School gunman had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds of ammo
October 25, 2022 GMTST. LOUIS (AP) — A 19-year-old who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, a police official said Tuesday.
Tom Brady’s TB12 Method is in schools. Experts have doubts.
September 23, 2022 GMTIn some Tampa Bay-area schools, students use foam rollers and vibrating spheres to massage their muscles as they work toward goals for strength and flexibility. It’s all part of a new physical education curriculum from quarterback Tom Brady, whose vision for healthy living is fueling a fitness empire.
Columbus teachers strike on first day back to school
August 24, 2022 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A strike by teachers in Ohio's largest school district entered its third day Wednesday — the first day of school for some 47,000 students, with some of those students and their parents rallying to their sides.
Ex-gym teacher charged with sexually assaulting students
June 16, 2022 GMTSALEM, Mass. (AP) — A former physical education teacher in Massachusetts has been charged with indecent assault and battery on 10 former female students.
Daniel Hakim, 36, was arrested Wednesday, according to the Salem Police Department.
New Georgia law requires recess, but has several exceptions
May 11, 2022 GMTATLANTA (AP) — A new Georgia law requires daily recess for most elementary students, but doesn’t say how long recess should last and includes some exceptions.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed the law, which covers students through fifth grade, on Monday, news outlets reported.
Schools settle with teacher who sued over transgender policy
November 16, 2021 GMTLEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia school system has settled with a gym teacher who sued over the district's policy requiring teachers to address transgender students by their pronouns.
2 teachers face charges from entering wrong home, shooting
October 19, 2021 GMTVERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two newly hired physical education teachers at a Florida elementary school were arrested after the shooting of a man whose apartment they entered thinking it belonged to someone else following a night of drinking.
Unvaccinated Kansas high school football coach dies of COVID
September 14, 2021 GMTOLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The father of a football coach at a suburban Kansas City high school said he hopes his unvaccinated son's death from COVID-19 will convince people that the disease “is real."
Detroit PE teacher navigates pandemic with charity assist
March 1, 2021 GMTDETROIT (AP) — A white board in the David Ellis Academy gymnasium is stuck on the wall.
California may pause student fitness tests due to bullying
February 5, 2020 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause physical education tests for students for three years due to concerns over bullying and the test discriminating against disabled and non-binary students...
Gym class without the gym? With technology, it’s catching on
January 4, 2020 GMTGrace Brown’s schedule at West Potomac High School in northern Virginia is filled with all the usual academics, and she's packed in Latin, chorus and piano as extras...
Teachers Who Inspire: Demonstrating ‘resiliency on a daily basis’
April 27, 2017 GMTTim Host, a health and physical education teacher at the Academy for Technology and the Classics, said teachers, like people in many other professions, can get emotionally battered at their jobs. It’s the ability to get up, dust yourself off and throw yourself back into the fray that makes both teachers and students successful.
Senior High students participate in the funnest PE class ever
March 15, 2017 GMTJonessa Moore is the center on the 31-2 Shawnee State University basketball team vying this week for the NAIA Division I championship. With her big heart, it’s lucky she has a 6-feet-1-inch frame.
“I love being here,” she said Tuesday as she and her teammates played with about 20 students in an adaptive PE class in the Senior High gymnasium.
Stratewula ‘Sug’ Wulfkuhle, 91, Fort Atkinson
March 14, 2017 GMTWHITEWATER — Stratewula “Sug” Wulfkuhle, 91, of Whitewater, formerly of Fort Atkinson, died Friday, March 10, 2017, at Fairhaven Senior Services.
She was born Jan. 22, 1926, to George and Katherine (Haynes) Kehias in Pana, Ill.
School districts make changes to physical education
February 5, 2017 GMTThe Nebraska State Board of Education approved a change in standards for physical education in October of 2016. The changes are voluntary for Nebraska public schools to adopt but is recommended.
Scottsbluff Public Schools did adopt the changes and have been working on learning guide development for the K-12 physical education program.