Welcome to Wellness!

"An active lifestyle is a healthy lifestyle."

Wellness is a semester course which combines both Physical Education and Health Education.  Your child participates in Physical Education on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (Alternating with Health every week) and Health Education Thursday and Friday.  

 

Some of the activities they will be involved with in Physical Education are:

                                                       

Presidential Fitness Testing                               

Mat Ball                                                               

Floor Hockey                                                       

Basketball                                                          

Volleyball                                                             

Softball                                                                 

Speedball                                                              

Flag Football                                                          

Soccer                                                                 

Circuit Training                                                      

Ultimate Frisbee                                                    

Badminton                                                            

 

I am currently in my 4th year of teaching and my 2nd year here in the Michigan City Area Schools.  I teach both Physical Education and Health Education at both Barker Middle School and Elston Middle School.  I am also the 8th Grade Boy's Basketball coach at Barker Middle School and the Head Junior Varsity Baseball coach for MCHS.

 

I received my Teaching Degree from the University of Southern Indiana in Physical Education K-12 and Health Education 5-12 and am also certified to teach Social Studies 5-9.  While obtaining my degree I was on a baseball scholarship and played four years for the University of Southern Indiana.