Local P.E. teachers talk about programs for upcoming school year

Local P.E. teachers discuss their curriculum for the upcoming school year.

-- MOST CLASSESWILL RESEMBLE A STUDENT WORKINGWITH THEIR LAPTOPFOR HOURS... BUT WHAT ABOUTPHYSICAL EDUCATION ANDACTIVITY?23ABC'S VERONICA MORLEY SPOKEWITH LOCAL P-ETEACHERS WHO TELL HER THISSCHOOL YEAR IS ALL ABOUTACCOUNTABILITY -- GETTING UP --AND GETTING MOVING.PHYSICAL EDUCATION - IT'SPROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT NOWTHAN EVER, WITH STUDENTRETURNING TO SCHOOL ONLINE.AS SCHOOLS SWITCH TO ONLINELEARNING, P-E TEACHERSARE HAVING TO GET CREATIVE ABOUTHOW THEY'REPLANNING ON KEEPING KIDS MOVING.(JONATHAN FREEHLING/ BCSD P.E.TEACHER)"WE'VE DEVELOPED A WORKOUTPROGRAM THATTHE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BEABLE TO DO AT HOME.

DOESN'TTAKE ANY EQUIPMENT DOESN'T TAKEA LOT OF SPACE."JONATHAN FREEHLING IS JUST ONEOF THE MANY P-ETEACHERS IN THE BAKERSFIELD CITYSCHOOL DISTRICT FIGURING OUTHOW TO TEACH HIS STUDENTS THEIMPORTANCE OF BEING ACTIVEAND STAYING HEALTHY."WE ARE GOING TO START EACH DAYWITH A READING COMPONENTTHAT'S GOING TO BE ANEDUCATIONAL COMPONENTABOUT HEALTH, DIET, EXERCISE"THE CURRICULUM FOCUSING MORE ONNUTRITION - AND MOREACCOUNTABILITY ON STUDENTS TOCOMPLETE AND LOG THEIR OWNWORKOUTS DURING CLASS.THE PLAN - TO PREPARE STUDENTSTO RETURN"KNOCK ON WOOD WE GET BACK TOSCHOOL, THE STUDENTS ARE INSHAPE AND EXCITED."BUT TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED ANDMOTIVATEDTHROUGHOUT THE DAY, JONATHANSAID HE ENCOURAGESPARENTS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLEIN THEIR CHILDS ACTIVITY."LET'S SAY MOM OR DAD IS ATHOME, AND IT'S A PE DAY FOR ONEOF MY STUDENTS IF THEY WANT TOJOIN IN, MORE POWER TO THEM."THE SAME GOES FOR JOREY WILSON -A P-E TEACHER FORFOOTHILL HIGH IN THE KERN HIGHSCHOOL DISTRICT.JOREY HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCEDWHAT THIS YEARCOULD BE LIKE - HAVING TAUGHSUMMER SCHOOL P-E THROUGHDISTANCE LEARNING.SHE SAID NOW WITH THE PANDEMICCONTRIBUTING TOA SEDENTARY EXISTENCE FOR KIDS,IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANTTO GET UP AND GET MOVING.(JOREY WILSON, / KHSD P.E.TEACHER)"I DO KNOW THAT KIDS NEED TO GETUP AND PLAY, EVEN WITH THEWEATHER.BUT THEY REALLY NEED TO,I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

IREMEMBER WHEN WE WERE KIDS ANDWITH THE WII SPORTS.I MEANWE WOULD WORK UP A SWEAT!"LIKE JONATHAN - JOREY ISFOCUSING ON NUTRITION - ASWELL AS ADDING WORKOUTCOMPONENTS - AND SHE SAID HERSTUDENTS BETTER BE PREPARED."GET UP AND GET DRESSED LIKETHEY ARE GOING TO PE."AND EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THESCHOOL DAY WILL CONSIST OFSITTING IN FRONT OF A SCREEN -P-E TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGINGTHEIR STUDENTS TO STEP AWAY ANDGET OUTSIDE A LITTLE EACHDAY."START THE MORNING WITH A WALKOR END IT WITH AWALK.THEY JUST NEED TO GETOUTSIDE.VERONICA MORLEY 23BC CONNECTINGYOUAND WE WILL HAVE ALL THISINFORMATION AND MORE ABOUTPHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR THEUPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR ONOUR WEBSITE TURN TO 23 DOT COM.ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IS OFFERINGA PLACE FOR STUDENTS