Lower School Curriculum

Suggested Reflection Questions

1. Your role at Burke's

2. When did this opportunity take place?

3. Summary of workshop/ opportunity

4. Goals & Collaborations:

   - What were your big takeaways from your workshop or project?

Lower School PE teacher

The White Privilege Conference in Seattle April 22-25, 2026 

On Wednesday there were four all-day sessions. On Thursday and Friday, there were 27 possible 1.5 hour sessions throughout the day. One in the morning, and then two after lunch (3 per day). Some sessions were duplicated, so if you missed something you really wanted to attend, some workshops were offered on another day. Saturday had 21 possible 1.5 hour sessions as the conference wrapped up.

I learned something from each of the workshops I attended. Some were emotionally heavy, and they all had so much information which for me was challenging to retain. I had some takeaways to incorporate into my curriculum and into my life. 

One takeaway for me is to bring back activities that support students emotionally. Some of the things I’ve done in the past have fallen out of rotation. For example, doing…

Olivia, Julie, and I attended the Morpheme Magic PD. It was quite informative. We are piloting this word study program this year, and this PD was essential to help us implement it in the classroom. We learned strategies for introducing the morphemes weekly, and now have a better idea about the flow of the curriculum.

If anyone is interested in this program, I highly recommend attending this Professional Development. This learning experience was quite essential for understanding how to use the guide and also provided us with extra resources.

By David Hay, LSPE,

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Dennis Stand, "Fun PE Guy", presented an informational program on a variety of activities to use in your physical education program, or some that could even be used in your classroom. It is presented via an online format, which includes videos and discussions. It is offered a few times each school year. A handbook is also provided with a variety of activities and games. An activity that I will be using soon is line switch and rotation. This is an activity where switch means change the direction you are facing, and rotate means, front person goes to the back.

I could see this being an excellent activity to end class with, so that lining up is not as big a deal. It could be a great activity as well for classes when they line up to go to PE. Another activity I…