The return from a break provides a nice opportunity to return to our roots in PE, establishing teamwork and building community with cooperative challenges. After defining the word “cooperation” (it doesn’t mean “when something is hard,” but it can be hard!), we were off to the races at partner stations. Students attempted the partner stand-up, the bubble ring toss, the tennis ball stack, navigated the minefield, and even built indoor cairns. The challenges were indeed hard but also filled with laughter and joy.
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February 2, 2026
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, eighth grade social studies devoted a class period to unpacking Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” drawing meaningful parallels to themes in our current unit on the rise of Nazi Germany. Students…
