Welcome to Lockwood PE!
2023-24 is Mr. Hyppa’s 30th year, and Mrs. Keeton’s 10th year teaching PE at Lockwood. We love getting to know the students, families, and see the joy in our student’s faces each time they come to PE.
Our goal is to develop a program that promotes healthy bodies and positive attitudes towards LIFETIME physical activity, fitness and sports skills. We loved hearing that former Lockwood students organized a wiffle ball baseball league on the Lockwood field this summer. Twice a week students will be exposed to each of the five health-related components of fitness to live an active lifestyle: flexibility, muscular strength, cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular endurance, and body composition. Through a variety of units throughout the year, students will also be working on improving their agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed, which are essential skills to developing an active lifestyle. We teach these skills through many units throughout the year such as soccer, football, basketball, balance unit, jump rope, hockey, gymnastics, bowling, volleyball, fitness testing, badminton, and many more. In addition to this, intermediate students will participate in fitness testing to monitor their progress and set goals. We encourage participation, effort, and personal improvement over being the “top performer” of the class. The focus is on personal best so each student is met where they are at and leaves the gym feeling successful.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Make sure your student wears proper attire on PE days!! Our classes are high energy and rigorous, so students are expected to wear the proper clothing and athletic shoes on their PE days for active, safe participation. No boots, Croc’s sandals, flip flops, etc. Shoes must be tied, velcroed or tight fitting on their feet. If it is wet and your child wears rain boots to school, please send PE shoes in their backpack. Your classroom teacher will let you know which days your child has PE. If your child’s participation needs to be modified for a medical reason, you must send a note or email to excuse them.
At Lockwood, we use the school-wide acronym “PAWS” to reflect our student expectations and guidelines.
P=Persevering (I have a positive attitude and never stop trying)
A=Acting Responsibly (I will do the right thing and respect myself, my classmates, and equipment)
W=Working Together (I am responsible for my own actions and behavior and will promote peace with my classmates, cooperating and encouraging each other.)
S= Staying Safe (I will use equipment and my body in a way that promotes safe learning for all.)
As always you can always contact us via e-mail khyppa@nsd.org or lkeeton@nsd.org or by phone at 425-408-5815. Daily schedule and more information is also available in the Physical Education section of the Lockwood website.
Looking forward to a great year!
Mr. Hyppa and Mrs. Keeton
