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Primary Basketball Dribbling Drills

At the end of the week 2nd graders started their new basketball unit by watching a short clip from the Harlem Globetrotters and then practicing various dribbling skills through following the leader’s actions.

Jr High Volleyball Class Tournaments

Students in Jr. High participated in a round robin volleyball tournament focusing on communicating, and applying their bumping, setting and serving skills.

Primary Workouts in the music room

This week was the winter show so we got creative and moved our classes all over the building- thanks to Ms Schmittle for letting us use the music space. Primary students worked on their striking and volleying skills with both their hands and a paddle. They also engaged in a high intensity interval training workout.

Volleyball Bump and Set Games

Intermediate students used foam balls and volleyballs and were shown how to bump and set the ball. Students practiced these 2 skills through games like pass and set circles and bump and set 4-square.
A special shout out to our 5th/6th grade Boys soccer and Girls Volleyball teams because they both won network Championships for Decatur. Congrats to all our fall sports athletes for their hard work and dedication!
A special shout out to our 5th/6th grade Boys soccer and Girls Volleyball teams because they both won network Championships for Decatur. Congrats to all our fall sports athletes for their hard work and dedication!

Jr. High Handball Tournament

The Jr. High students also completed their handball tournaments. We discussed different strategy elements like using the pivot foot, the give and go and using fakes to help create space. This is a constant theme that overlaps into nearly every competition that we do.

Parachute Games- Kindergarten

Primary students worked on their teamwork skills and following directions while playing different parachute games like color center and igloo. We had so much fun!

Free the Prisoners Game

Primary students practiced their throwing and catching skills through the Free the prisoners game complete with a dragon, moat and castle!

Intermediate Grades Handball Tournament

Students have been working on their throwing skills as well as utilizing teamwork to achieve more together

Throwing Skills Boom City Game Oct 30- Nov 3, 2023

Boom City is a game where there are 2 teams and each team has a set of catchers on the wall mats. Each team also has throwers and blockers. The throwers need to complete a pass to the catchers on the mat who need to spike the ball and yell Boom City if they successfully throw and catch the ball. Blockers try to prevent the throwers and catchers from