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Jon Beiler (Jdb1463)
Junior Member
Username: Jdb1463
Post Number: 10
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 10:32 am: |       |
I went to a high school in which we participated in bowling, golf, archery, and even some swing dancing. Are these common activities for high school P.E. classes or were my high school P.E. classes unique? |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
Junior Member
Username: Stephenpe
Post Number: 12
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, May 05, 2006 - 4:17 am: | |
I have taught archery in elem. school the last
12 years 4/5th grade. Also the Virginia Reel and
macarina and any dance they can do with the music I provide on some Fridays. Bowling (very basic) with k-1-2 and my goal is to teach some golf skills to grades 3-5 one day. My time is limited now and I devote much to fitness and sports/skills. Oh yes, and my 6 week unit on dodge ball. ;).
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Katie Zinkiewich (Katiezink)
Junior Member
Username: Katiezink
Post Number: 11
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 6:16 pm: | |
At Brockport High School, we offer the following "Non-Traditional" activities: Bowling (at a local bowling center), Ice Skating (we bus our kids to the SUNY Brockport Ice Rink), Snowboarding (at a local ski center), X-Country Skiing, Mountain Biking, In-Linke Skating, Archery, Golf (we bus our kids to a local driving range), Dance (swing, waltz, tango, Cha-Cha etc.), Cardio-Yoga-Pilates (No video tapes, we teach them all), Self-Defense (our teachers have been fully trained), Adventure Education (High and low elements), Tennis, Lawn games/Disk golf, Orienteering, Personal fitness and other activities as well. Each of these classes take place during our 85 minute PE periods and are completely funded by the school district.
I have a feeling that schools like the one that you went to and that I went to and now teach at are probably not the norm. I believe that funding for these type of activities is probably the largest road block for most schools. At Brockport, we have been very fortunate, we have an amazingly supportive administration, a highly motivated staff and to top it off, we were awarded almost a half a million dollars throught he 2004 PEP program that allowed us to add the activities of Mt. Biking, In-Line Skating, Snow Boarding and adventure!
www.brockportpe.org |
Jonathan (Jonathan8)
Junior Member
Username: Jonathan8
Post Number: 5
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 1:07 pm: | |
I believe that if a school has the resources to incorporate non-traditional activities into the physical education curriculum, then it is a huge bonus to the school. I know that when I was in high school, playing basketball, soccer, and football was something that bored me just because we played it all the time, and that is all we did. I would have loved going to PE class more than I already was if we incorporated activities like ice skating, climbing, etc. These are activities that someone may not normally get to participate, and it would just heighten the energy level of students doing something they normally would not. |
Maria Krafty (Mek1087)
Junior Member
Username: Mek1087
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 12:19 pm: | |
i wouldn't say those activites were normal but more like the normal unique activites that most schools offer. it just depends on how much PE time is offered in the school and what kind of equipment/funding your school had. the size of the classes might also make a differece. for example I lived in Illinois for middle school so we had PE everyday. There was also bowling alley and roller rink right down the road from the school. so we did learn how to bowl and keep score as well as learn how to skate and square dance. we also learned pickle ball, step aerobics, and jump roping. But, then i went to high school in PA the only unique thing we learned we archery. so to answer your question i think they were a little of both. |
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