Morning Movement
At GALS, we start each school day with Morning Movement. Starting the day with Movement prepares our students (and staff) for the school day, improving alertness, attention, memory, and cognition, not to mention social interaction, community interconnectedness, self-esteem, and (of course) physical health. Teacher-student relationships are strengthened as teachers workout alongside students — sweating and struggling, laughing and achieving together. Students learn through experience how consistent effort and work over time generates big results, and this translates powerfully in the classroom. Students are exposed to a variety of fitness modalities and sports throughout the school year, giving them access to and experience in a diversity of sports and workout styles.
Students are grouped into Wellness Teams, which are small groups of students paired with one teacher, and students workout together in their Wellness Teams. Wellness Teams start the year with a Movement Fundamentals module, where they spend the first two weeks getting to know their teammates and coach, and review the expectations for Movement. Every three to four weeks, Wellness Teams rotate to a new module.
Director of Movement & Athletics: Alyssa Worbetz, aworbetz@galsla.org