Curriculum Detail

Middle School Personal Fitness and Wellness

The philosophy of the Personal Fitness and Wellness Department is based on the belief that an individual’s physical, social and emotional development is as important as their academic growth. The curriculum is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to build a foundation of comprehensive wellness by learning to create and analyze individualized plans. The classes incorporate personal goal setting, exercise physiology, strength training, cardiovascular training, mindfulness, yoga, and interdependent thinking to promote lifelong patterns of healthy behavior.

The Personal Fitness and Wellness Department seeks to impart to its students through its curriculum an enduring understanding of specific knowledge, principles, and learning dispositions such as:

  • Establish habits for lifelong fitness, well-being and mindfulness
  • Provide character education and personal development opportunities: challenge one’s personal limits and express care and appreciation for others
  • Participate as a member of a team, acquire leadership abilities, understand good citizenship and friendly competition
  • Develop kinesthetic, coordination, and loco-motor skills to play and live actively
  • Instill a love of game; play and sport from both a spectator and participant perspective
  • Mr. Joshua Markum
    Assistant Athletic Director; PFW Department Chair; Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach
    Trinity International University - B.A.
  • Mr. Patrick Bendzick
    Assistant Head of School, Health and Wellness; Head Cross Country Coach
    National University - M.Ed.
    California State University, Long Beach - B.A.
  • Mrs. Jennifer Cuda
    LS Personal Fitness & Wellness; MS Coach- Boys & Girls Volleyball, Girls Basketball
    California State University, Fullerton - B.A.
    Credentialed
  • Mr Michael Davis Jr.
    Head Strength & Conditioning Coach; Personal Fitness & Wellness
    California University of Pennsylvania - M.S.
    Western New Mexico University - B.S.
  • Mrs. Lori Fava
    Director of Athletic Operations; MS PE
    Molloy College - B.A.
  • Ms. Megan Good
    Co-Head Cross Country Coach, MS PFW Teacher, Track & Field Coach
    Montana State University - B.S.
  • Mrs. Kirsten Harvey
    Director of Dance
    University of California, Irvine - MFA
    University of California, Irvine - B.A.
    University of California, Los Angeles
    New York University School of Medicine
  • Mr. Brian Kelly
    MS PE and Head Varsity Boys Lacrosse Coach
    California University of Pennsylvania - M.S.
    Whittier College - B.A.
  • Mr. Marcus Knight '18
    MS PFW Athletic Coach
    Tennessee Technological University
    University of Montana - B.A.
  • Mr. Scott Lipsky
    Assistant Athletic Director; Head Boys & Girls Tennis Coach
    Stanford University - B.S.
  • Mrs. Trisha Marx
    Personal Fitness & Wellness; Assistant Coach
    University of California, Irvine - B.S.
    Azusa Pacific University - M.A.
    National University - Credentialed
  • Mrs. Leslie Pacheco-Manning
    Personal Fitness & Wellness
    Bowling Green State University - M.A.
    Bowling Green State University - M.Ed.
    Pepperdine University - B.S.
    Credentialed
  • Ms. Michelle Quon
    Assistant Volleyball Coach
    University of California, Los Angeles - MBA
    University of California, Los Angeles - B.A.
  • Mr. Edgar Vazquez
    Head Track & Field Coach
    Concordia University - B.A.
  • Mrs. Staciana Winfield
    US Physiology; Head Swimming & Diving Coach; MS Health; Personal Fitness & Wellness
    Concordia University - M.A.
    University of California, Berkeley - B.S.
    Credential - Multiple Subject

St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

31641 La Novia Avenue
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(949) 661-0108
 
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An Independent Preschool Through Grade 12 College-Preparatory Day School in Orange County California

Non-Discrimination Policy
St. Margaret's Episcopal School does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, sexual orientation or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational, admission, financial aid, hiring and athletic policies or in other school-administered programs.