Mr. O'Brien's PE Classroom

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About The Teacher
This will be my 7th year at Woodland Middle School. Before coming to Woodland I taught one year at Jerstad Agerholm Middle School in Racine, Wisconsin. I received both my bachelor and master degrees from Carthage College. I live in Spring Grove, IL with my wife Shannon, and my children Caiden and Riley. I am also a former high school football coach.

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Mission
As a physical education teacher I want to eliminate the thoughts of physical education as more than just athletics and/or running. My goal is to make all students aware that physical education is an important piece of the educational system. Physical education gives each student the opportunity to learn the value of healthy activities and habits. In addition, it gives each student an opportunity to learn about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle through the teaching of various life skills within the curriculum. Students need to know that success in physical education is based more on attitude and motivation than actual coordination. Physical education is the only subject which, by the very nature of its content, has the potential to affect how a person will feel physically and emotionally every moment of every day for the rest of his or her life. If I can help students realize this, then I believe I have done my job as their teacher.