The mission of JK-8 physical education in the Cambridge Public Schools is to use physical activity to teach students the physical, cognitive (intellectual), and social skills necessary to develop and sustain a healthy lifestyle. This mission is achieved through the delivery of a planned, sequential, K-12 Curriculum that draws its content and program goals from the MADOE&SE comprehensive health frameworks and the NASPE standards
Elementary: Jk-5 Teaching Model
Cambridge Public Schools follows a skill theme approach for teaching physical education in grades K through 5.
What are ‘Skill Themes’ and ‘Movement Concepts’? Skill themes are fundamental movements that are later modified into more specialized patterns on which activities