The Classroom

The gym at Marlington Middle School has several features that help students increase their physical activity. This includes two full courts with six basketball hoops, a chin up bar, several mats for different exercises, and many different types of equipment to play with. I was very impressed with all these things offered by a middle school and did not expect the students to have this many options of activities to do.

Having two full courts with six basketball hoops give the students several options such as basketball, volleyball, kicking a soccer ball back and forth, throwing a football and more. Since the classes at Marlington are not that big, students can enjoy their different activities while having plenty of space to do so.

Another benefit of the gym is the chin up bar and exercise mats. Both of these are used to test the students in several areas throughout the class but they are always available to the students to use whenever they please. Some days there will be a few different options of activities to do in the class and students will utilize these two features. A few options are chin ups, sit ups, pushups, and a few more activities.

One of the best features of the gym is the quality and quantity of equipment available to the students. This list includes basketballs, volleyballs, footballs, soccer balls, dodge balls, hockey sticks and a pucks, baseball bats, and frisbees. I have seen almost all of this equipment used and that is beneficial to the students because they do not get bored just playing the same game over and over.

I was very impressed with the gym at Marlington Middle School. It offers an abundance of different ways for the students to be active. This will keep the students from getting bored with the same game and help them get more physical activity during the class.