Physical Education
At PS 8 since 2000
“I am a sports guy,” says Physical Education teacher Mr. Maxcy, and one doesn’t doubt it, looking at his football player’s figure. Mr. Maxcy’s whistle blows in the PS 8 gym all day: every class at PS 8 has one period of physical education a week.
“The students here are city kids, so I am introducing new sports that they might not have tried out before,” says Mr. Maxcy. “They are getting fit while training their coordination skills.”
Mr. Maxcy first taught 4th grade at PS 8 from 1999 through 2002, then computers and technology during the 2003-04 school year before turning his attention to matters of the magnet grant, funds awarded to PS 8 in 2004 to support its new mission: to offer opportunities for research, exploration, and design. He became the school’s physical education teacher in 2007. Before coming to PS 8 he taught 5th grade at another public school in Brooklyn.
Mr. Maxcy’s interest in sports is natural, and it extends well beyond PS 8. This Yankee fan has been a full-fledged coach for his son’s Little League baseball team as well as at a mini basketball team at a Recreation Center in New Jersey, where he lives just a block from the beach.
