Explore how the Peak Playground expands opportunities for movement and exploration.
Physical Education
The Lamplighter Physical Education program develops students’ motor skills and hand-eye coordination while encouraging teamwork and good sportsmanship.
Through games and activities, students build strength, flexibility, and endurance in engaging and age-appropriate ways. Physical activity and play also help students formulate strategies, solve problems collaboratively, recognize patterns, and develop healthy habits that support lifelong fitness.
Our sports and fitness facilities include a large gym for Lower School (Grades 1 - 4), a motor gym for Early Childhood (Pre-K, Kindergarten, and T1), a soccer field, and a sport court.
In addition to weekly P.E. classes, students enjoy outdoor play every day during morning and afternoon recess, running under the trees, climbing hills, riding tricycles, swinging, digging in the sandbox, and playing games such as tag, soccer, and basketball. The newly constructed Peak Playground further expands opportunities for movement, exploration, and imaginative play.
Early Childhood P.E.
The Early Childhood P.E. program for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and T1 students nurtures students’ physical, emotional, and academic growth through playful fitness in the Early Childhood Motor Gym. The curriculum focuses on:
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Developing fundamental movement and coordination skills
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Building healthy fitness and wellness habits
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Exploring rhythm and dance through creative movement
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Introducing sports skills and lifetime physical activities
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Encouraging teamwork through cooperative games and activities
Lower School P.E.
The Lower School P.E. program at Lamplighter helps students in Grades 1–4 build physical literacy and develop a lifelong enjoyment of movement. Classes take place in the 7,100-square-foot Cook Gym and focus on:
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Developing fundamental movement skills such as running, jumping, balancing, throwing, catching, and kicking
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Playing team and individual sports through invasion, net/wall, target, striking, and fielding games
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Participating in chasing and dodging games like Capture the Flag and Rescue the Chickens
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Building fitness and coordination through activities such as long-rope and Double Dutch jumping
Daily Outdoor Recess
A joyful extension of learning and physical activity
