The Best Parts of My Week - 4/3/17--4/7/17 (and a bit more!)

Hi everyone,

      I am a bit behind on posting this entry because I have been enjoying Spring Break!  I guess that is a pretty good reason for the delay.  It is my last official Spring Break since I am retiring at the end of this school year so it holds some special meaning for sure.  Fitness Frankie came with us on our trip and we had lots of fun snapping some photos for his blog…..more on that later!  So, on with the "Best Parts!"  

.....One of my students was very excited to show me a shirt he was wearing on Monday morning.  I saw him in the hallway and he said:  “I found two Fuel Up to Play 60 shirts at Goodwill!”. He wore one on Monday and one on Tuesday!

…..A 2nd grader asked me:  “When do we do Fuel Up to Play 60?” I was so glad that he was interested!  I explained that we are a Fuel Up to Play 60 school and that we do it all the time!  I think he was really asking about our Student Ambassador program so I explained that we start that in third grade.  I think he might just be in our next ambassador group!  

…...I had planned some Yoga lessons this week and I always love the reactions from my students when they see the Yoga mats set up in the gym.  A second grader said:  “I love Yoga!  It’s so calming!”  

…..A fifth grader walked into PE class this week with cool new sneakers.  He said:  “This is the first time I’m wearing my new sneakers for PE!” Remember when you got new sneakers as a child?  I remember the feeling and I always thought I could run faster in mone!  How about you?

…..Fitness Frankie to Go came back this week after having some wonderful and healthy adventures with one of my second grade friends.  He showed me the journal entry and it included a story and pictures about how they went to the Walkway Over the Hudson and ate healthy snacks.  He was proud of his efforts and I still get excited when I see that this project accomplishes the goal of continuing the message of the importance of healthy choices at home…….

…..At the end of our Yoga lessons for second grade students I asked them to write down one word that best described how doing Yoga makes them feel.  Their work will become part of their portfolio.  These were some of the words they wrote and shared with me:  relaxed, happy, calm, good, fantastic!  Fitness Frankie was doing Yoga with us as well and in another class I placed a slip of paper and pencil with him too.  I asked students to share what words Fitness Frankie might use to tell us how Yoga makes him feel.  Students were so cute when they saw that he was doing Yoga with us!  They concluded that he would say the following words: calm, relaxed, strong, confident……

…...A kindergarten class arrived to PE class and saw the Yoga mats set up for a second time. They all smiled and were excited to continue Yoga but one student shouted out:  “Namastep!”  :-)

…..We were following along with a Cosmic Kids Yoga story and one of the moves involved stretching forward while pretending to butter some bread.  One of the students looked at me and said:  “Who puts that much butter on a sandwich?”

…..Family Fitness Night was held on Thursday night and we had an amazing time! Of course, Fitness Frankie did too!  This year, in addition to parents and my amazing colleagues, we had some volunteers from our high school who are members of the National Honor Society and earn hours by doing community service.  They were fantastic and had so much fun playing with the students and families!  As I was running around during the evening making sure that everything was going smoothly I did take a step back to enjoy the sight of families exercising and playing together.  There were parents spotting their children while climbing our rock wall, families enjoying a trivia game about health and PE, families playing together and cheering on their children during four square and striker sheet games and so much more!  In fact, it was pretty hard to end the evening!  We gathered together and I thanked everyone involved and then our principal mentioned that this was my last Family Fitness Night.  While some of the parents know that I am retiring, I am just beginning to share the news with students.  One of the students thought that I was not coming back after Spring Break and kept returning to me for one more hug!  I finally realized what was happening and explained that we still had the rest of the year together.  That helped!  

…..As everyone started to leave Family Fitness Night the clean up began and it was fantastic to have so much help from all of our volunteers!  I got to the gym and all of our high school volunteers and a few families were engrossed in a Striker Sheet game!  They were having so much fun I hated to stop them.  The pure joy on the faces of everyone involved was beautiful to watch.  It was getting late however, and I still needed to get home and be a part of a Teacher Training Day on Friday so I got out my stopwatch and said:  “Ok, it’s time for a 2 minute championship round!”  The game ended and while everyone was sad to leave, they finished the clean up and were on their way.  I was exhausted but so pleased at the success of the night!  

…..The next day the students were off but staff was involved in a training day.  Our PE staff was looking forward to being together for the entire day as we participated in a professional development day by Aaron Hart of OPEN (Online Physical Education Network).  Our K-12 PE staff rarely has the opportunity to spend an entire day together and this day was a real gift.  I love the learning and curriculum opportunities provided by OPEN and I was excited that the rest of our staff would be learning about it was well.  We had so much fun!  Laughter and learning were the words of the day and I am so thankful to our staff for embracing the day and for Aaron of OPEN for providing a wonderful learning experience!  

…...As I was walking out to my car at lunch time I ran into one of the parents from my school.  He is a teacher at our high school and he brought his family to our Family Fitness Night the evening before.  He stopped to tell me what a great time he and his family at at our event.  He couldn’t say enough about how much fun they all had together and thanked me for organizing the evening.  Needless to say I was grateful for his kind words…….

…..As I said earlier, I have been on Spring Break this week and my husband and I have been enjoying a trip to Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.  Fitness Frankie loves an adventure, as you know, and we often take him with us on our trips.  We went to the American History Museum at the Smithsonian and found an exhibit on the evolution of food.  It was right up our alley of course and there were some great photo opportunities!  What do you think?  More pictures of his adventure can be found soon on his picture blog at:  Fitness Frankie and Friends.

I hope you enjoyed the "Best Parts of My Week!" Visit my website: North Park Physical Education to find out more about our Physical Education program.

The Best Parts of My Week - 3/27/17--3/31/17

Hi everyone,

This week was all about celebrating March as National Nutrition Month! It was a busy week but despite feeling a bit overbooked I feel like I accomplished a great deal and hope I made an impact......

…..On Monday morning one of my second grade friends brought Fitness Frankie to Go back.  I was in my office and she walked in with the pack.  I thanked her for bringing him back on time and she explained that she had fun with him and showed me pictures of her healthy weekend adventure.  All of a sudden she noticed another Fitness Frankie on my desk.  She stopped mid-sentence and said:  “You have another Fitness Frankie!!!!”  I explained that there are a few of them (I affectionately call them the “stunt doubles” because years ago I bought a few extra in case something happened to the original....) so that each second grade class can participate in the Fitness Frankie to Go program.   Then she asked:  “Please can I have him for one more day??  Please?  Please?  Please?”  She was so persistent I almost said yes but did not want to get into that habit with all students.  I told her he needed a bath to get ready for his next adventure!  She reluctantly understood and went off on her merry way back to class!

…..This week’s PE Password was Nutrients.  As part of the discussion I asked students to share what they had for breakfast that day.  It was very interesting to listen to what students had for breakfast.  It was nice to see so many hands go up to share!  Some of the breakfast items were: oatmeal, bagel, strawberries, and a few sugary cereals that made everyone think twice….  Those who had the sugary cereals hesitated to share and then realized that maybe they should be having something else for breakfast.  I think it was a good thing that saying it out loud made them think!  

…..Since March is National Nutrition Month I teach several lessons to students that help teach the value of good nutrition in an active and fun way.  This week students were learning to “Eat a Rainbow” and I asked students to tell me about different colored foods using the colors of the rainbow.  When we got to the color purple someone mentioned an eggplant.  One of the kindergarten students was so interested what an eggplant looks like.  He had never seen one and was so excited when I was able to show him a picture!

…..I have one particular second grade class this year that sees the joy in just about everything and very often they are reduced to giggles when they find something funny.  This week we had some exercise leaders in the middle of the gym for a warm-up.  Students could follow either leader and the leaders were facing in opposite directions.  They giggled so much when both of the leaders picked the same exercise without seeing each other that it made me giggle too!  

…..Another nutrition activity that I teach students involves balancing out healthy and unhealthy foods with exercise.  We participate in Healthy Highway as a school-wide program.  In this activity students pick cards from the center of the gym and exercise for different repetitions based on whether the food is a Red (Stop and think), Yellow (Slow down and think), or Green (Go) Light food.   Of course, the red light foods required more exercise than the green light foods and when students picked the Green light foods they all exclaimed “YAY!”

…..Another Healthy Highway game is called “Fill Up Your Tank”.  This game involves food as fuel and as part of the game students exchange unhealthy food for healthy food by sneaking it on other students’ plates.  I overheard one student say “I don’t want a brownie!” when he returned to his plate to find one there!  I love teaching the value of good nutrition because I think it helps students to think and then make connections to balance their plate. We always tell students that treats are fine but that it is always good to think about foods that you choose.  This week I saw a great Cheerios commercial.  The basic message was that healthy hearts start young.  When I saw the commercial I said “YES!” to myself and felt good that in Physical Education we are helping to make that happen!

www.healthy-highway.com

…..During one of my third grade classes this week a pedometer cover came off and a student needed help with putting it back on.  A few other students noticed and were fascinated by the inner workings of a pedometer.  One student said:  “Oh….so THAT’s what it looks like!”  Another said:  “That’s so cool!”

…..During my duty supervising students who were being picked up this week a student was leaving and on her way out she took the time to say:  “Tag was fun in PE today!”  She was talking about a game that we played that I made up and called “My Plate food tag”.  It made me smile to know that she enjoyed it!

…..As we continued to celebrate National Nutrition Month I mentioned food labels to a fourth grade class.  I had an example on my goal chart and explained the different sections.  They told me about a project they did in class using food labels that involved predicting which food would be the healthiest.  At the end of PE class I told the classroom teachers and they were so happy that they remembered!  I was happy about the connection and the transfer!

…..I asked a Kindergarten class about healthy and unhealthy foods.  Each student got a chance to speak and share one kind of food in each category.  This was in preparation for a tag game during which they would need to tell tagger a healthy food in order to continue the game after being tagged.  They were very correct in their food choices!  I was impressed that they already know the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods at 6 years old!

…..One of our assistants who works in a primary class came down to me this week with an empty package of apple slices from the cafeteria.  She told me that the students wanted me to see it because they noticed that the My Plate symbol was on the back of the package and they remembered it from PE class this week!  The next time I saw this class I told them how proud I was that they noticed and remembered!  

…..This year I have been making my way around the building visiting different classes on Fitness Friday.  Each week I pick a different classroom to visit and do some activity to start the day and help classes earn a Fitness Friday mile.  This week I visited a 1st grade class.  Most often the teachers know that I am coming, (I ask permission ahead of time) but my arrival is a surprise for students.  When I walked into the first grade class and the teacher explained why I was there they all smiled and said “YAY!!!”  It was a wonderful way to start the day and warmed my heart……..

…..I am a proud member of NYS AHPERD and our zone (Southeastern) hosts an annual Elementary/Middle School Award ceremony.  Outstanding students are nominated by PE teachers and are given the award during a wonderful ceremony in May.  This week I had the pleasure of sending letters home with students who are receiving the awards for this year.  When I arrived at their classroom doors and asked to see them in the hallway they were curious and a bit anxious it seemed.  I smiled and said to them:  “You are not in trouble!”  That helped!  

…..At the end of the week I brought out some vegetable puppets as props for a nutrition activity.  “Broccoli Brad” and “Erica Eggplant” are part of a series called Super Sprowtz.  As you may know by now I love stuffed animals in general so I had great fun with Broccoli Brad and Erica Eggplant!  Students loved them too and wanted to know more about them!

…..My husband loves a good joke so on Friday he reminded me that I should say the following to my students:  “You must be tired!  Why?  You just finished a 31 day March!”  I did just that to a fifth grade class.  Most of the students thought it was hilarious!  A few students needed the joke explained, and one said:    “That’s a knee slapper!”  

I hope you enjoyed the "Best Parts of My Week!" Visit my website: North Park Physical Education to find out more about our Physical Education program.

The Best Parts of My Week - 3/20/17--3/24/17

Hi everyone,

    While I had a great time at the SHAPE America Convention in Boston it was nice to get back to school.  I had planned a busy week which was going to include snowshoeing, a Veggie Taste Test Day, a CPR/AED training event for our fifth grade students, and of course many classes of Physical Education.  I wasn’t sure how I was going to fit it all in but I was ready to embrace the week!  

…..The excitement in the air on Monday morning was incredible!  Students were ready to snowshoe.  I had previously taught the students a bit about how to put on the snowshoes during an indoor class but then we did not have any snow.  The week before last we had a huge snowstorm but I was away at a conference.  I was hoping that the snow would last and it did!  We had a great time outside and as we were coming in I asked students for some comments on the experience.  Some of the comments included:  “Can we do this again?”, “Where can you buy them?”, “I’m going to ask for them for my birthday!”, “This was fun!”, “It’s hard”, “It’s challenging”, “Sometimes you fall”, and  “It was fun!”  While many students needed my help to strap on the shoes it was so wonderful to see those students who were independent and then helped others!

…..I brought my snowshoes in so that I could snowshoe along with my students.  They are pink and for some reason my students were surprised that I would have pink snowshoes!  I guess I don’t wear pink very often…….  :-)

…..During part of one of the PE classes that I took outside to snowshoe I did not put my snowshoes on because I wanted students to see the difference in how my feet sank in the snow as compared to how their feet stayed on top of the snow.  I asked students why this was happening.  One of my fourth graders explained how when you have snowshoes on the pressure on the snow is spread out  so you can stay on top and when you don’t your foot is pushing on the same spot and sinks.  Yes!  Not only could students experience and understand the value of snowshoeing but they could explain it and verbalize it!  Mission accomplished!

…..One of the activities that I like students to do when they are snowshoeing is to look for animal tracks.  They love to explore and found this task very exciting.  One student told another student that she found bear tracks.  The other student’s response was to explain that bears sleep during the winter so the tracks could not be bear tracks!

…..Another activity that I encourage students to try while snowshoeing is to climb the snowbanks.  Now, normally this is not allowed during recess so students were surprised that I was going to let them do this in snowshoes.  At the conference I attended one of the sessions was about teaching students how to manage risk and that if we constantly “bubble wrap” our children they will not learn how to do this.  I thought that climbing the snowbanks with supervision would be a perfect opportunity to help students understand the benefit of hiking in snowshoes as well as build confidence as they learned how to manage risk.  Off we went to the large snowbank at the end of the parking lot and students loved it!  While some were hesitant and others completely confident, most students attempted the task.  One student in particular showed me her confidence when, as I reached out to help her she smiled and said:  “I got this!”  She absolutely had it under control and confidently climbed up and down the snowbank!  

…...One day this week our dismissal was very late due to a fire in our town which closed one of the roads.  Thankfully no one was hurt in the fire.  Students waiting for their busses were housed in the gym and I had a great time chatting with students.  One conversation was about my step count on my FitBit.  Students started guessing about how many steps I took that day so far.  They were surprised to find out that I was already nearing 25,000!

…..We held our Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Ambassador Veggie Taste Test Day this week.  We met on Tuesday morning before school to organize the event.  This year’s taste test included a salad mix of shredded cabbage, shredded carrots, shredded brussel sprouts and a bit of Italian dressing.  Our families helped by donating some of the vegetables and other materials that we needed for the event. Their generosity was amazing! Our Student Ambassadors are such a great group!  They busied themselves by dancing away using Go Noodle while they waited for their turn to help with the vegetables.  They were so organized and excited to lead the event.  We asked them why we were doing the taste test so that they could practice the answers that they would need to give to their classmates when asked.  They had wonderful responses.  They said that it is good to try something new, when vegetables are mixed they sometimes taste better, that you need to taste something at least ten times before you can be sure that you like it or not, and that this is a great way to get family support to try new vegetables at home!  They could not wait to get started!

 

…..During the taste test I had the chance to visit some classes.  I think this was one of our best taste tests yet!  Students loved the salad mix and I got several thumbs up from students participating in the taste test!  Many students asked for more, some said they were going to ask their mom to make it at home and one fifth grader told me that he was going to make it at home himself!  Indeed he did just that!  That evening I received an email from his mom who told me that he made it for dinner!  I saw this particular student the next day and complimented him and he told me that he also had just had it for lunch!  I feel so grateful for the opportunity and support that allows us to give students the chance to experience the joy of trying new and healthy foods!  

…..Physical Eddie came to PE with a fourth grade class and luckily I had his snowshoes ready!  He decided that mine were too big for him but his were just the right size!

…..While all of the snowshoeing was happening with the upper grades, primary students were practicing ball control.  I was impressed when a kindergarten student came over to me and said:  “Watch this!”  He was doing a crossover dribble!

…...Our warm-ups have included a variety of dances lately.  I teach my students that dance is great exercise and it requires respect.  We had fun doing line dances and partner dances this week.  One of our K-1 teachers stayed for a minute at the beginning of class and I asked her if she needed me for something.  She responded that she wanted to stay so that she could join in the dancing!  

…..Another one of our special events this week was a CPR/AED training for 5th grade students.  I was so proud of their maturity and sense of purpose that they exhibited during the event. Our trainers were impressed at their behavior and attention and we are all truly grateful for the opportunity to have our students learn a lifesaving skill….....

…..One of our paramedics who came for the CPR/AED training is the grandmother of one of our 5th grade students.  Her son was in my first kindergarten class and now (since I am retiring) her granddaughter (her son’s niece) is in my last fifth grade.  How is that for full circle???

…...I can’t believe that I am still finding students whose parents were my students! This week a first grader asked me how long the basketball hoops had been in the gym.  When I told her that they had been there forever she said that means that they must have been there when her mom went to school.  After a bit more conversation I discovered who her mom is and I now I see the resemblance!  

…..As a second grade student was working on ball control using letter tiles to spell words she came over to me to say “I spelled health!

.....A fourth grade student asked me what was the name of my favorite basketball team. I told him that my favorite basketball team is a college team nearby. He said: "No, I mean a real team!" I responded that college teams are real teams but he insisted that NBA teams are the only real teams! When I told him that I really did not follow NBA basketball he was disappointed but wanted to know if I at least knew the names of some of the players. He was happy to know that I at least I could name a few pros!

…..I started Friday knowing that I have two more classes to take out for a snowshoe experience before the snow is gone.  One was scheduled for Friday and the other for this coming Monday.  I have been hoping that every class in grades 3-5 will be able to get out for one class.  It has certainly been a challenge!  This week we had snow but one day was too cold to go out!  Well, we barely squeaked one in on Friday because right after we finished it started sleeting and raining!    One more class to go!  Hopefully I will be writing about that class next week in this blog!  

I hope you enjoyed the "Best Parts of My Week!" Visit my website: North Park Physical Education to find out more about our Physical Education program.

The Best Parts of My Week - 3/12/17--3/17/16

Hi everyone,
     This may be the shortest post I have written in quite some time but the impact on my life has been no less important than longer entries......it was an amazing week in many ways!

.....I only went to school on Monday this past week.  It was a great day as we anticipated the blizzard about to arrive in our area!  Students were excited and I was happy to tell them that we may indeed be able to snowshoe this year!

.....On Tuesday the blizzard arrived and it was an impressive storm!  School closed for two days straight as we dug out of the 24 + inches that blanketed our town.  On a personal note, it was also my son's birthday and while he is an adult, we reminisced about the large number of spring snowstorms that arrived on his birthday. We especially laughed about the year that we got him a bicycle and instead of riding it outside he resorted to riding it in the living room!

.....Wednesday my husband and I left to attend the SHAPE America National Convention in Boston, MA.  I was happy that we were able to go since the winter storm had placed doubts in my mind as well as many others.  Unless you have attended a national convention it is hard to describe the energy, excitement, enthusiasm, and hope that surround everything that happens during the convention.  Everyone from young future professionals to retirees was smiling, participating in activity sessions, learning, and collaborating, which will only improve our practice and move our profession forward.  I was fortunate to be able to present two sessions, one on Technology, and one with a group of dynamic and outstanding colleagues and friends from NY.  I love sharing and am so grateful to those who attended my sessions as well as those who shared their knowledge with me.   I had a wonderful time and even though I am retiring soon, I still learned new activities and am determined to try out a few new ideas before June!

.....Fitness Frankie has some fun in Boston as well!  It was fun taking him along and taking advantage of some great photo ops!

.....On Friday night of the conference we celebrated with the annual Hall of Fame dinner.  It was a great chance to celebrate this year's Teachers of the Year, the success of the conference, and friends new and old..........I was sad to see the conference end but I am already looking forward to next year!

I hope you enjoyed the "Best Parts of My Week!" Visit my website: North Park Physical Education to find out more about our Physical Education program.

The Best Parts of My Week - 3/6/17--3/10/17

Hi everyone,

    This week was all about the future as we held College and Career Week!  It was a wonderful week!  

…..Last Friday I had scheduled a “Fitness Friday” activity with a first grade class and then realized that we were having an assembly.  I spoke to the classroom teacher about it and asked if I could come in on Monday of this week instead.  She readily agreed and I decided that we could call it “Move-it Monday!”  I arrived as a surprise to the students on Monday morning and told them why I was there.  We had great fun doing some Go Noodle and the idea of “Move-it Monday” caught right on!  It’s a good thing we can be flexible!

…..As a follow up to last week’s assembly where we introduced “The Road to Your Future”, we held College and Career Week this week!  On Monday adults were encouraged to wear college shirts.  These were either colleges that the adults attended, local colleges, or a college that a family member attended.  I was proud to wear my SUNY Cortland shirt and had a fantastic time explaining to students why I was wearing that shirt.  I had a chance to explain that I knew when I was twelve years old that I wanted to be a PE teacher (I truly did!) and that SUNY Cortland was (and is) a great college to learn how to be one!  I also had fun asking other adults why they were wearing a particular shirt.  As well as I know my colleagues, I realized that I did not always know what college they attended!  

…..As I was walking down the hall on Tuesday I noticed a first grade class sitting facing a graph on the wall.  The teachers were describing the different career categories and each student got to pick which category they thought that they would like a career in.  It was fun to watch!

…..Meanwhile, in PE students are learning about basketball and about how to dribble different kinds of balls.  During one of the activities a fifth grader observed and remarked that all of the dribbling “sounds like music!”  When I stopped to really listen to it I agreed!  What a great observation!

…..At the end of the PE classes this week I made some time for students to shoot baskets.  While it is not the major objective of the lesson students love it and we are fortunate to have six baskets in my gym.  A fourth grade was leaving PE after having had a few minutes to shoot baskets.  One of the students told me on the way out:  ”I made my first basket today!”  She had a great smile on her face and so did I!

…..As we continued to work on some dribbling activities we played a game called “Dribble Duel”.  Basically this is like a game you may know called “Cleanies and Messies” or “Builders and Bulldozers”.  The idea is to move a bean bag either on top of a cone or underneath it while you are dribbling.  It can be quite challenging and so I was asking a third grade class about their strategy for the game.  They had some fantastic answers.  One student thought that as long as the ball was bouncing he could move the bean bag quickly and then return to dribble and another explained how he kept the dribble going and used his other hand to move the bean bag.  I love that students are using their brains while they are practicing!

…..I have a fifth grade class this year that is particularly good at sportsmanship.  This week they were cheering each other on as small groups were spending some time shooting baskets.  All of a sudden it got very loud and I realized that one group was cheering on their classroom teacher who had come to pick them up and decided to play!

…..One day this week I walked  out of the gymnasium door to get ready to meet a class and saw two people walking down the hall.  I checked to make sure that they had visitors badges and then started to say hello.  Suddenly I realized that one of the visitors was holding a snake!  I reacted by backing up immediately and must have had a very shocked look on my face.  I must admit I am not a snake person and she must have realized that.  She kept walking and said:  “Don’t worry….she’s gentle….”   This was perhaps not the best part of my week but it was certainly the most interesting!  :-)  

…..A second grade class wowed me with their knowledge of basketball after reading the book Swish! by my friend Lynn Hefele.  I asked them to remember the basketball words in the book and then tell me what they meant.  They could explain what a crossover dribble is as well as a jump, stop, and pivot move!

…..As a warm-up this week I have been asking students to practice the PACER running challenge by taking turns with a partner.  It is so hard for elementary students to understand the concept of pacing and when it comes time to do the fitness test later in the year it I want them to have had some time to practice.  After the warm-up we had a nice discussion about the PACER and how it is not helpful to race during the activity.  One of the students had a terrific explanation about why racing is not helpful.  He said that racing wastes energy and that it’s better if you go slower so that you have more energy for later in the activity.  YAY!  He understands and helped his classmates understand too!   

…..I was walking through our main office one day this week and our principal asked me if I had a minute.  Of course I said yes and she asked me if I could explain how I made one of my Fitness Bear books to a friend who was taking a break in the her office.  He was so impressed with the book about Physical Eddie and our trip to Lake Placid to learn about the Winter Olympics.  He was amazed that I had created and written the book and wanted to know how I did it.  I had a great time telling him about the trip and how I uploaded the pictures and created the book using an online resource.  I was so glad that he was enjoying it!

…..At the end of the day on Thursday a student stopped to tell me how many grams of sugar is in a bottle of soda.  He has been reading the food labels and knows that there is too much sugar in soda!

…..On Thursday night I had the pleasure of being a part of the NYS AHPERD SEZ Care to Share event with wonderful professionals who were excited to learn from each other.  We had a great time playing and learning and I left feeling more energized than ever even though my FitBit showed that I had moved more than 27,000 steps that day!  

I hope you enjoyed the "Best Parts of My Week!" Visit my website: North Park Physical Education to find out more about our Physical Education program.