It's one of the fringe benefits of the Youth Sports Association, explains Alsobrook. There are storage areas for basketballs and soccer balls. One gym storage room has shelves lined with roller skates, including Fisher Price skates for kindergartners. Gym walls behind the basketball hoops show posters with names of children who pass the tests that are part of the Presidential Fitness Awards Program. Actually, they sign their names on colorful posters that are hung on gym walls.
Walls also tell a story of student achievement in photos, newspaper articles and certificates.
For the younger children, grades kindergarten through two, physical education includes space awareness. This means children learn the elements of moving by using their bodies, says Alsobrook. They also learn about speed and direction. Modifications in PE programs are made, when needed, for children with handicaps. Physical education and health programs in elementary schools do more than promote physical activities, says Alsobrook.