Our First MLS Wellness Week!

We are very excited to get our first MLS Wellness Week underway next week! We have so many exciting things planned for the week that we would like to share with you:

Early BIRD PE all week: Come in to the gym at 7:30 for some early exercise!

Teachers to Warm-Up Week: The kids love when their teachers join us for some fun PE movement!

PE Lunch for our 3rd-5th graders! Girls on Monday, boys on Friday.

Meriwether Mover videos created by our students all week long!

Water Wellness Wednesday:  Drink more water and cut out the sugary beverages, especially during the Halloween parties!

Daily goals encouraging our AWESOME classroom teachers to move more in the class as well as moving with our Book Buddies!

Nutrition-based games in PE.

Wellness activities by Ms. Bell in the classrooms

Healthier breakfast options by Ms. Tichner. (Check out the oatmeal bar on Monday. You get to choose your own healthy toppings!)

Informative wellness videos every morning before Meriwether Movers.

We look forward to a great week of wellness and hope you do too!

We are off to a great start this fall here at MLS. The 3-5 grades completed their soccer skills unit and are now beginning the Ultimate frisbee and handball units. The little guys have been working on cooperative skills along with learning fitness components and coordination activities. We also just finished an early EZone class called "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." We offered this class as a fundraiser for the PE department and had nearly seventy girls sign up. Everyone had a blast!

Fall MLS from andrew wymer on Vimeo.

Meriwether's Finest

We are so proud of our teachers who recently participated in the Charlottesville Women's four miler. They spent so much time working together to train for the race and they all did a fabulous job! Not only that they are a wonderful example to our students as they show how important it is to be physically active. Congratulations to all.

Rolling Along

The MLS PE Department is excited about the start of another year. One awesome aspect of teaching PE is that rather than starting over each year with new classes, we get to keep building on what kids have already experienced.  We are always looking for the latest, greatest and most fun games, dances, or technology to continue to keep the PE experience as awesome as possible. Check the schedule page to see when your child has PE so that they can come prepared ready to participate.

We are in the process of putting dates together for all of our events for the upcoming semester. Check back soon for those dates so you can mark them on your calendar.

Stop in and see us Monday, August 20 from 3:30-5:00 for Open House.

Meriwether Lewis wins the Discovery Dash!!!

Meriwether Lewis entered two relay teams into the Virginia Discovery Museum's Discovery Dash and had great results! Schools from Albemarle County Public Schools and Charlottesville Public School as well as local private schools entered in the team portion of the relay race. The format required each team to have a 6,7,8,and 9 year old run one leg of a mile relay.

Team 2 for MLS finished in fifth place. Team members were Owen Burton, Bennett Gibson, Trip Owen and Nina Bowen

Team 1 for MLS finished in 1st place with a relay time of 5:42. Team members were Owen Shifflett, Gavin Harris, Ray Crowder, Owen Shaffer

We also had students who ran in individual races. Owen Shifflett finished 1st in the 6 year old race. Cater Shaffer placed 3rd in the 7 year old race. Ian Honick finished 5th place in the 8 year old race.

A good time was had by all. Click on each pic to enlarge.

Summer camp deadline is fast approaching

The last day to register your child for MLS PE camp is Friday May 18. Don't miss out on the fun and excitement as we play awesome games and create healthy snacks each day. Visit camp4real.com to print out the brochure and have your child return it to Mr. Williams.

Family Field Day is a Hit!

On Sunday May 6th we hosted our first MLS Family Field Day. What a turnout! We had nearly 120 students and parents join in on the fun. Groups were divided up by clusters with K-1, 2-3, and 4-5 grades grouped together. Games included capture the flag, birdcage, various tug o war games, rainbow run, catapult and mangos and melons. It was a great time seeing all the parents joining in with their child(ren) and playing. Lots of smiles all around.

                                                        

                                            

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Remember that this week is family and friends to PE week. Come join in (or watch) your child and experience first hand of the fun of PE at MLS.

This week is the last week for sign ups for MLS summer PE camp. Check out camp4real.com to print off the registration form and send it back to Scott Williams.

*in effort to reduce our consumption of paper we will not be sending home registration forms for the camp. Please check the website.