Physical Education

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Our Mission: 
Work Hard - Get Sweaty - Have Fun!

  

What's new in PE?

Important information and dates:


*Required supplies:  All students are expected to have a change of clothes and a pair of sneakers in their PE locker at all times.  In addition, 7th graders are required to have a 3-ring binder and  something to write with. 

*Intramurals will be held most Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2:10 from October to the beginning of June. Intramurals are for fun or can also be used as a portion of a make-up for class.  Please go to the Intramural page to learn more about them!

*Students Participating In School Sports:  Any athlete that does not participate in Physical Education at an acceptable level of effort, or that is removed from class for behavior, is ineligible for practice or a game that afternoon.

*7th Grade Physical Education Semester Test Information:  There will be one PE test given each semester.  The first test will be given in January and the second test will be given in May.   Each test will be multiple choice and be 33 questions worth 10% of the semester grade.  The review and extra credit assignments will be handed to all of the students at least two classes before the scheduled test.  The day of the test the students should report to class with a pencil and their extra credit.   

*6th and 8th grade Physical Education Chromebook Assignments (CBT's):  Each student will be asked to join the  PE Google Classroom and assignments will be posted approximately once every 5 weeks.  There will be four CBT's assigned each semester.  Each CBT will have a specific  due date and points will be lost for missed questions and late submissions.  The assignments will be graded and account for 20% of the semester grade.  

*Our students in action:  If you would like a picture of you doing something fitness or sports related posted to this site, please email a copy of the picture to Mrs. Schaap at the address located in the sidebar.  (Please be sure to put in the subject line of the email -"DMS Students In Action" and the first and last name of who is in the picture)

  

2018 Capital Zone Elementary Student Leadership Awards

On Monday, May 7, 2018 the Capital Zone Elementary Student Leadership Awards were held at Hudson Valley Community College.  To be nominated for this award, a student must demonstrate excellence in the areas of fitness, citizenship and leadership in Physical Education.  All schools in the Capital Zone of the New York State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance were invited to select honorees at the elementary and middle school level.  Congratulations to our student leaders!


Top Picture: Branden Pietrzak 
Bottom Picture: (top row) Isaac D’Allaird, Justin Park (middle row) Justin Andriola, Alexandria Pollizatto, Mattison Swan, Cara Lonergan, Courtney Bush (bottom row) Tristin Bennett, Loren Cuomo, Zionna Perez-Tucker and (absent from photo) Benjamin Pochobradsky 



            Draper Middle School Physical Education Teacher 
                                Earns National Recognition

On March 17, 2017 Draper Physical Education Teacher Douglas Hallberg was named 2017 National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by SHAPE America-Society of Health and Physical Educators.  You can read more on the Mohonasen homepage using the link provided:  http://www.mohonasen.org/hallberg-selected-as-national-middle-school-physical-education-teacher-of-the-year/

    
If you would like to see all of the National winners, please use the link provided: 



Draper Middle School was recognized by the New York State School Board Association for using technology

On March 7, 2016 the New York State School Board Association recognized Draper Middle School for their use of heart rate technology in Physical Education.  "A timid face greeted teacher Doug Hallberg near the end of a physical education class in the Mohonasen school district.  A delightful problem:  a seventh grade girl was wondering if she had been working too hard..."  Read more about heart rate technology in PE...





On November 20, 2015 Draper Physical Education Teacher Douglas Hallberg was named Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the New York State Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYS AHPERD).  Read more about it...

Doug Hallberg named the 2015 New York State Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year