Health & Physical Education

MCSD strives to create environments that offer opportunities for students to be physically active throughout the school day. A comprehensive school physical activity program reflects strong coordination across five components: physical education, physical activity during school, physical activity before and after school, staff involvement, and family and community engagement.

Physical education serves as the foundation of a comprehensive school physical activity program and is an academic subject characterized by planned, sequential prekindergarten through grade twelve curriculum based on NYS and national standards for physical education. Physical education provides instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for healthy, active living, physical fitness, sportsmanship, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence.

Our physical education program strives to provide opportunities for students to become health literate, learn key concepts and practice the critical skills needed to establish and maintain physically active lifestyles throughout early childhood, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

During the 21-22 school year, MCSD has adopted the SPARK PE Curriculum in all grade levels, PK-12. Our physical education teachers have begun transitioning their classes to align with this new program.