Hoffman Physical Education
Learning to move...moving to learn!
The Hoffman Physical Education team would like to welcome you to the new Hoffman Physical Education website. Please take some time to learn about each member of our team, find out what is happening in P.E. and look through the photos and movies taken during class. All year we will be updating and changing the website. Keep coming back for new updates and photos!
Introduction
Inspirational Quote
“If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. FIgure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
- MIchael Jordan
Dodgeball For Diabetes
On Saturday, March 20, 2010 Hoffman School will be hosting a special Dodgeball for Diabetes event! Our first Dodgeball for Diabetes event is an exciting service opportunity and fund-raising effort for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) that teaches students the benefits of making healthy life choices, including getting daily exercise and eating nutritious foods.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that impairs the body’s ability to use food properly. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that is necessary for the body to convert food into energy. In people with diabetes, either the pancreas doesn’t make insulin, the body cannot use the insulin properly, or both. Without insulin, glucose (sugar) – the body’s main energy source – builds up in the blood. Nearly one child in every 400 develops diabetes.
Only Hoffman School students are invited to participate in this special event to raise funds to help the ADA accomplish the mission – to prevent and cure diabetes and improve the lives of all those affected by the disease. The programs and research supported by the ADA help more than 23 million people living with diabetes today.
Interested students are asked to organize themselves into a team of 6 members who will play Dodgeball in a tournament format against other students of the same gender and grade level. A registration form has been sent home with your child. Please read carefully and turn in your team’s application and registration fee of $60.00 before Wednesday, March 3. Proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association. Checks for registration may be made out to Hoffman School.
We are delighted to provide this unique opportunity for our students! If you should have any questions, please contact Mr. Walther or any P.E. staff member at your convenience.
