{"id":48,"date":"2017-02-08T22:33:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T22:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kickstartmedia.info\/clientn7\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:20:28","slug":"physical-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/classrooms\/physical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"g-spyxmi2\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 section-g-spyxmi2 gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-g-1nkf98l\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4-col col-g-1nkf98l gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-2 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-g-1nkf98l\" class=\"section-g-1nkf98l gutentor-col-wrap\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/089_6939.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/089_6939.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/089_6939-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/089_6939-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/089_6939-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sainttheresaiowa.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/089_6939-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-g-dlh6hmv\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4-col col-g-dlh6hmv gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-10 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-g-dlh6hmv\" class=\"section-g-dlh6hmv gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-green-color has-text-color\">Ron O&#8217;Connor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Ron O\u2019Connor and this is my seventh year as St. Theresa\u2019s Physical Education Instructor.&nbsp; I truly feel blessed to be a part of such a wonderful school full of great kids and an awesome caring staff.&nbsp; I have a passion for teaching and enjoy working with the students and staff at St. Theresa.&nbsp; What a great place to be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife Kathy and I are both from NW Iowa and have been married for 37 years. We have two grown children.&nbsp; Being married and raising our kids has been my greatest joys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My journey in education began at the University of South Dakota where I earned a Bachelor degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation. &nbsp; I began my teaching\/coaching career at PCM Schools in Monroe and retired from PCM.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summers you can find me teaching&nbsp; Driver\u2019s Education and umpiring varsity softball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathy and I stay active working out at the YMCA, traveling, and riding bikes during our free time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gb3f16d\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e2 section-gb3f16d gutentor-element gutentor-element-button button-align-left-desktop\"><span class=\"gutentor-button-wrap\"><a class=\"gutentor-button gutentor-block-button gutentor-icon-before\" href=\"mailto:roconnor@stsdsm.com\"><i class=\"gutentor-button-icon far fa-envelope\"><\/i><span>Email Mr. O\u2019Connor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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