Elementary Physical Education

The goal of elementary physical education in Brevard Public Schools is to provide students with a standards-based, balanced, sequential, and progressive educational activity program. The program aimed at kindergarten through sixth grade students includes basic movement concepts and skills that are aged and developmentally appropriate. This in turn leads to the development of motor skills, knowledge, and values, which are needed to establish and maintain a healthy and physically active lifestyle.
Aligned with Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Physical Education, the Elementary Physical Education Curriculum Guide, Adapted Physical Education Resource Guide and Physical Education Best Practices Brochure are available to all teachers as the basis for their curriculum. FITNESSGRAM is the physical fitness assessment program used by all Brevard schools. 

F.S. 1003.455 (3)

Each district school board shall provide 150 minutes of physical education each week for students in kindergarten through grade 5 and for students in grade 6 who are enrolled in a school that contains one or more elementary grades so that on any day during which physical education instruction is conducted there are at least 30 consecutive minutes per day. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the equivalent of one class period per day of physical education for one semester of each year is required for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8. Students enrolled in such instruction shall be reported through the periodic student membership surveys, and records of such enrollment shall be audited pursuant to s. 1010.305. Such instruction may be provided by any instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2), regardless of certification, who are designated by the school principal. 

Dr. Wendy Smith, Director, Elementary Programs 

  Smith.wendy@brevardschools.org

321-633-1000 ext. 11340

Danielle O'Reilly, Content Specialist

K-12 Health/PE, Driver Education, and JROTC

oreilly.danielle@brevardschools.org

321-633-1000 ext. 11387