Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Memo
Date: December 1, 2008
Barry Bachenheimer
Superintendant
Caritas Academy
2495 John F Kennedy Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07403
Dear Superintendant Bachenheimer:
Physical Education is an intricate part to a student’s well being. According to CDC, students at the high school level should have at least a minimum 60 minutes of physical activity a day. Our curriculum isn’t satisfying these needs for the students. The format of our current health and physical education program is spent half of the year in physical education and the other half in the health classroom. During the second half of the year, our students aren’t receiving any physical activity.
Our recommendation is to condense the health portion of the curriculum into one quarter of the year, and the physical education portion spread out over three marking periods of the year. In order to obtain our goal, another faculty member must be used to teach at least one to two periods of physical education in the day. In order to ensure our students are receiving the highest level of physical activity and health, we also need new equipment. The equipment we have doesn’t accommodate the entire class, which doesn’t allow for full participation. We need to fill in the gaps to have a full set of equipment to use.
As you know, our school is an all girls program. We would like to change the curriculum to target young females and their lifestyles. This change in the curriculum will shorten the time frame needed for health, and allow the change to three quarters of the year in physical education. We will also integrate health lessons into our physical education lessons to ensure we are giving our students the best of both worlds. As well as integrating health concepts, a team-building unit would be placed into the curriculum.
Sincerely,
Shirah Odeh
Physical Education Supervisor
Jackie Ferranti
Project Partner
Barry Bachenheimer
Superintendant
Caritas Academy
2495 John F Kennedy Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07403
Dear Superintendant Bachenheimer:
Physical Education is an intricate part to a student’s well being. According to CDC, students at the high school level should have at least a minimum 60 minutes of physical activity a day. Our curriculum isn’t satisfying these needs for the students. The format of our current health and physical education program is spent half of the year in physical education and the other half in the health classroom. During the second half of the year, our students aren’t receiving any physical activity.
Our recommendation is to condense the health portion of the curriculum into one quarter of the year, and the physical education portion spread out over three marking periods of the year. In order to obtain our goal, another faculty member must be used to teach at least one to two periods of physical education in the day. In order to ensure our students are receiving the highest level of physical activity and health, we also need new equipment. The equipment we have doesn’t accommodate the entire class, which doesn’t allow for full participation. We need to fill in the gaps to have a full set of equipment to use.
As you know, our school is an all girls program. We would like to change the curriculum to target young females and their lifestyles. This change in the curriculum will shorten the time frame needed for health, and allow the change to three quarters of the year in physical education. We will also integrate health lessons into our physical education lessons to ensure we are giving our students the best of both worlds. As well as integrating health concepts, a team-building unit would be placed into the curriculum.
Sincerely,
Shirah Odeh
Physical Education Supervisor
Jackie Ferranti
Project Partner
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