Healthy After Halloween!

It's easy to become less active and eat more as the weather becomes cooler. Fight that urge and stay healthy! Mr. Albanese will be discussing several health related topics over the next two weeks. Ask your child what they have learned and how they plan to stay healthy and take care of themselves.

Bus Safety

This week students at Ide will be spending a day during gym class reviewing the bus procedures. Bus Evacuations will take place at the end to wrap up should the students need to get off of a bus in an emergency. Please help review these rules and procedures with your child!

Student Teacher!

Mr. Albanese will be joining us at Elizabeth Ide for the next 8 weeks. He is a very active and motivated student at Eastern Illinois. While he has a wide variety of experiences, his focus is on obtaining a physical education degree and becoming a PE/Health teacher and a coach. Please welcome him to our district!

Change of Pace

During this short week in P.E., students will be learning to take their heart rates. First they will do this at rest, then after various exercises and warm-ups through out the week. We will also discuss other effects and benefits of exercise. Students will also try to maintain a sustained pace for a short time, with different students leading runs this week.

Fitness Fun!

Students will be setting goals while learning about different fitness concepts. They will be encouraged to work to improve over a long period of time. Hopefully, students will see the gains they have made in various areas. This week, endurance, strength and flexibility will be stressed. Through exercise students will be able to improve in these areas. Ask your children which exercises relate to what area of fitness.