Coal City Middle School students participate in speedball and health education units

Coal City Middle School’s sixth and seventh grade physical education classes are currently taking part in a speedball unit. According to physical education teacher Mark Masters, “It is one of the student favorites.” Speedball is a game that merges elements from football, basketball, and soccer. Students can score points by achieving a touchdown for one point, making a basket for two points, or scoring a goal for three points.

Eighth grade health students recently completed their study of the five components of physical fitness and learned how to set fitness goal plans aimed at improving quality of life. The curriculum has now shifted focus to discussions about nutrition.

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 serves Grundy and Will counties and includes several schools such as Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City High School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Data from the Illinois State Board of Education indicates that the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions; 77.9 percent are women and 22.1 percent are men. No teachers have recorded more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The district's student population is 86.9 percent White, 0.6 percent Black, 9.6 percent Hispanic, and 0.6 percent Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, the district spent $21,619 per student with total expenditures reaching $47,021,825 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).