Georgetown Elementary Physical Education Blog

What an AWESOME day we had at 4th and 5th grade field day, we could not have asked for better weather.   Just wanted to give you some of the highlights of the day.  We had our 5th grade boys and girls relay team take 1st place for GT.  Way to run Ezra, Drew, Carson, Nate, Addison, Samantha, Maddie, and Anna.  The 4th grade boys relay team took 3rd place and the girls team took 6th.  Way to go Brayden, Connor, Jacob, Max, Ingrid, Hannah, Ava, and Victoria.  Nate C. took 2nd in the 400 m. run and Brayden V. took 4th.  Drew M. took first in the 50 m. dash and Carson P. took 3rd.   Then we had Mr. Bialochowski’s 4th graders win the over all tug-o-war for 4th grade, AWESOME.  Everyone did a great job and we wish we could have seen all the events, but it is a very busy day.   Congrats to all our GT students!    Enjoy the pictures from field day!

May 10 is our annual field day at the Hudsonville High School track!!!  All of our elementary schools get together for this awesome event!  The rain day will be May 11.  All of the students have been busy this past week signing up for the events that they want to participate in.  We will hand out the t-shirts, if you purchased one, when we get a little closer to the event.  Please remember to dress according to the weather.  Do not wear cleats or flip flops.  Please wear socks and tennis shoes.  Don’t forget to put on sun block if we have a nice sunny day!!!

ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) will be combined this year with our Georgetown Fun Run!  ACES is a great event for students all over the state to exercise at the same time with each other.  It promotes getting outside and moving along with healthy habits!  Look for the ACES sticker to come home on May 4!

Kids Bowl Free

Start date: April 30

Kids bowl free is starting soon and we want to make sure you are taking advantage of this great opportunity. The program runs through September 3 and you can register up to six kids under 15  for 2 free games all summer long. Bowling provides a safe and fun way for your children to spend their summer, and its free to sign up!

We would like to see this program even more sucessful than it has been in previous years, and this can be done with your help. Kids Bowl Free is a way for us to give back to the community, while allowing children to get involved in America’s #1 most participatory sport. By taking your kids out bowling this summer they are able to get exercise and get  off their computers and video games.

Click on the link below to sign up:

https://www.kidsbowlfree.com/center.php?alley_id=1880

We hope to see you soon!

Fifth Third Junior
Reminder: Please DO NOT mail the free Fifth Third Junior entries. Instead Pre-Register on Tuesday, May 8 at Craig’s Cruisers (5730 Clyde Park SW, Wyoming) from 4:30-7:30p, receive the t-shirt and participant bag and skip the line on Wednesday plus enjoy carbo loading with the participant eating at the Craig’s Cruisers buffet free of charge (with paid adult)! Or, Late Register/Packet Pick-up on Wednesday, May 9 starting at 4:30p at Rogers High School in Wyoming. All participants will receive a t-shirt, finisher gift and post-race refreshments. Family Fun area  featuring inflatables, tattoo station and more from 4:30-7pm.

Mileage Club starts this week!!!! Kids can choose to walk, run, or jog outside on the track at noon recess on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  For each lap they jog, they earn a popsicle stick.  Four sticks equals one mile and they can turn them into Mrs. Nienhuis and Mrs. VanKoevering for some pretty cool prizes!  We also run a 1/2 mile or a mile in the gym during their P.E. class.  Any student who fills up their mileage marker card (20 miles) will get to come to a popsicle party the end of May!  Help us encourage your child to walk, run, or jog their way to fitness and fun!!

We are so very thankful for our WONDERFUL PTC for purchasing our new scoreboard for the gym.  It is just in time for our mileage club which started this week and we can  look up and see how much time we have left to run/jog/walk before the buzzer rings.  We so appreciate how much care and effort go into all of the fundraising that our parent club does.  You continue to make Georgetown a WONDERFUL place to be !

The Georgetown Joggers did a WONDERFUL job at the Eagle 5k race on Saturday.  We had the perfect weather for the race, not too cold, not too hot and it did not rain.  After the race we had wonderful snacks like bagels from Panera Bread, Hudsonville ice cream,  Jets pizza, apples, bananas, and granola bars.  What fun!!!  We are so proud of our Georgetown Joggers for training in 87 degree weather and never giving up!  Here are some pictures from race day!!!

This warm weather is just incredible!  Parents, we are just reminding you that your children need to keep a pair of clean tennis shoes in their locker to change into for physical education.  With all the flip flops being worn to school, some students are forgetting and they are wearing their tennis shoes home and then the next day, all they have is flip flops for P.E.  Thanks for helping us out, we do not like to stretch in dirt from the playground that gets brought into the gym!!