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TREVOR DAY SCHOOL / 25 practice competition and teamwork. The negotiating, compromising, and even arguing of a tough call in freeze tag is a small but essential life lesson on how to disagree in good stride, and get right back into the game without losing a minute. It complements the skill building and sportsmanship that our Physical Education teachers intentionally emphasize through various units across three weekly PE classes. These classes allow our students to practice sport and game fundamentals in a scaffolded way, learning how to move, jump, and even fall in ways they can then bring to organized and independent play, inside and outside of Trevor. For those students who crave even more movement, Trevor's AfterSchool program provides an ever-expanding variety of options in Central Park, the auditorium, or the gymnasium. On any afternoon you'll find students learning Tae kwon do, rollerblading, playing soccer and basketball, learning hip-hop and tap dance, ducking and weaving in the gaga pit, or parkouring their hearts out (yes, parkouring is a word; don't look it up). In particular for those students who take dance classes, this often becomes the first step toward the broader world of movement, dance, and choreography that awaits them through our work with STREB, and Trevor's expansive Choreolab program, in which so many of our Middle and Upper School students take part. On the topic of our Upper and Middle School divisions, our Athletic Department's Dragon Sparks program gives our youngest students the chance to learn from our Trevor athletes and coaches, working through the basics of different sports, as well as to cheer on Varsity teams. Lower School students also witness Trevor's spirit at our annual Homecoming and at the Lower School's annual Field Day, a beloved 90s tradition that we revitalized in 2018. For anyone who has seen a baby take their first steps, or later learn how to do a cartwheel, kick a winning goal, or take their final bow before the curtain drops, you know that learning and movement almost always go together. Like the very synapses that fly across our brain when discovering something new, learning equally ignites our body and our mind, one feeding the other. As many parents know, once our toddlers begin to move, it can be hard to get them to stop. That's a good thing, but it doesn't always carry over to the teen years, when so many activities beckon children to sit down, to stay still, and just watch. So at Trevor we want to capitalize on young children's momentum by getting our students up and moving, both in and outside of class, all in the hopes that they will never truly stop. n INSIDE TREVOR TREVOR TRANSLATES FEATURE AR TICLES ALUMNI

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