Athletics

Fitness and PE

Physical Education

Casady’s Physical Education (PE) curriculum is taught in a progressive sequence to promote a life-time of wellness and healthy habits, foster healthy team relationships, teach good sportsmanship, and prepare student-athletes to win while teaching life lessons through physical activity and sports. The primary emphasis of the PE curriculum for each grade is listed below.  Basic principles of the Positive Coaching Alliance is taught and woven into the curriculum throughout each division.

List of 5 items.

  • Primary

    The goal is to provide a comfortable place to participate, explore, and have fun with classmates through movement, key motor skills, and cooperative games.  A high value is placed on creating an inviting environment for safe and respectful play.

  • 1st Grade

    The goal is to provide a comfortable place to participate, explore, and have fun with classmates through movement, key motor skills, cooperative games, and fitness.  A high value is placed on creating an inviting environment for safe and respectful play.

  • 2nd - 3rd Grade

    The goal is to provide experiences where students can find joy in physical activity and work cooperatively with classmates.  They build on movement concepts, fundamental skills, cooperative games, and fitness.  A high value is placed on creating an environment focused on respect, honesty, and fair play.  In 2nd and 3rd grade we introduce the ROOTS of Honoring the Game and providing positive feedback to peers.

  • 4th - 5th Grade

    The goal is to provide experiences for children to learn and work cooperatively with classmates and develop an appreciation for being physically active.  Students are taught in units including movement challenges, fitness, skills development, and a basic introduction to seasonal sports.  Team games are played to gain a basic understanding of game rules and concepts.  We aim to create an environment where children feel comfortable and accepted while continuing to teach respect, honesty, and fair play.  In 4th grade we continue to introduce the ROOTS of Honoring the Game and providing positive feedback to peers.

  • 5th - 6th Grade

    The goal is to provide daily physical education which introduces fundamentals and the concept of team sports.  Students are taught in sports units that coincide with the Casady sports seasons.  Program Directors/Varsity Coaches provide input such as common terms, core drills, fundamentals, and basic plays to be taught.  In 5th grade we start to incorporate and teach all principles from the Positive Coaching Alliance.  We teach students that while practicing these sports, they cannot control the outcome of the game, but they can control their level of Effort, how much they Learn and grow, and how they react to Mistakes.

Upper Division Fitness Program

The Fitness Program is a structured physical fitness class composed of strength training, cardiovascular endurance training, and flexibility training in line with guidelines provided for adolescent exercise minimums from the American Medical Academy. Class meets Monday through Thursday from 3:45-4:45, unless the school week is shortened; then the class will meet Monday through the second-to-last day of the school week.

The aim is to serve as a college preparatory fitness class, preparing student-athletes for the college weight room and for the fitness classes provided or required by many universities. The hope is that, by exposing them to varied fitness methods, we can teach student-athletes to be successful in all of these areas of fitness and provide a balanced platform for maintaining health in the future.  Attendance is paramount, as this class is a participation course. Student-athletes who arrive to class unprepared for physical fitness may be counted as absent. Timely and regular attendance is an expectation of this course.
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Casady School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory, Episcopal day school serving students in pre-k-12. Educating Mind, Body, and Spirit.
Casady School is a PreK-12, independent, college preparatory Episcopal day school committed to deeper-level learning. Casady School welcomes a student body that reflects the diversity of the world around us and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, nationality, or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletics, and other school-administered programs generally accorded or made available to students at the School.