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Mount Vernon presentation says physical education will pair fitness with literacy, gains new grants and emergency readiness work
Summary
Mount Vernon City School District Director of Health and Physical Education Lisa Mazan told the school board the department is expanding equipment, pilot curricula and safety training, including grants for lacrosse equipment, recognition for staff and Project ADAM cardiac-preparedness drills.
Lisa Mazan, director of health and physical education for the Mount Vernon City School District, told the board at its Jan. 7 meeting that the district is broadening physical-education offerings, pursuing literacy integration in classes and expanding emergency readiness across buildings.
Mazan said physical education will be “more than gymnastics,” a phrase she cited from education literature to explain the department’s push to pair movement with reading and writing activities and to use physical lessons to reinforce academic vocabulary and literacy skills.
The presentation listed three recent grant awards and several program developments. Mazan said the district received a USA Lacrosse equipment grant valued at about $22,100 that will supply sticks, balls, goals and curriculum; the department plans to send that equipment to Lincoln…
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