Dcps local wellness policy and PE time

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know the relevance of the 2018 local wellness policy (https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-local-wellness-policy) to the dcps standards? I’m specifically wondering about time allocation to physical education. Is the LWP just a goal that has to be implemented into the standards? (Yes I’m gonna ask my kid’s school- just collecting info).

[Anonymous]

The end of the document's checklist sounds like it does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the relevance of the 2018 local wellness policy (https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-local-wellness-policy) to the dcps standards? I’m specifically wondering about time allocation to physical education. Is the LWP just a goal that has to be implemented into the standards? (Yes I’m gonna ask my kid’s school- just collecting info).

No idea what's required but our school only has 30 minutes per week. Another school I know only has 60. I wonder if they are counting recess as part of the minutes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the relevance of the 2018 local wellness policy (https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-local-wellness-policy) to the dcps standards? I’m specifically wondering about time allocation to physical education. Is the LWP just a goal that has to be implemented into the standards? (Yes I’m gonna ask my kid’s school- just collecting info).

No idea what's required but our school only has 30 minutes per week. Another school I know only has 60. I wonder if they are counting recess as part of the minutes?

30/per week? My kid seems to kid at least 30/day outside or in gym. every day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the relevance of the 2018 local wellness policy (https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-local-wellness-policy) to the dcps standards? I’m specifically wondering about time allocation to physical education. Is the LWP just a goal that has to be implemented into the standards? (Yes I’m gonna ask my kid’s school- just collecting info).

No idea what's required but our school only has 30 minutes per week. Another school I know only has 60. I wonder if they are counting recess as part of the minutes?

30/per week? My kid seems to kid at least 30/day outside or in gym. every day

Recess is daily for at least 30 min. That's different from gym/phys ed class, which I think is only once per week.

[Anonymous]

Our elementary is non-compliant with the policy.

[Anonymous]

Looks like our school is compliant - 30 mins recess, 2X week PE with the littles getting 40 min of recess but 1Xweek of PE.

[Anonymous]

Our ES has daily recess, plus PE twice a week, so it sounds like they are compliant.

[Anonymous]

Interesting...op here. My dc’s school is compliant with the 2017 standard of 45 min of PE. They also have 30 min daily of recess. I’d like to see 150 min of PE per week on top of daily recess!

[Anonymous]

We get 90' of PE per week, plus 30' recess every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting...op here. My dc’s school is compliant with the 2017 standard of 45 min of PE. They also have 30 min daily of recess. I’d like to see 150 min of PE per week on top of daily recess!

So what would you cut curriculum wise and how would you pay for addl PE teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting...op here. My dc’s school is compliant with the 2017 standard of 45 min of PE. They also have 30 min daily of recess. I’d like to see 150 min of PE per week on top of daily recess!

So what would you cut curriculum wise and how would you pay for addl PE teachers?

Physical activity doesn't require you to cut other lessons. I remember a teacher who had kids memorize poems by reciting them as a part of a physical game, and practicing fast facts by calling out the answer before they got to the bottom of the slide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting...op here. My dc’s school is compliant with the 2017 standard of 45 min of PE. They also have 30 min daily of recess. I’d like to see 150 min of PE per week on top of daily recess!

So what would you cut curriculum wise and how would you pay for addl PE teachers?

Physical activity doesn't require you to cut other lessons. I remember a teacher who had kids memorize poems by reciting them as a part of a physical game, and practicing fast facts by calling out the answer before they got to the bottom of the slide.

Yes - that's what the DCPS plan is encouraging and highlighting examples of in this document.

But the PP said she wants 150 minutes of PE per week -- that's different from generally increasing activity.

I also don't think fast facts on the slide works beyond 4th or 5th grade.