Health and Physical Education
Welcome!!! My name is Emory Watson, the PE/Health teacher here at The Madeleine School. For children, the act of movement is natural and joyous. With that said, it is my job and responsibility to continue to foster in your children the zeal to be active. To continue to supply and maintain an environment where students can safely, both physically and emotionally, play.
A mainstay of our PE program is to see all students fulfill the natural hardwired commands from their brains which firmly state the command “GO”. Thankfully, the PE storage room is full of equipment designed to engage the students of The Madeleine School while they are playing “Shark Attack” or “Ultimate Football”…both future Olympic sports.
Another prime goal within the gym is increasing awareness of courteous and cooperative responsibilities. Simply stated, the gym provides many opportunities where your children will practice real life interactions with their classmates when and where they must cooperate. This cooperation is on many levels as students are bumped and pushed while playing. These moments have a manner of fostering communication, forbearance, and a spirit of taking things less personally.
This ideal of working together not only pertains to students functioning with other students, but also with their teachers. This leads into students placing greater efforts in managing their own behaviors at specific times and locations where student expectations are always a given and consistent.
Thanks for visiting The Madeleine School PE/Health web-page. Please feel free to stop by the PE office to speak with me or contact me with any questions or concerns.