Athletics

(Note: not available 24-25 school year) The morning program runs Monday thru Friday from 7-8am in the Baychester gym, where students are able to participate in activities such as basketball, football, soccer and general fitness.  There are 3 seasons of CHAMPS available to participate in.  The fall season runs from October-December, the winter season runs from January-March, and the spring season runs from April-June.  Contact Mr. Pace at apace@baychesterwaves.org or have your child see him in school to grab a permission slip! 

All Baychester students engage in PE 2-3 times per week and are able to gain exposure to many different sports and activities.  See below for a sample of this year’s program.

1. Fitnessgram Testing (Core body, Upper body, lower body strength, flexibility, and endurance testing)

2. Quick start activities as well as setting rules and procedures

3. Football Unit (Throwing, catching, defense and gameplay)

4. Volleyball Unit (Bump, set, spike, serve, formation, gameplay) 

5. Soccer Unit (Striking, receiving, dribbling, passing defending and gameplay)

6. Basketball (Dribbling, passing, shooting, defending and gameplay)

7. Floor Hockey (Dribbling, passing, shooting, defending, gameplay)

8. Netball (passing, shooting, moving in space, gameplay)

9. Group fitness activities (muscular strength & endurance)

Baychester offers boxing from 7:00-7:45AM daily. Our boxing coach, Raquel “Rocky” Harris, has won titles in Karate, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai. She traveled with Team USA and secured a Gold Medal in the World Championship tournament. Rocky is an author, screenwriter, fitness model, and FightCamp Trainer. She is also USA Boxing Coach certified.