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Physical Education 2009-2010
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I'M A 'SOUTHPAW' TOO!!!!
Hello, my name is Judy Ryder.  I have been the physical education specialist at Highland Park Elementary for the past 32 years.  I graduated from the the University of Minnesota with double
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2-HANDED BACKHAND!!!
majors in Physical Education and School and Community Health Education.  My minors are in Child Psychology and Coaching.   For the first 9 years of my career I coached volleyball
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FORE!!!
at Highland Park Senior High School.  In my free time I love to golf, play tennis, walk, work out on my recumbent bike, and read.  I have serious Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny collections!!!
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SCORE!!!!

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.
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SWISH!!!

Intermediate students refine the gross motor and locomotor skills through a variety of higher organized activities, and individual and team sports.

Fitness,
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CHA CHA CHA!!!
through rhythmic movement, is demonstrated daily by students in all of my (16) classes.  Our culminating event will be the 32nd annual Rhythmic Movement Program on May 13th, 2010. 







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FAMILY FITNESS WALK : Thurs., Oct. 8, 6-7 P.M.