Physical Education

Welcome to Physical Education! 

Darick Sotelo Middle School K – 8th Grade PE, 6th-8th Grade Math

dsotelo@ckseattle.org

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Physical Education

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Everyone is capable of learning if they apply themselves. My hope as a teacher is to instill a foundation for students to be engaged lifelong learners. It is important that students understand the power that they are capable of wielding by actively participating in their education. A student’s willingness to learn creates an educational environment where they choose to be a teachable student. 

My name is Darick Sotelo. I was born in Portland, but my early childhood was spent in Arkansas before my family moved to Seattle. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. I’ve been teaching at CKS since 2015. The panther pride extends to my three kids, two of which currently attend and receive an education from CKS. When I’m not teaching in the classroom, I spend much of my time participating, watching, and coaching sports.

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Rationale

Physical Education is a much-needed course to create a strong body to help keep the mind fit. CKS PE aims to promote students into engaging in an active and healthy lifestyle.

Aims

This course is designed for play, personal success, team building, life skills and personal physical fitness.

Specific Learning Outcomes

CKS PE is a course that will increase every student’s strength, coordination and success as a physically active student. Students will be in their assigned location in the gym as soon class starts. There will be a warm-up at the beginning of every class, which includes a variety of workout exercises and stretches. The warm-up will be followed up with some kind of physical activity, game, or sport. Once every few weeks, grades 4-8 will participate in assessments (push-ups, pull-ups, vertical leap, forward leaps, etc.) in order to track physical fitness and progress towards their own fitness goals. Students will not be heavily graded or judged on their abilities, but rather on their participation and attitude during class.

Specific skills kids will be working on developing through activity and games

Some games/activities include but are not limited to