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Diamond View - PE

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About Coach Hartrum

About Coach Hartrum

Hello Students, Parents, and Guardians,
 
We often know little more about our teachers than the subject they teach, but I have found the more we get to know each other, the better we work together with mutual support and encouragement. So, here is a little about me. 
 
Along with being the proud PE teacher here at Diamond View. I am also a proud husband and father of three children. At ages four, three, and one, my kids keep me busy and I do my best to enjoy every bit of it. Whether it's a living room wrestling match, or a bunk bed tea party, I love being a Dad. Outside of being a husband and father, I am the Associate Pastor of one of our local churches and I do my best to serve faithfully and joyfully doing the Lord's work. 

I was born and raised in Susanville and I am so thankful to be teaching in my home community. I am a fully credentialed Physical Education and Social Science Education teacher. I completed my teaching credential and Master’s degree at UC Davis. Prior to attending UC Davis, I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University. While completing my undergraduate degree I worked for the US Forest Service as a seasonal Wildland Firefighter and EMT from 2010-2019. During my time teaching at the high school level I was the head wrestling coach for four seasons and I still have a great love for youth athletics. This will be my eleventh-year teaching; four years teaching at the high school level, two years teaching in corrections, and five years teacher here at Diamond View.
 
I have a broad range of experience in athletics and fitness. As for organized sports I am a proud Grizzly Alumni who played football, baseball, and wrestled. At the collegiate level I played rugby at San Diego State. I have a broad range of experience in extreme sports and recreation with a basic level of experience in most. I also have a broad range of experience in fitness training, ranging from distance running to power lifting, specific sport training to wildland firefighter fitness, from training middle-age adults to training small children, and from high level competitive training to basic rehabilitative injury recovery and prevention. 
 
Thanks for taking a second to get to know me a little better. If you see me at a school event, or around town, please introduce yourself! I look forward to meeting you, and getting to know you/your students.
 
In the documents below, you will find access to Make-Up Assignments and the PE Syllabus which will answer 90% of your questions. If you have additional questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out. The best way to reach me is via Schoolwise or directly emailing me at dhartrum@susanvillesd.org. If you would like to schedule a time to speak over the phone, please email me so we can make that happen. 

It's another great year to be a Panther! 

Mr. Hartrum
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Make-Up Assignment - PE

Make-Up Assignment Options:

Option 1: Fitness Routine
Option 2: Sport Skill Technique
Option 3: Outdoor Recreation
Option 4: Healthy Meal Preparation

Once you select an option, follow these steps:
  • 1. Research your topic: Write one paragraph explaining what you learned in your research. This should include details and thorough explanation. This means if you chose Healthy Meal Preparation you might list the meal ingredients and explain how they are prepared and how they are healthy. If you chose Outdoor Recreation and you researched fishing techniques, you might explain the details of the technique and gear used to execute the technique. If you chose basketball dribbling tricks, you might explain who the coach was and describe the sequence of the dribble pattern and the goal of using it in competition. Please include informal citation information (Title, Author, Link, etc). This simply means, tell me where you found the information. 
  • 2. Try what you learned: This means if you researched gear used by a famous mountaineer, then you might go on a hike. If you watched a YouTube tutorial on how to properly perform a kickflip on a skateboard, then you might go practice that technique. Whatever you do, make sure you get parental permission and make sure you are safe. Be sure to choose research items that you know you can execute safely. This step should be a minimum of 30 minutes in duration.
  • 3. Reflect on your efforts: Write one paragraph explaining how you put what you learned into practice. Explain what you learned from the experience. Explain what was a success and what you would change for next time. 
 
Note: (Please Read)
  • Paragraphs are 4-10 sentences.
  • Research should be done with parental approval, but this is pretty informal. Articles, books, YouTube videos, coaching from your uncle who is knowledgeable on the topic, just go learn something that gets you one step closer to healthy living and physical fun. 
  • All absences, or days of excused non-participation due to medical reasons in PE, must be made up within two weeks of the absence, with progress report and grade closure dates as hard deadlines. 
  • One assignment should be completed per absence. 
  • This assignment is to earn credit for absences only, not to be used as extra credit. 
  • This assignment is graded, fully completing the outlined tasks will earn full credit. Anything less than full completion will be graded accordingly with a maximum score of 50%.
 
 
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Syllabus - Physical Education

(Please reach out if you have questions about this syllabus. The best way to reach me is via email on Schoolwise.)

Goals:
 
  • Provide all students will a physically and emotionally safe opportunity to participate in PE.
  • Increase knowledge and interest in fitness, athletics, and healthy living.
  • Develop physical skillset that allows for lifelong fitness, recreation, and health.
  • Improve muscle strength, muscle endurance, speed, flexibility, knowledge, aerobic capacity, body composition, and overall ability to live a healthy and active life.
  • Improve leadership skills, public speaking skills, and ability to work as a team. 
  • Develop skillset required to be an active and competent citizen.
  • Grow as students and individuals to be fully prepared for high school.
  • HAVE FUN!
 
PE - Rules and Expectations:

BE SAFE
  • Safety is top priority. Your actions will not be allowed to jeopardize the safety of others. The majority of disciplinary action in PE come from unsafe actions that put others in danger. Slow down and consider the safety of others in all that you do.
 
BE RESPECTFUL
  • Respect the learning environment. One person can damage the learning environment for an
    entire class. Each person is expected to do their part in maintaining an
    environment in which all students can focus, learn, participate, and put
    forth their best effort. Disruptive conduct will be addressed as an
    effort to keep all other students from learning.
  • Respect each other. We do not have to like each other, but we will respect each
    other. This is our community. We all need to feel safe, comfortable, and
    able to learn and participate in our community. All disrespectful conduct
    directed toward another student will be addressed as an attempt to make
    that student feel unsafe and unwelcome.
  • Respect the teacher. I chose to become a teacher because I wanted to help people
    become the best versions of themselves. When a student disrespects their
    teacher, they distract from this mission. Student disrespect will be
    addressed as an attempt to distract the teacher from helping students.
  • Respect the program. I have designed this PE program to help you grow in your
    physical development. This program will contribute to building strength,
    speed, endurance, flexibility, knowledge, and your overall ability to
    live a quality life full of fun and recreation. When you choose to
    disrespect the program, either through arrogance or apathy, you undermine
    the efforts of the program. In effect you are refusing to grow personally and
    inhibiting your classmates from growing as well. This will not be tolerated.
 
BE RESPONSIBLE 
  • Always do your best! Take responsibility for the effort you put forth and hold yourselves to a high standard. Choose to get a little better each day. Choose to be the best version of yourself one day at a time. We all have different ability levels; compare your performance to your personal progress rather than the performance of others.
  • Be kind! Take responsibility for how you treat people! We see each other every day, but most of the time we don’t know what is really going on in each other’s lives. Be a part of making people’s lives better, not worse. With your words, actions, and body language; be kind! 
  • Be good sports! Take responsibility for your attitude and outlook. To keep athletics and fitness fun, we must win, lose, and train with grace and humility. We all walk in with different ability levels, knowledge levels, experience levels, and development levels. Our goal is to be the best versions of ourselves, and to encourage those around us to grow and to be the best versions of themselves.
 
Policies:

COMMUNICATION:
  • Schoolwise Grade Updates: Students and parents should check Schoolwise grades weekly. All grades in Schoolwise are as current as possible. Grades are updated once per week.
  • Schoolwise Email: This is the best way to reach me. Please ensure parent/guardian email is current in Schoolwise. This is the way I will reach out with messages and updates. Call the school office if you need assistance with this, 257-5144. I do my best to respond to email within one business day. I try and give all of myself to my students while I am at school and all of myself to my family while I am at home, so I do not check email at home. 
  • Student talk to me first: Students, please don’t hesitate to talk to me. I will likely never know that there is a need unless you talk to me. Please do not wait until the last minute; talk to me right away. Parents and Guardians, please encourage your student to talk to me first, this is great preparation for high school and beyond.
 
GRADING:
  • Grades are updated in Schoolwise once per week.
  • Grades are given in two categories; Activities Participation and Fitness Participation.
  • Each week these categories will alternate in the gradebook.
  • Assignment names will clearly identify the type of assignment and the dates that the assignment represents.
  • Activities Participation: five points per day are based off of your effort, sportsmanship, and teamwork during the sports, games, and activities we do during our PE period. 
  • Fitness Participation: five points per day are based off of your effort, sportsmanship, and teamwork during fitness aspects of the PE period including Fitness Mondays and the fitness activities that we do at the beginning of each period. 
  • Each grade entry will be 50 points; five points per day.
 
Example Student Gradebook:
  • 50/50 - Activities Participation: Basketball 9/1-9/14
  • 40/50 - Fitness Participation: Pyramid & Warm-Ups 9/7-9/21
  • 50/50 - Activities Participation: Pickle Ball 9/15-9/30
  • 42/50 - Fitness Participation: 1-Mile & Warm-Ups 9/22-10/6
  • This student fully participates with their best effort and a good attitude during activities, but is missing something in their Fitness Participation. If this student wishes to improve their grade, they should talk to the teacher about why they are losing points in their Fitness Participation. The teacher will advise them where they need to improve, whether it be in areas they observe less than full effort, or aspects of poor teamwork or sportsmanship that need to be corrected. 
 
  • When taking daily attendance, I will assess to see if each student is prepared to fully participate in PE. If a student is not dressed out and ready to participate in PE, they will lose points for that day. 
 
Absences and Make-Up Credit:
Students have the opportunity to earn credit for days they missed PE by completing one of the tasks on the Physical Education Make-Up Form. The Make-Up Assignment is posted on this page; see above.
 
GENERAL PE POLICIES:
 
Active/Athletic Clothing and Shoes
Students must wear active/athletic clothing and shoes each class session. The majority of PE is conducted outside; students should dress to comfortably be active outdoors during all seasons. Students should also be prepared to participate in indoor activity for days when we stay in the gym. Each day students should plan for a full class of vigorous physical activity; this means students should be ready to sweat and get dirty. For the sake of hygiene and classroom odor, designated clothing for PE is recommended, regardless of whether or not a student's outfit for the day would comply with PE requirements. However, for grading I simply require that students be dressed able to fully participate in PE. Some examples of prohibited clothing: no jeans, boots, heels, sandals, or dresses. Clothing or shoes that risk damaging facilities, like the gym floor, are not permitted. All clothing must adhere to the school dress code.

Recommended Clothing and Footwear:
  • T-Shirt or athletic shirt.
  • Athletic shorts.
  • Sweatpants or athletic pants for cold outdoor activities.
  • Sweatshirt or athletic top for cold outdoor activities.
  • Tennis shoes/athletic shoes
 
Locker Room:
  • Students will be offered a small PE locker, and lock, at the beginning of the school year. 
  • Recommended items to be left in PE Locker: Shorts, Shirt, Shoes, Sweatshirt, deodorant, and towel. PE CLOTHING MUST BE WASHED A MINIMUM OF ONCE PER WEEK.
  • Showers will be made available to students, but are optional to use.
  • Items not allowed in lockers or the locker room: Spray deodorant, perfume, cologne, food or drink, or any perishable items.
  • Students are responsible for the cost of locks if they are lost. Personal locks are not allowed and will be cut.
  • Students are responsible to keep lockers locked at all times to prevent loss and theft. 
  • The school assumes NO responsibility for lost or stolen personal property. 
  • Students are allowed in the locker room only when supervised.
  • If students do not want to utilize locker rooms for changing clothes they should come to school wearing clothing that will allow their full participation in PE.
  • If there are any issues with locker room safety or appropriate/respectful use, locker room use will be modified. The first modification would be that lockers can still be used for safe storage, but changing of clothing will not be allowed. The second modification would be that all locker room use would be prohibited. 
  • If any student is found with a cell phone powered on in the locker room they will be sent to the office and will be dealt with as if there was intent bully or harass another student. A minimum of a demerit will be issued. 
 
Bathroom and Drinking Fountain:
  • Students will be given 4 minutes at the beginning and end of each PE period to use the bathroom and get a drink of water. This means students will be required to go without an opportunity to use the bathroom or use the drinking fountain for a maximum of 34 minutes in the PE period. 
  • If students need to use the bathroom during class time, they will be permitted to do so three times per school year. This is to account for emergency situations. If a student exceeds this amount, they will be allowed to use the restroom, but will be required to serve a detention as an incentive to use the bathroom during designated times. If there is a medical reason, that is documented with the office, to allow a student to use the bathroom outside of this policy, those modifications will be honored. 
  • Students must always receive permission from the teacher prior to bathroom use.
 
FITNESS TESTING AND FITNESS AWARDS
  • In an effort to maintain high standards and personal improvement in fitness, the below Fitness Test Grading Rubric will be used not as a hard line, but as a starting point to evaluate students in the physical fitness portion of their PE grade. This rubric is developed using the Presidential and National Fitness Standards as a baseline. 
  • The Presidential and National Fitness Standards originate from a National initiative in 1966 to improve the physical fitness of America's youth. The official metrics used to award students are based on 1985 fitness results from fitness testing of students spanning our entire nation. These standards have been a steady reference point that has allowed our nation's youth to evaluate their performance for generations. It is these standards that will provide the baseline for Diamond View physical fitness testing and awards. 
 
FITNESS TEST GRADING RUBRIC
 
1 mile
Push-Ups    (1 minute)
Sit/Curl-Ups (1 minute)
Pull-Ups
Sit & Reach
Shuttle Run
6th Grade
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boy
A- 8:30
A-20
A-40
A-3
A-25
A-10.5
 
B- 9:30
B-15
B-30
B-2
B-20
B-11.0
 
C- 12:00
C-10
C-20
C-1
C-15
C-12.0
 
D- 15:00
D-5
D-10
D-0
D-10
D-15.0
6th Grade
 
 
 
 
 
 
Girl
A-9:30
A-15
A-35
A-1
A-30
A-11.5
 
B-10:30
B-8
B-25
B-0
B-25
B-12.5
 
C-12:30
C-5
C-15
C-0
C-20
C-13.5
 
D-15:00
D-1
D-5
D-0
D-15
D-16.0
7th Grade
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boy
A- 8:30
A-25
A-40
A-3
A-25
A-10.5
 
B- 9:30
B-15
B-30
B-2
B-20
B-11.0
 
C- 12:00
C-10
C-20
C-1
C-15
C-12.0
 
D- 15:00
D-5
D-10
D-0
D-10
D-15.0
7th Grade
 
 
 
 
 
 
Girl
A-9:30
A-15
A-35
A-1
A-30
A-11.5
 
B-10:30
B-8
B-25
B-0
B-25
B-12.5
 
C-12:30
C-5
C-15
C-0
C-20
C-13.5
 
D-15:00
D-1
D-5
D-0
D-15
D-16.0
8th Grade
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boy
A- 8:00
A-25
A-45
A-5
A-25
A-10.0
 
B- 9:00
B-15
B-35
B-2
B-20
B-11.0
 
C- 12:00
C-10
C-20
C-1
C-15
C-12.0
 
D- 15:00
D-5
D-10
D-0
D-10
D-15.0
8th Grade
 
 
 
 
 
 
Girl
A-9:00
A-15
A-35
A-1
A-30
A-11.5
 
B-10:00
B-8
B-25
B-0
B-25
B-12.5
 
C-12:00
C-5
C-15
C-0
C-20
C-13.5
 
D-15:00
D-1
D-5
D-0
D-15
D-16.0
DIAMOND VIEW - FITNESS AWARDS
 
1 mile
Push-Ups    (1 minute)
Sit/Curl-Ups (1 minute)
Pull-Ups
Sit & Reach
Shuttle Run
6th Grade Boys
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presidential Fitness Award
7:11
31
50
7
31
9.8
National Fitness Award
8:40
18
40
2
26
10.6
6th Grade Girls
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presidential Fitness Award
8:23
20
45
2
36
10.4
National Fitness Award
11:05
10
35
1
30
11.3
7th Grade Boys
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presidential Fitness Award
6:50
39
53
7
33
9.5
National Fitness Award
8:06
24
42
3
26
10.2
7th Grade Girls
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presidential Fitness Award
8:13
21
46
2
38
10.2
National Fitness Award
10:23
11
37
1
31
11.1
7th Grade Boys
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presidential Fitness Award
6:26
40
56
10
36
9.1
National Fitness Award
7:44
24
45
5
28
9.9
7th Grade Girls
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presidential Fitness Award
7:59
20
47
2
40
10.1
National Fitness Award
10:06
10
37
1
33
11.2
*To find Presidential and National Fitness standards for your age check the wall in the gym or search online.
*All improvement is worth one letter grade advancement (except when original scores are intentionally low).
*To earn fitness awards a student must meet or exceed qualifications for ALL fitness events at least once throughout the year.
*These standards are not the only consideration for grading, but do play a factor in grading for these events.