Ann Landers