Athletic Field Day/Ancient Greek Olympics!!!

Dear Chargers,

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Our students are training for the Ancient Greek Olympics in PE.

They are working on their shot put, discus throw, long jump and baton relay race!

We are also in the middle of our flag football unit and working on kicking field goals this week!

Flag Football has begun!

Dear Chargers,

In P.E. we have begun our flag football unit!  The students are really excited and in our first lesson we learned how to catch and throw properly.

Throwing:

• Phalanges on the laces
• Thumb underneath the ball
• Pull the ball back behind your ear and point with elbow in the direction you want the ball to go in
• Release the ball not to high and not to low while snapping the wrist
• Step with opposite foot

Catching:

• Phalanges are spread apart with palm facing their partners
• If the ball will be received above the waste then you want your thumbs touching about your forehead.  
• If the ball will be received below the waste then palms face up with pinkies touching.

King of the Hill is always a game that we can do at the end of a throwing and catching skill day, and the kids love it!!!!

Coach Rubino

Running! And the FUN RUN!!!!

We have begun our running unit mixed with kickball.  The students are learning how to run with proper technique and are learning how to pace.

This is all in time for the FUN RUN!!!

The Arete Fun Run and Family Picnic is Saturday, Feb. 7^th. There will be a 5K and a 1 mile run, along with a 3-on-3 basketball tournament.

Coach Rubino will be there, come on out and run with her!!!

T Ball/Baseball

My students and I are having so much fun learning how to bat off the t this week!  We worked on how to grip the bat, which hand goes on top and a good stance before hitting the ball.  I am so impressed with how many baseball players we have!!!!

We are also learning about the bones in our body!

Get Fingerprinted!

If you have not been fingerprinted, here is your chance!  Our Great Hearts Human Resource Department has been gracious enough to schedule a separate event for all of our Archway Arete and Prep families to have an opportunity to be fingerprinted. The event is scheduled for Thursday, January 22nd, 8:15-10:15 a.m. in the library and is open to all family members of students who are currently enrolled at Arete. We are asking for a $20 donation toward the school to offset the cost. We encourage your family and extended family to have this done if they are interested in volunteering for events at the school or being a part of your child's classroom. Please feel free to contact Office Manager Rachele Holcomb at (480) 222-4233, or via e-mail at rholcomb@archwayarete.org with any questions.

T Ball and Welcome back!

Welcome back Chargers, it was so great to  see all of your faces today back in school!!!

I really enjoyed teaching underhand and overhand throwing today in baseball.  We also worked on catching the ball.  We played a fun game called king and queen of the hill which incorporated a lot of throwing and catching.  We also had a great warmup and went over our muscles, and a few bones at this point!

What a great day it was!!!

We will learn to run the bases next and more about the game every day!!

Happy Holidays!

P.E. has been a lot of fun lately.  We have been working on team building skills, sportsmanship and integrity.  We have also snuck a few dodgeball games in this past week!!

We will begin T ball when we get back from the holiday break and then kickball since we will know how to run the bases by then.

Have a wonderful holiday season!!!

Coach Rubino