Physical Education Benefits are Broad & Powerful!

Physical education prepares children to be physically and mentally active, fit and healthy...for life. Here are some of the many benefits children receive from a quality PE program offered at Ramirez Intermediate School:

• Improved physical fitness
• Skill and motor skills development
• P.E. provides regular, healthful physical activity
• Teaches self discipline
• Facilitates development of student responsibility for health and fitness
• Influence moral development, leadership, cooperation with others
• Stress reduction – an outlet for releasing tension and anxiety
• Strengthens peer relationships
• Physical education can improve self-confidence and self-esteem
• Respect - PE helps you respect your body, classmates and teammates
• Experience in setting goals
• Improved academics - The big bonus benefit!

For more information about P.E. visit A Movement for a Fit and Healthy America at: http://www.phitamerica.org/Benefits_of_P_E__in_School.htm#sthash.jltHwfNi.dpuf