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Lawton Elementary September 19, 2007The Gym-NEWS-ium is the P.E./Health newsletterthat is published for the students and families atLawton Elementary each month. The newsletter willinclude important information about health andsafety, P.E. happenings, highlights about thestudents, and sometimes healthy recipes to try! Wehope that you will take a few minutes each month toread the Gym-NEWS-ium and to be a part of ahealthier community.This year we are happy toannounce that we will have oneand a half PE teachers for ourstudents. With the increasednumber in students, it was importantto both parents and staff to make surestudents were not getting less P.E. but more! Inorder to do this we had to create a new half timeposition. Though no one has been hired permanently,we are very lucky to have Sue Turner with us atleast through September. The students call her “Ms.T” just like I did when she was my teacher at SanisloElementary. Yes, that’s right she was my teachertoo! She has taught for 36 years and is still verypassionate about what she does. She continues tomotivate and inspire me on a daily basis and it’sbeen fun having her teach here at Lawton. Inaddition to teaching, she teaches workshops, playsvolleyball and softball, while co-authoring P.E. bookswith her husband. If you have chance, stop by andwelcome Ms. T to Lawton and maybe we canconvince her to stay all year!As the Physical Education Specialists it is our philosophy todevelop both the mind and body through movement.Physical Education is an integral part of your child’seducation that contributes to his/her growth anddevelopment. It is our goal to give your child a positive P.E.experience and to help him/her gain an appreciation of theimportance of staying healthy through lifetime fitness andrecreational activities. Your child will have experiences inindividual, team, and group activities that place anemphasis on participation, cooperation, and success throughpersonal goalsA key element that contributes to a student’ssuccess and well-being is safety. While in P.E.class students need to wear appropriateclothing and footwear. Clothing should beconducive to movement and the best athletic shoesshould either have laces and velcro straps. Some shoes doslip on but they must have a back heel and rubber soles onthem.Safe shoesRubber soled athletic type shoesGym shoes should have ties, velcro, or at the veryleast zippers.All shoes should cover the heel of the foot.Not safe shoesHeeleys – wheels must be taken out.CrocsSlip on tennis shoesClogsDress shoesSandals or Flip FlopsOpen toed shoesWe look forward to helping your child develop newskills, master current skills, and have a positivephysical education experience while at Lawton.

Listed in the chart below are the days each room comes toPhysical Education class for the first half of the year withthe second schedule staring on January 29, 2008. Pleasenote when your child or children have P.E. in order to makesure they are appropriately dressed. As a result of Lawton’sstudent population growing, you will notice that studentswill have P.E. either 3 or 4 times during the year! For theclasses that do not have 4 P.E. slots, they will have anopportunity to sign up for a yoga/fitness slot for half ofthe class at a time which is really their 4th PE slot.ClassDays for P.E.101 – Mr. Conner M, T, W, Th102 – Mrs. Ulmer T, W, F104 – Mr. Terry M, W, Th105 – Miss Raymond M, T, Th106 – Mr. Matzner M, W, Th107 – Mrs. Anderson M, T, W, Th108 – Mrs. McDonagh M, W, Th109 – Ms. Parks M, T, Th110 – Miss Mitchell T, W, F111 – Mrs. Locke T, W, F201 - Mrs. Palewicz T, W, F(T & Th – Yoga/Fitness)202 – Mrs. Wong M, T, W, F203 – Ms. Rybock M, Th, F(T & Th – Yoga/Fitness)204 – Miss Webber M, T, W207 – Mr. Hubbard M, W, Th(W & F – Yoga/Fitness)208 – Mr. Reddy T, Th, F(W & F – Yoga/Fitness)209 – Mr. Howard M, T, W, ThFive after school P.E. clubs will be offered this year– one on each day of the week. Registration formshave already been sent home. .Space is limited foreach club so sign up early.Monday – Intermediate/Advanced UnicycleTuesday – YogaWednesday – Jump Rope Club –a.m. and p.m.Thursday – Hip Hop DanceFriday– Beginning UnicycleIn just the last week and a half students have beenworking on beanbag skills, juggling, scooter skills,and this week they are learning about the sport offencing. Soon they will be exposed to UltimateFrisbee, Lacrosse, Volleyball, and cooperativeActivities. In addition to these activities, they willbegin practice for their fitness tests as well. October – 4 th Annual Halloween Candy Challenge November – “Dance Dude” is back to teachdance November or December – 1 st Parent’s Night OuteventIf you like to go online to stay informed, you canvisit the Lawton P.E. website atwww.orgsites.com/wa/lawtonpe. It includesinformation about P.E. classes, Lawton’s PhysicalEducation program, philosophy, monthlynewsletters, after school club information, picturesof students in P.E. classes, and more. You can alsoaccess the website directly from Lawton School’smain website atwww.seattleschools.org/schools/lawton/index.htmand click on “Additional Links” on the sidebar.Have a SpectacularSeptember!Ms. Parks and Ms. T