Welcome to Health and Physical Education! 

As a health and physical education teacher it is my mission to educate the "whole" student.  My approach is to teach students that physical education is not only about learning physical skills, but it also teaches social, emotional and cognitive skills as well.  Students will learn how to cooperate and communicate appropriately with one another, as well as use their own creativeness to modify activities that will benefit their individual success.  The most important goal of mine is to make sure each and every student can thrive in a SAFE and COMFORTABLE environment in which they feel they can be themselves without feeling pressure or stress about how they perform.  Lastly, students will learn the benefits of physical fitness and wellness and how they can become life-long learners.  It is my goal to show the students that physical education is vital to every aspect of learning and benefits their health and fitness throughout their life. 

 

Along with my personal mission, we also abide by the mission and philosophy of our school district:

 

                     WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH / PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PHILOSOPHY

The Washington Township Comprehensive Health Curriculum addresses not only the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and the national measures within the discipline, but also and most important, our District's vision of a systematic, comprehensive and innovative approach to comprehensive health/physical education.

All students will be able to make dynamic life choices that place emphasis upon nurturing the physical, mental/emotional and social well-being forces that make up the human condition. They will also be able to design and model a healthy life-style that emphasizes the importance of balance in all areas of their lives and the individual responsibility for maintaining their health.

 

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH / PHYSICAL EDUCATION

MISSION STATEMENTS

1.  Wellness programs focus on educating all children regardless of their abilities, from a health-related viewpoint.

2.  Wellness programs emphasize the personal nature of participation in life-long physical activity.

3.  Wellness programs help a person acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes of a lifetime of physical activity. 

4.  Wellness programs emphasize the four components of Health Related Fitness. (CDC 1997)

5.  The objectives of teaching health related fitness are met when the process becomes a regular, permanent part of a person’s life.

6.  Knowing how to be healthy and physically active is probably more important than knowing why.

7.  Wellness programs acknowledge the process rather than the product.