Ice skating, sleigh riding, swimming, hiking, and weekly visits to the Wohl Recreation Center are some of the activities which make up our physical Education program for our older group. Sometimes we are discouraged at not having our own facilities for a physical activities program; however, making use of community facilities has been rewarding.
Forest Park Community College has been generous in allowing as to use their olympic size pool during “recreation swim” time. So, during the warmer school months, we swim together Friday afternoons, a nice way to start the weekend!
In the winter months we trade our swimming time for ice skating at Steinberg Rink. It’s a welcome change. In November we outfit all our children with ice skates we’ve salvaged from our rummage sales. Steinberg offers free skating on Monday mornings, so that’s when we hit the ice. And “hit” we do! It takes some kids until February to maintain a constant verticle.
Our current weekly activity is a visit to the Wohl Recreation Center. Our teachers work in co-operation with the instructor from Wohl to offer a full co-educational recreation program: gymnastics, tai-chi, basketball, tumbling, volleyball, softball, and football.
Original photograph caption
Two children pictured on the Neighborhood School page. The Paper, March 1978, page 5. Photographer and children not identified.
Originally published in The Paper, March 1978.
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Archival transcription note: The printed “allowing as” and “verticle” are retained.
Original source: SD_Times1978_03.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.
