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Welcome from the Director of Athletics

Here at Washington Episcopal School we believe that a quality interscholastic athletic program is an important part of a student’s educational experience. WES Athletics is committed to promoting the ideals of sportsmanship, achievement, integrity, leadership, and team competition.

Our students love to compete, but they also love to play and do their best. They improve as athletes and grow as good people.

Starting in Grade 5, students choose between interscholastic sports teams (soccer, cross country, basketball, track, and lacrosse) and the PE Program. Students have access to a new athletic turf field, a grass field, two gyms, a movement room, a rock climbing wall, and a weight room, plus two playgrounds.

By nurturing and encouraging these ideals through athletics, our goal is to improve the athletic ability and fitness of each student and instill in them the principles of teamwork and lifelong physical fitness.

William Isola
Director of Athletics

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Athletics Philosophy

Physical Education Curriculum

The WES Physical Education program strives to empower its students to sustain regular lifelong physical activity and to build a foundation for a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life.

Components of the WES PE Curriculum

Athletics / Sports Skills introduce new games, skill development, and tactical knowledge.

Sample activities: soccer, basketball, lacrosse, hockey, etc.

Cooperative Activities and Challenges introduce “perceived risk” and challenge the student’s ability to cope with and make rational decisions about that perceived risk.

Sample activities: cooperative games, climbing ropes, horizontal wall, team challenges

Fitness & Fun encourage activity! The more active students are — the better.

Sample activities: international games, street hockey, tumbling, dance, relay

Nursery – Kindergarten
This curriculum is designed to introduce the child to a variety of experiences which involve the use of large muscle control, fundamental movement skills, manipulation of various types of objects, spatial awareness, gymnastics, listening skills, cooperative play situations, parachute activities, ball skills, target games, safety, and fun.

Students develop a variety of basic movement and manipulative skills so they will experience success and feel comfortable during present and future physical activity pursuits. PE increases kinesthetic awareness and promotes problem-solving and movement creativity in many situations.

Grades 1 – 4
The WES PE staff has developed an innovative curriculum which reinforces the WES philosophy of empowering students to sustain regular life-long physical activity. The curriculum in the early grades is the critical start of this process.

Grades 5-8 PE

The physical education program combines both traditional and non-traditional elements of physical education. The curriculum is designed to offer our students the opportunity to take on a wide variety of new challenges and activities, as well as continue to build upon past experiences.

By engaging and motivating our students in the PE program, it is our goal to instill in them the importance of regular exercise and empower them to take responsibility for their personal health and fitness.

Teams Offered

Athletics Calendar & Sports Schedules

Athletics

Welcome from the Director of Athletics

Components of the WES PE Curriculum

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