Matthew Kump

SHAPE PA is honored to recognize Matthew Kump as the 2025 High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year! 🎉 Matthew teaches at Big Spring High School in the Big Spring School District, where he serves as Department Head and Aquatics Director. He earned his B.S. in Health and Physical Education from West Chester University and his M.Ed. in Administration and Athletic Coaching from Point Park University. Matthew creates a supportive and engaging learning environment where students feel safe to take risks and learn from mistakes. His “fail forward” philosophy encourages growth through experience and reflection. Using differentiated instruction and constructivist methods, he ensures all students are actively engaged and empowered to succeed. Beyond the classroom, Matthew serves as SHAPE-CDYA Vice President and Borough Recreation Commission Chairman, promoting lifelong physical activity and community wellness. 👏 Congratulations, Matthew, on this well-deserved honor! #SHAPEPA #HighSchoolPE #TeacherOfTheYear #PhysicalEducation #FailForward

Love reading Jon Gordon’s books, and the energy bus is wonderful. Let’s have a great year!

@199badman @FabrizioRomano As an LFC fan, I must have missed all those billions in player transfers last summer. I thought I was with it, and it was crazy how none of them made the first team last year. LFC pulled nobody (other than Giorgi Mamardashvili but he didn’t even join until this summer. #YNWA

@FabrizioRomano Liverpool spend 1bn every window and UEFA does nothing. This is bad for the sport.

🚨 Marc Guehi and #LFC deal remains underway. No issues on fee after £35m bid plus 10% sell-on, agreement club to club would get done; Guehi agreed terms weeks ago. Deal only depends on Palace decision: keep Guehi losing him as free agent in 2026 or sell and find a replacement.

@ESPNFC Pointless challenge. That was absolutely the right decision. #lfc #YNWA

Anthony Gordon received a red card after VAR review for this challenge on Virgil van Dijk.

Such a fun group of people to celebrate another school year with! Always so grateful for our local educators. Don’t forget to use todays form for your SHAPE PA membership if you haven’t already done so! Here’s to another year! 🎉 @SHAPE_PA

Despicable day - Mount Rock Field Day 2025 was a success! Great job to our leadership development students! We saved the school! Field day 2/4 ✅

Awesome 4th and 5th grade field day planned by our PE dept. our a high schoolers did a great job leading and our students and teachers seemed to have fun! Success! Next up our students need to turn 3 despicable days into something amazing!

@ice11481 @RobGronkowski What!?! Dude thats incredible! Pumped that Gronk got to meet Matt and Matt got to meet Gronk… mutually awesome.

Signed a new TE for Advanced Solution this week!🙂 @RobGronkowski it was great meeting you and thanks for your time!

🎉AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 Congratulations to @Mkump88 on being named the SHAPE CDYA 2025 local high school teacher of the year! We are so happy to celebrate our outstanding educators and grateful for all the heart that Matt has given to our community! @SHAPE_PA

Do you know any awesome Health and Physical Educators in Cumberland, Dauphin, York or Adams county? Nominate them for our local @SHAPE_PA awards today! forms.gle/aGNYufiRVFWMM7…

🌟✨ Introducing the 2025 SHAPE PA Executive Committee! ✨🌟 We’re proud to announce the incredible leaders guiding SHAPE PA this year: 🎉 Chance Condran, President 🎉 Linda Miller, President-Elect 🎉 Andrew Silverman, Past President 🎉 Dawn Bugajski Brahler, Executive Director Together, this dynamic team is dedicated to advancing health and physical education, empowering our members, and shaping a bright future for our profession and students. 💪🌟 Join us in welcoming and supporting our 2025 Executive Committee as they lead SHAPE PA into an exciting year ahead!

Can someone turn down my philly?? 😂

Congratulations to our award recipients this year for Teacher of the Year and Emerging Leader. You are truly moving our profession forward! Thank you! @ShapePA_CDYA

Mount Rock Disney themed field day 2024, awesome day, great weather, and fantastic students! #bssdproud #bshsrocks

Field day AM at Mount Rock Elementary! I’m glad we saved the city, tugged on Repunzels hair, raced around like lightning McQueen, froze and unfroze each other like Elsa and Anna and solved the riddles in order to find Mickey Bulldog!

Wonderful morning with our Kindergartners and 1st grade at Mount Rock Elementary school field day!

Field day # 2/4 in the books. Wonderful day planned by our elementary teachers and executed by the high school students.

Come join our team! There is an open elementary health and Physical education position open. bigspringsd.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

🏊‍♂️ Highlights from the 2nd Annual Bill Gillet Special Olympic Swim Meet at Big Spring HS! Kudos to Matthew Kump, our Special Ed Dept, & students for an unforgettable event. The spirit, unity, & achievements captured in these photos celebrate every athlete's journey. #BSSDproud

🎉🎉REGISTER NOW 🎉🎉 ➡️ tinyurl.com/HPEsummit24 ⬅️ Join local HPE professionals for a few hours of learning, and growing together. Register to lead a 10-15 minute mini session for a chance to win a $50 gift card or sign up simply to participate! Act 48 hours available! 🤗