Today we completed our 18th annual Carol A. Virginio Kids Heart Challenge enge and it was one for the record books as our students collected more than $31,000 in donations to the American Heart Association Association. Many laughs, smiles, & jumps were had by all. Sunita Williams Wildcats Daniel Gutekanst #PhysEd

How grateful are these Sunita Williams Wildcats students! From Jump Rope for ❤️ excitement to a stellar 🤸 gymnastics set up, Rob Tatro provides incredible opportunities for students to showcase their physical fitness. We had an awesome class! Check all the pics below! 👇🏽⬇️

In #PhysEd, our #Kindergarten Sunita Williams Wildcats started to learn about strong and still balances. They played a game called dicey balances which helped them focus on how many bases of support they could use to creatively balance on. #EducationalGymnastics #Gymnastics

Sunday, I was awarded the 2020 #MAHPERD Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. It was a ceremony that was postponed due to the pandemic. I’m honored and humbled to be included in the company of such fine past award winners. ❤️ Sunita Williams Wildcats @MariaMelchiond4 #PhysEd

Our Kindergartners are trying to incorporate our 3 principals of balancing (shapes, # of bases of support, & which body parts to balance on) while utilizing the equipment today in #PhysEd. SHAPE_America standards S1.E7.Ka and S1.E7.Kb Sunita Williams Wildcats @MariaMelchiond4 BSU Physical Education

I was happy to be able to help support our Sunita Williams PTC and provide a teacher/student experience for these super fun Wildcats. Thanks to Kings Bowling in Dedham for hosting us … we had a strikingly good time 🎳! Sunita Williams Elementary School PTC Sunita Williams Wildcats Kings Dining & Ent. #PhysEd #bowling

This past May, we held our annual 3rd Bike Rodeo so that students could practice and demonstrate their bicycle safety skills and knowledge. Thanks to the Needham Police and officer Kelley scolponeti for helping get our student's bicycle license certified! Sunita Williams Wildcats #bicycle

Woohoo! Today was an awesome for orienteering in PE with ⁦Rob Tatro⁩. Thank you for giving your all to these #Wildcats this year!

Orienteering fun to close out a memorable school year! Navigation Games #PhysEd

We're working on a pilot project w/ Dr. Naoki Suzuki from the U. of Tokyo. Our @3DWildcats zoomed with the Nutari Elementary School in Niigata City Japan just to say "konnichiwa". We'll start sharing experiences in #PhysEd together in two weeks using an app called "Class Cloud".

These #wildcats couldn’t have been more excited to watch videos from our Japanese PE partners today! We observed their form and left positive comments. We uploaded our videos and can’t wait to read comments from our new Japanese friends! Rob Tatro

It was exciting to have Dr. Karen Richardson from Bridgewater State University & Dr. Naoki Suzuki from the University of Tokyo Gakugei visiting our school today to prepare for a project using a platform called Class Cloud - more to follow! @3DWildcats 3DWildcats BSU Physical Education #PhysEd

Our Kindergarten Sunita Williams Wildcats have been learning how to travel through general space while avoiding stationary and moving obstacles within boundaries. Today they put their skills to the test while playing a Navigation Games called “Animal Safari”. #PhysEd

Get your foursomes together for the annual MAHPERD golf tournament to benefit the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts this year. @MariaMelchiond4 Kerri Smith Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts

Last call for the MAHPERD Legends Golf Tournament to benefit the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts. Register here - ma-hperd.org/Golf%20Tournam… @MariaMelchiond4 Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts

After a first attempt and a reflective conversation, this Sunita Williams Wildcats fourth-grade class was able to complete a throwing and catching sequence with three catching balls moving around the circle all at the same time. #PhysEd #teambuilding #socialemotionallearning

Join me in welcoming Ms. Katie O’Brien to the Sunita Williams community. Katie is a senior at Bridgewater State University & will be with us for the fall semester as she completes her elementary physical education practicum experience. #PhysEd Sunita Williams Wildcats Bridgewater State University BSU Physical Education

Our Sunita Williams 5th graders continued a great week of team building with this Project Adventure classic called “Stepping Stones”. Our debriefing sessions have been rich, foundational, formative Sunita Williams Wildcats @Project_Adv1971 High 5 Adventure #karlrohnke Daniel Gutekanst Denise Domnarski

Today our Sunita Williams Wildcats said goodbye to Ms. Katie O’Brien who fantastically finished her fall student teaching practicum experience with us. Thank you @BridgStateU and BSU Physical Education for continuing to send us student teachers who will be leaders in our #PhysEd field someday!