Physical Education

      As the Bejing Summer Olympics came to a close, our OCR students began readying themselves for a new school year.  Little did they know that they would soon be preparing for their own Olympics.

      All of the boys and girls in first to fifth grades are currently participating in the OCR Olympic Games.  During the first weeks of school, the classes randomly chose their teams, randomly selected the country that they would represent, and worked with their new countrymen in re-creating its flag.

      The teams selected who would represent them in the various activities making sure that all team members competed in an equal number of events.  There were many individual and team events to choose from:

Ø      Track and field events including discus, "javelin" (plastic foam 'arrows'), and shotput

Ø      Cycling, gymnastics, both artistic and rhythmic

Ø       Fencing, "archery", freestyle "swimming", water polo, crew and kayak races.

To set everyone's mind at ease, the PE Department did not exceed its allowable budget by purchasing excessive equipment and adding a swimming pool to OCR.  Rather we went "outside the box" and added creativity and imagination to their first trimester curriculum.

                                                                              Robert Casale

                                                                               Barbara Hebron