Dear RES Students,
Staff, and Community Members,
My name is Brian
Godfrey, and it’s with great excitement that I will be the new physical
education teacher at Richmond Elementary School next year. I currently
live in Waterbury with my wife Makenzie and son Liam. I grew up in
Richmond and attended RES as a child.
After graduating from MMU, I attended Johnson State College, where I
graduated with a degree in Physical Education (K-12). I completed my
graduate coursework at UVM in Educational Leadership, where I focused my
research on proactive strategies to preventing childhood obesity.
When I was in grade
school, I played a variety of sports including, soccer, basketball, hockey, and
baseball. As I got older, my primary interest was basketball and was
fortunate enough to play in both high school and college. My passion for
basketball continued after my graduation from JSC. I’ve coached middle
school and high school girls basketball for the past eight years. In
addition to my love of basketball, I also enjoy personal fitness activities
such as weight training, hiking, and running. Recently, I’ve ventured
outside of my comfort zone and stared competing in triathlons. I’m not
very good, but it’s fun to try something new.
My philosophy is to
provide all children an opportunity to be successful in a wide range of
movement, knowledge, and skill-building experiences. I’ve always enjoyed
being active, and I attribute this to all the great memories I had as a child
playing sports, hiking, swimming, etc. It’s of my belief that if children
have initial positive experiences being active, that this will lead to a
lifelong enjoyment of movement. My goal is to provide all the students in
Richmond positive experiences in P.E class and to promote a healthy lifestyle
in and out of school.
I look forward to meeting all of you. You can contact me
at via email at bgodfrey@cesuvt.org or
feel free to call me or stop by and say hi once school begins.
Regards,
Brian Godfrey
(802)-279-7581
bgodfrey@cesuvt.org
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