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Department Philosophy: The district’s overarching philosophy toward physical education is for students to experience and understand the short-term and long-term benefits of a physical activity to motivate them to be lifelong movers. Complementary to this philosophy is our fundamental departmental belief that a strong physical education program must promote inclusion, appropriately challenge students physically and mentally and embrace problem solving through cooperation and teamwork. The basis of this belief comes from our K-12 Project Adventure curriculum. In the elementary grades, these values are accomplished through manipulative (throwing, catching, sticking, etc), locomotor (running, skipping, hopping, etc) and non-locomotor (twisting, balancing, extending, etc) skills developed as an individual and in cooperative groups. At Gates and as freshmen and sophomores in high school, a student’s physical education experience will include progressive cooperative group challenges, lifelong wellness activities, a hands-on personal fitness experience and various traditional and non-traditional team sports. In grades 11 and 12, students are allowed to select their own focused physical education elective which, depending on the elective selected, could include the use of our climbing wall.

Our Faculty:
Mr. Kevin Sawyer (Cushing) - jksawyer@scit.org - (781) 545-8770
• What Mr. Sawyer likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Health & Physical Education (Wellness) at Cushing
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Mr. Mark Puzzangara (Hatherly) - mpuzzangara@scit.org - (781) 545-8780

• What Mr. Puzzangara likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Health & Phyical Education (Wellness) at Hatherly
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Mr. Kevin Greer (Jenkins) - kgreer@scit.org - (781) 545-4910

• What Mr. Greer likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Health & Physical Education (Wellness) at Jenkins
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Mr. Rob Greene (Wampatuck) - rgreene@scit.org - (781) 545-8790 - Mr. Greene's Website

• What Mr. Greene likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Health & Physical Education (Wellness) at Wampatuck
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Ms. Gayle Coughlin (Gates) - gcoughlin@scit.org - (781) 545-8767

• What Ms. Coughlin likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Physical Education at Gates
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Mr. Brian Riordan (Gates) - briordan@scit.org - (781) 545-8767

• What Mr. Riordan likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Physical Education at Gates
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Mr. Mike Dillon (SHS) - mdillon@scit.org - (781) 545-8750 x315 - EdLine

• What Mr. Dillon likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Phsyical Education at SHS, Adaptive Physical Education at Jenkins and Gates, Gr. 6 Health at Jenkins
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Ms. Kathleen McCarthy (SHS) - kmccarthy@scit.org - (781) 545-8750 x345 - EdLine

• What Ms. McCarthy likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teaches: Physical Education at Scituate High School
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Mr. William Seward (SHS) - wseward@scit.org - (781) 545-8750 x316 - EdLine

• What Mr. Seward likes most about teaching in Scituate: "
• Teachs: Physical Education and Health at Scituate High School
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Resources & Toolkit:
• Elementary P/E Dress Policy - Elementary Sneaker & Dress Policy.doc
• Elementary Wellness Grading - Elementary Wellness Assessment Rubric.doc
• Scituate H.S. Grading - Physical Education Assessment Rubric.xls
• District Wellness Policy - Wellness Policy: Scituate Public Schools.doc
• Snacks and A La Carte Evaluator - Nutritional Standards.xls

Helpful Internet Links:
• KidsHealth.org - Very user-friendly website with a variety of elementary and middle school appropriate health and wellness topics.
• Mypyramid.gov - Offers personalized eating plans and lots of interactive tools to help plan and assess food choices based on Dietary Guidelines.
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