Week of 9/15-9/19 Fitness, CARE and "The Voyage", Dance

Fitness:

This week's fitness has consisted of a variety of activities and has challenged the students in all areas of our health related fitness.  The students are working on their base-level aerobic capacity by completing their weekly continuous run at roughly 12 minutes.  The students have trained daily to maintain and improve their strength by doing their very best during exercises and warm-ups at the beginning of the period.  Mr. Brissey's class worked specifically on muscular endurance by doing a tabata workout that included squats and push ups, while Mrs. Russell's class did another type of interval training that mixed strength with cardio.  


CARE and the "The Voyage":

Although we officially wrapped up the CARE review, the idea of cooperation, accepting differences, respect and encouragement will always be a common thread in our program.  With that said, we set sail on "The Voyage" in which students have been asked to overcome the perils of the open sea.  The crew (students) had to train, ready the boat, learn nautical terminology, and learn to trust each other out at sea.  The crew has to be ready for anything... even the possibility of a shipwreck.  

Dance:

Due to some challenging weather this week (smoke blowing in and out of the area) we moved all students indoors for some dance on Wednesday and Friday.  The 7th graders reviewed folk dance while the 8th graders reviewed there in-depth square dance unit from last year.  

Free Throw Shooting Contest:

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Daily family workout:

Try a TABATA with your family!