OMIS PE: Eagles On The Move…

THANKS TO SOME AMAZING PTO VOLUNTEERS, SOME ENTHUSIASTIC PARENTS, AND MOST OF ALL, OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS HERE AT OMIS…OUR 2013 ZOOMATHON WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!  PERFECT WEATHER AND FUN MUSIC MADE FOR AN EXCITING DAY IN THE SUN.  THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL BY ENCOURAGING YOUR CHILD AND MAKING A PLEDGE.  GO EAGLES!!!!

5TH GRADE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THEIR JUGGLING SKILLS, WORKING WITH SCARVES AND JUGGLING BALLS.  4TH GRADE HAS BEEN HAVING A BLAST PERFECTING THEIR CUP STACKING SKILLS(YOUTUBE SPEEDSTACKS AND ENJOY-IT’S IMPRESSIVE).  BOTH OF THESE UNITS, IN ADDITION TO BEING A LOT OF FUN, FORCE KIDS TO USE BOTH SIDES OF THEIR BRAINS SIMULTANEOUSLY.  SEEING THEM SUCCEED AT SOMETHING THEY INITIALLY FEEL UNABLE TO DO IS A NEAT THING.  

WHAT AN AWESOME ZOOMATHON PEP RALLY AT OMIS!  ALMOST 800 SCREAMING KIDS, BALLS BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE, GIANT BOBBLEHEADS DANCING ON THE STAGE, BLINDFOLDED TEACHERS CRAWLING AROUND LOOKING FOR A SEAT, CONFETTI FLYING THROUGH THE AIR!  AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, WATCHING A FATHER RETURN HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN TO SURPRISE HIS DAUGHTER IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! JUST ANOTHER DAY AT OMIS!

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A BLAST WORKING ON TEAM BUILDING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN PE EACH DAY.  FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ROTATE THROUGH 25 DIFFERENT STATIONS, ALL FOCUSING ON THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE, MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS WITHIN OUR GROUP, COMMUNICATING APPROPRIATELY AND DEVELOPING A SENSE OF TRUST.  

STUDENTS IN PE CLASSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2014 MERCEDES KID’S MARATHON.  THOSE THAT WERE INTERESTED WERE GIVEN AN INFORMATION SHEET WITH A LOG SHEET ON THE BACK.  REGISTRATION IS ONLINE AND THEIR LOG SHEETS ARE DUE BACK TO OMIS PE BY JANUARY 24, 2014.  WE WILL TAKE CARE OF PICKING UP YOUR CHILD’S RACE PACKETS WHEN THAT TIME DRAWS NEAR.  BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO THE LETTER THAT WAS GIVEN OUT IN CASE YOUR CHILD CHANGES THEIR MIND.  IF YOU CHILD NEEDS THE LOG SHEET THAT WAS ON THE BACK THEY CAN ASK ONE OF US DURING CLASS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY GET ONE.

MERCEDES KID’S MARATHON 2014

Don’t miss out on all the fun and excitement this Saturday, September 7th, from 11-4!  Celebrate the start of another great year at OMIS with all of your friends and family…hope to see you all there!

Students moving, laughing, learning, working hard….being challenged to use good communication/cooperation skills…being given opportunities to use their critical thinking skills to problem solve through movement…ask your child what they did today in PE!