Mental health is as much a focus as physical health in Jermar Rountree's class at Center City Public Charter School’s campus in Brightwood.
In a surprise ceremony at Center City Public Charter School’s campus in Brightwood, a physical education teacher was named D.C. Teacher of the Year.
“It’s still kind of surreal,” Rountree said in an interview. “As an educator, you look forward to someday being in this position. To actually have it happen is an amazing thing.”Rountree has been teaching physical education for 16 years, the past six at Center City-Brightwood. It is a slight departure from his college aspirations, when he had hopes of becoming a history teacher.
But Rountree thinks his everyday contributions are what make the difference. In the mornings, he greets each child by name, and that includes siblings who attend different schools, he said. His P.E. classes feature restorative circles and mental health check-ins. All students — from 3-year-old prekindergartners to teenage eighth-graders — are encouraged to be themselves in his class, he added.
In Rountree’s class, mental health is as much a focus as physical health — particularly as students continue to adjust after returning to school from online learning, when balled-up socks had to take the place of real baseballs and basketballs during virtual P.E. “One of the things I incorporated this year is we talk a lot about what stresses our kids out,” Rountree said, adding that he tries to give students the opportunity to advocate for themselves.
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