ARCHERY ABCS
Archery (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There is a new look—and sound--to gym class. Traditional fitness, health and recreation still anchor today’s physical education curriculum. Stroll past the gym on a winter day, though, and you may notice a line of archers and hear the soft ‘thunks’ of field points hitting large target circles. “I learned this in summer camp. It was fun; so I was pretty excited when (my instructor) said we were going to do archery in gym class,” admitted Sharon Amouzou, after her turn at the line at Northwest junior high school in Coralville. “I would like to use it one day. It seems really fun. I don’t know.” Across Iowa, more than 100 schools take part in the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). Certified instructors work with phys ed instructors from the participating schools to introduce a standards based curriculum which schools demand; tailored for elementary, middle or high school. A grant through the Department of Natural Resources provides the ...