Physical Education – Junior

Notre Dame High School’s Physical Education Department believes that every student will learn the foundational skills of physical activity and wellness through movement-centered and knowledge-based activities within a safe and supportive learning environment. Students will be challenged to recognize the diversity of individual ability and participate with respect to those around them. Every student will acquire the skills necessary to become life-long participants in physical activities and value a healthy lifestyle.

Dr. Gentile’s Physical Education classes each work together collectively as a happy team.  Our daily routine is as follows:

• Excitedly entering physical education class.. ready with gym uniform & sneakers, we form up into squads for attendance & accountability
• afterwards,collectively we say a prayer
•  warm-up of jumping jacks and other calisthenics (varies daily)
•  stretching as a unit in a circle formation, counting off together
•  and of course the 1-Mile Run each class day (recommended shorts on hot days & sweats on cold ones)
•  remaining class time is for fun activity.  Options will change daily.

GRADING: Students can earn 10 points per class day.  To earn all 10 points each day, students are required to do the following: 

1.  Student will Be PRESENT and accounted for.  Only permitted excuses are of those from parent, nurse/doctor are acceptable.
2. Change into comfortable, modest physical education clothing, complete with sneakers and hopefully deodorant.
3. Carry a positive, will-try, will-engage, and put best foot forward attitude.
4.  Student will Participate in all activities as instructed to the best of their own individual ability.

Everyone doesn’t have to compete at the Olympian level, however, I DO expect every student to challenge themselves every day, have true grit and WORK HARD to make their own personal daily improvements.  My prayer is that each student inherently learns and values the importance of their health/exercise so they can continue living a robust quality of life for their entire lifetime.

HOMEWORK: STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED TO CHECK THE WEATHER & PACK APPROPRIATE GYM CLOTHES TO GO OUTSIDE!  Unless the weather is Freezing… we will be going outside regularly.