Fitness Monopoly

Every class will get to participate in this fitness game. The gym is turned into a monopoly board and every student has a partner and they have to work together to identify muscle groups, compliment one another, and be physically active while playing the monopoly game. Everyone gets "have a heart $ for various activities and the goal is to earn the most $ during the whole PE class.

Middle School Health

Health class just finished studying all the body systems and played jeopardy to test there knowledge.

Parker's Soccer Team

The After School Sports Soccer Team just finished an amazing Soccer season. Today we are celebrating with a Soccer banquet. Congrats to a fantastic season.

Team Handball

4-8 grades started a unit in Team Handball. This game teaches the students how to work together and include everyone. It's a fast paced game that is becoming more popular.

Cross Country Meet

The After School Sports team hosted a Cross Country Meet right here at Parker. It was a great success. We had approximately 80 runners run a mile out in Parker's trails.

Floor Hockey

The middle school is starting a new unit on Floor Hockey. They are learning the rules and various strategies for offense and defensive skills.

Four Square

The 4-5's are learning all the rules about Four Square. They are showing interest in a tournament so the 4-5's will be having a Four Square tournament.

Four Square is such a great game because it can be played anywhere and all you need is one playground ball.

After School Sports

The Sports team worked on some team building after a great Soccer game against Woodland Hill.

Soccer Skills

K-8 have been working on their Soccer Skills. Some skills that we have been working on are dribbling, passing, and keeping the ball controlled at all times. The middle school have also been practicing there defensive skills.

5-8 After School Sports Soccer team has been working very hard to improve their Soccer skills as a team. We have 3 practices per week and have been practicing strategically for our first game October 6th against the Brown School right here at Parker.

K-4 After School Sports just started last week. We have 24 students who are signed up. The students requested to start off with fun cooperative games and then start learning about working together as a team by learning a variety of team sports.

Great start to a new school year.

K-8 started the school year off with Cooperative Games. The students learned how to work together as a team and how to solve various tasks as a group.

4-5 P.E.

The 4-5's have been learning all about Lacrosse. They are practicing how to throw and catch a lacrosse ball and how to scoop it up without using your hands. They also have been practicing the different techniques to cradling. 

2-3 P.E.

The 2-3's recent sports unit has them exploring with different types of racquets and sticks.  Some of the sports they have been practicing are; Badminton, Hockey, Tennis, and Pillow Polo.

Middle School P.E.

The Middle School P.E. just finished learning all of the proper throwing and catching mechanics for Lacrosse. The students also learned offensive and defensive skills included in playing a Lacrosse game.

Middle School Health

The Middle School Health classes just completed a Unit on Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs. They practiced ways to deal with peer pressure and learned all of the negative effects that Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs have on the body. Both Health classes created ways to help their peers be Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug free. Students created poems, posters, and even songs.

4-5 P.E. Frisbee

The 4-5's are learning all of the mechanics to throwing and catching a Frisbee. They are also learning the rules of Ultimate Frisbee and being able to participate in a full Ultimate Frisbee game.

Middle School P.E.

6-8th grade P.E. classes just completed a Frisbee Unit. The students also got to play the game Ultimate Frisbee and learn different techniques and strategies.

Middle School Health

Middle School Health classes just finished a Nutrition Unit. We studied the new Food Guide Pyramid - a guide for making healthful daily food choices. Students created posters to teach their peers about nutrition facts and what food labels tell us.

Cooperative Games

In K-5 P.E. we are working on how to participate in Cooperative Games that are designed to work and cooperate with one another, in order to solve a problem or succeed as a team.