Hello, my name is Judy Ryder. I have been the physical education specialist at
Highland Park Elementary for the past 30 years. I graduated from
the University of Minnesota with double majors in Physical Education
and School
and Community Health Education. My minors are in Child Psychology  | | My nickname is "Bugs" |
and
Coaching. For the first 9 years of my career I coached volleyball at Highland
Park Senior High School. In my free time I love to golf, play tennis, bowl, walk, work out on my recumbent bike, and read.
In the primary grades, the concentration is on locomotor
movements,
gross motor skills, eye-hand coordination and spatial
awareness. Activities are of low-organization, usually involving
manipulatives.
Intermediate students refine the gross
motor and locomotor skills through a variety of higher organized
activities, and individual and team sports.
Fitness,
through  | | Gr. 5/6 "Double Dutchers" |
rhythmic movement, is demonstrated daily by students in all of
my (16) classes. On May 1, 2008, our culminating event will be
the Rhythmic Movement Program
e-mail address : judith.ryder@spps.org
voice mail : 1039
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