PE Newsletter, Field Day, Fitness Reports

Happy Summer, everyone!  Have a great time with your family and summer adventures.  We will see most of you next year.  We will miss those who are moving on.  Good luck!

This is our final PE NEWSLETTER of the year.

FIELD DAY - We would like to give a BIG thank you to our FIELD DAY volunteers for being flexible with our date change because of the weather.  Your enthusiasm, energy, and patience was amazing.  (Read more about it in our PE Newsletter...)

FITNESS REPORTS - Every student will have a Fitness Report inside their Report Card packet.  This is the first year that K-8 Beaverton PE teachers are using a common Fitness Assessment curriculum.  (Read more about it in our PE Newsletter...)

Thanks and Go Eagles!
Mr. Miller and Mrs. Lew

Wall Ball Masters Results

It was a fantastic Wall Ball Masters tournament.  We saw endless amounts of dives, jumps, twists, crazy hits, and fun.  What we did not see were tears.  Instead we saw hand shakes, high fives, fist bumps and we heard "Good game", "That was a fun game", "You are fun to play",  and more.

Every competitor was a good sport.  Some work hard all year long to play well in this tournament.  Sometimes it does not go as expected.  Regardless, the competitors handled winning or losing in an amazing manner that blows me away.  So proud.

The Wall Ball Masters tournament concludes with each classroom winner competing in their Grade Level Championship.  These are the results...

5th Grade

1st Place - Preston

2nd Place - Hoby

3rd Place - Justin

4th Place - Brian

4th Grade

1st Place - Michael

2nd Place - Kentaro

3rd Place - Jacob

3rd Grade

1st Place - Go

2nd Place - Aidan

3rd Place - Aiden

2nd Grade

1st Place - Caleb

2nd Place - Ian

3rd Place - Mauricio

Winter Break 60 results

One casualty of the snow days in January was gathering the Winter Break 60 scorecards from students and conducting a prize drawing.  Now that things have calmed down a bit, here we go...

We had 112 excited and proud students turn in their Winter Break 60 scorecards.  They were proud of their effort in staying strong and healthy during by being physically active.  The scorecard was a way for them feel some pride in their accomplishments.

Congratulations to 3rd Grade for turning in the most scorecards!

• 3rd Grade - 30
• Kindergarten - 21
• 1st Grade - 19
• 2nd Grade - 16
• 4th Grade - 14
• 5th Grade - 12

Congratulations to Miss Leyva's Kindergarten class for turning in the most scorecards!

Top 5 classes:

• Miss Leyva - 13
• Mrs. Baldwin - 12
• Mrs. Olson - 11
• Miss Martin, Mrs. Cobain-Soto, Mrs. Lawson - 8
• Miss Brock - 7

We also had a prize drawing for each grade level.  These students had their names drawn and won a gift certificate to Dick's Sporting Goods for their physical activity needs. (expect the gift certificate to come home soon)

• Cayson (Kindergarten)
• Hasan (1st Grade)
• Kira (2nd Grade
• Wade (3rd Grade)
• Yuxuan (4th Grade)
• Gigi (5th Grade)

Hoop Shoot Contest update

UPDATE:  There will not be a Hoop Shoot Contest this school year.

I have had several students ask about it.  Every year, the local Beaverton Elks Club reaches out to invite schools to participate.  This fall, we never heard from them.  Despite many attempts to touch bases with the coordinator, we never heard a response until just a few days ago, which was way past the deadline.  Sounds like they had a coordinator change this year and a few details slipped through the cracks.  They told us they hope to continue it next year!

Many of you know, we typically hold an annual Hoop Shoot Contest every school year.  Kids in Grades 3-5 compete to see who can make the most free throw shots in basketball.  It is a competition run by the Elks Club.  Schools send their boys and girls winners to compete in other competitions held by the local, regional, and national Elks Club organizations.

Enjoy the sun!

April All-Stars

We like to recognize All-Stars in P.E. class.  An All-Star is someone who tries their best at everything...playing well with others, following directions, making good choices, helping others, using teamwork, being a good sport, playing safely, trying new and challenging tasks, and more.

Running fast, scoring goals, making baskets, evading captors, winning contests are all fun and exciting, but there are outcomes of effort.  Sometimes there are out of our control.

Therefore, we reward the process...effort and growth.  Everyone controls their effort...which often produces growth.  No matter how big or small, growth is growth.  Kids do notice it.

Here are the students who were recognized this week in P.E. for their effort.  There were definitely more All-Star efforts in P.E. than just from these students.  I look forward to recognizing more students next week!