{"id":748,"date":"2016-06-20T14:06:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/?page_id=748"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:46:06","slug":"fitness-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/fitness-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness &amp; Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Without health and fitness, wealth is without value, knowledge is useless, art cannot be manifest, and music cannot be played.&#8221;<br>&#8230;..Herophilus<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHS Fitness &amp; Health Staff:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/district-information\/staff-directory\/name\/joanne-grant\/\">Joanne Grant<\/a>, Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/district-information\/staff-directory\/name\/patty-macleod\/\">Patty MacLeod<\/a>, Secretary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>781-446-6210 x5894<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on any teacher&#8217;s name to view their contact information in the WHS Staff Directory.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"cn-top\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;\"><\/div><div class=\"cn-list\" id=\"cn-list\" data-connections-version=\"10.4.66-0.7\"><div class=\"cn-template cn-profile\" id=\"cn-profile\" data-template-version=\"3.0\"><div class=\"cn-list-head\">\n<ul class=\"cn-list-actions\">\n\t<li class=\"cn-list-action-item\" id=\"cn-list-action-view_all\"><a rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/staff-directory\/view\/all\/\">View All<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-list-body\" id=\"cn-list-body\">\n<div class=\"cn-list-row cn-list-item vcard individual fitness-health\" id=\"joanne-grant\" data-entry-type=\"individual\" data-entry-id=\"612\" data-entry-slug=\"joanne-grant\"><div class=\"cn-entry\" style=\"background-color: #FFF;border: 1px solid #E3E3E3;border-radius: 4px;color: #000;margin: 8px 0;padding: 10px;position: relative\">\n\n\t<span style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/span>\n\n\t<div style=\"margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:larger;font-variant: small-caps\"><strong><a title=\"Joanne Grant\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/staff-directory\/name\/joanne-grant\/\"><span class=\"fn n notranslate\"> <span class=\"given-name\">Joanne<\/span> <span class=\"family-name\">Grant<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-biography\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-meta\" style=\"margin-top: 6px\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-entry-content-block-list\"><div class=\"cn-entry-content-block cn-entry-content-block-meta\" id=\"cn-entry-content-block-joanne-grant-1\"><h3>Custom Metadata Fields<\/h3><ul class=\"cn-entry-meta\"><li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Name of Student Board Members: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Schedule: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Description: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-clear\" style=\"display:table;width:100%;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-list-row-alternate cn-list-item vcard individual fitness-health\" id=\"john-griffith\" data-entry-type=\"individual\" data-entry-id=\"488\" data-entry-slug=\"john-griffith\"><div class=\"cn-entry\" style=\"background-color: #FFF;border: 1px solid #E3E3E3;border-radius: 4px;color: #000;margin: 8px 0;padding: 10px;position: relative\">\n\n\t<span style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/span>\n\n\t<div style=\"margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:larger;font-variant: small-caps\"><strong><a title=\"John Griffith\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/staff-directory\/name\/john-griffith\/\"><span class=\"fn n notranslate\"> <span class=\"given-name\">John<\/span> <span class=\"family-name\">Griffith<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-biography\"><p>John has been a Fitness and Health teacher at Wellesley High School since 1996. He graduated from Walpole High School in 1990. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Health from Springfield College in 1995, and a Masters of Education degree in Administration from Cambridge College in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>John has been a Wellesley Assistant football coach since 1996, a Wellesley Assistant Baseball Coach from 1998 until 2001 and from 2005 to the present. He was the Wellesley Head Wrestling Coach from 1996 until 2000, a Wellesley Assistant Wrestling Coach since 2004 , and a Wellesley Assistant Track Coach from 1996 until 1997. John was a W.H.S. Class Advisor from 2003-2005, and a Wellesley Speed and Conditioning Clinic Co-Founder from 2003 to the present.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-meta\" style=\"margin-top: 6px\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-entry-content-block-list\"><div class=\"cn-entry-content-block cn-entry-content-block-meta\" id=\"cn-entry-content-block-john-griffith-1\"><h3>Custom Metadata Fields<\/h3><ul class=\"cn-entry-meta\"><li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Name of Student Board Members: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Schedule: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Description: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-clear\" style=\"display:table;width:100%;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-list-row cn-list-item vcard individual fitness-health\" id=\"emily-manion\" data-entry-type=\"individual\" data-entry-id=\"973\" data-entry-slug=\"emily-manion\"><div class=\"cn-entry\" style=\"background-color: #FFF;border: 1px solid #E3E3E3;border-radius: 4px;color: #000;margin: 8px 0;padding: 10px;position: relative\">\n\n\t<span style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/span>\n\n\t<div style=\"margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:larger;font-variant: small-caps\"><strong><a title=\"Emily Manion\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/staff-directory\/name\/emily-manion\/\"><span class=\"fn n notranslate\"> <span class=\"given-name\">Emily<\/span> <span class=\"family-name\">Manion<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-biography\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-meta\" style=\"margin-top: 6px\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-entry-content-block-list\"><div class=\"cn-entry-content-block cn-entry-content-block-meta\" id=\"cn-entry-content-block-emily-manion-1\"><h3>Custom Metadata Fields<\/h3><ul class=\"cn-entry-meta\"><li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Name of Student Board Members: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Schedule: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Description: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-clear\" style=\"display:table;width:100%;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-list-row-alternate cn-list-item vcard individual fitness-health\" id=\"kristen-walsh\" data-entry-type=\"individual\" data-entry-id=\"974\" data-entry-slug=\"kristen-walsh\"><div class=\"cn-entry\" style=\"background-color: #FFF;border: 1px solid #E3E3E3;border-radius: 4px;color: #000;margin: 8px 0;padding: 10px;position: relative\">\n\n\t<span style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/span>\n\n\t<div style=\"margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:larger;font-variant: small-caps\"><strong><a title=\"Kristen Walsh\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/staff-directory\/name\/kristen-walsh\/\"><span class=\"fn n notranslate\"> <span class=\"given-name\">Kristen<\/span> <span class=\"family-name\">Walsh<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-biography\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-meta\" style=\"margin-top: 6px\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-entry-content-block-list\"><div class=\"cn-entry-content-block cn-entry-content-block-meta\" id=\"cn-entry-content-block-kristen-walsh-1\"><h3>Custom Metadata Fields<\/h3><ul class=\"cn-entry-meta\"><li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Name of Student Board Members: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Schedule: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-key\">Description: <\/span><span class=\"cn-entry-meta-value\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"cn-clear\" style=\"display:table;width:100%;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"display:table-cell;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-list-row cn-list-item vcard individual fitness-health\" id=\"matt-wassel\" data-entry-type=\"individual\" data-entry-id=\"593\" data-entry-slug=\"matt-wassel\"><div class=\"cn-entry\" style=\"background-color: #FFF;border: 1px solid #E3E3E3;border-radius: 4px;color: #000;margin: 8px 0;padding: 10px;position: relative\">\n\n\t<span style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/span>\n\n\t<div style=\"margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:larger;font-variant: small-caps\"><strong><a title=\"Matt Wassel\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/staff-directory\/name\/matt-wassel\/\"><span class=\"fn n notranslate\"> <span class=\"given-name\">Matt<\/span> <span class=\"family-name\">Wassel<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t<div style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"cn-biography\"><p>Matt has been a Fitness and Health teacher at Wellesley High School since 2002. He graduated from Walpole High School in 1991, and graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. In 2002, he earned a Master of Education degree from Cambridge College.<\/p>\n<p>He has been the Wellesley Head Wrestling Coach from 2003 to the present, and the Wellesley Assistant Football Coach since 2002. Matt was a W.H.S. 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