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