I LOVE MY JOB!!!
I could not have asked for a better placement. DMS is one of a kind. I love how it is grounded in Jesuit traditions and everyone is religiously focused, but in a very different way than I grew up with at my grade school. The students have monthly meditations with the priests, youth minister (Paula!), and other people on the church staff and they learn about Catholicism in a more personal way, learning to think about why they belief things and developing a closer relationship with God. Our faith is also very closely tied to social justice, which I think is very important for kids to see and experience from a young age. Also, the entire staff is amazingly supportive and friendly. One of them advised me to try to increase students' excitement about PE and following the rules by having points systems and more recognition, so now on the side of the school building, along with my lovely rules poster (see below), I have a "Stars of the Week" poster with a star for each class. I pick one student who is following the rules very well that week to be the star for their class and their name is written on the star and then they get a certificate to take home to their parent(s). Also for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades, we have a competition going in which they can earn a max of 10 points for each class and then I record the points on their class's points thermometer. 4th grade reached their first goal of 50 points and so we played kickball (their fave) and had a water balloon fight :) I think they just really enjoy getting to hit me with water balloons.
Rules for PE are simple; just shoot for the STARS!
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