Class of 2020
Hi crew, Ms. Jo here. How are you? I miss you! Breathe deeply - we’ve got this!
!!!!***!!!***!!! 30 Day Challengers !!!!***!!!***!!!
Robert Dendy (3rd) Emry O’Neill (5th) Jude Weidner (7th) Jade Walker-Hanning (3rd) Milo Archer
Sedona Vongetsky-Hamberlin (4th) Stella Robinson (3rd) Rye Dickens (7th) Nick Harden-Nieri (7th)
Olivia Edens (3rd) Stella Brunk (5th) Taylor Kinney (7th) Ethan Larsen (4th) Josh Newton (4th)
Gaia Clark (5th) Mary Adelyn Alday (5th)
If you want to join the crew, pick a challenge and get started.
Google image search “30 day fitness challenge” and pick one that you like. Get a partner - it helps!
Records
Work on beating your own personal best and send me your numbers.
Remember, we are not trying to beat other people’s best.
Each person learns and grows at their own pace.
How many times can you jump rope in a row without stopping?
Play partner passing without dropping? Hold a plank without flopping?
Tally your sets and reps of squatting?
Contra Dance
As part of the Appalachian Journey Expedition in 8th grade, students practice the fundamentals of contra dancing in class. Thanks to Beth Molaro, we learn through movement and grow an appreciation for our mountain traditions.
Personal Fitness Plans
We have been writing down personal plans for years. These have been framed as 5-10 minute short bursts of exercise, in our bedrooms, without equipment, integrating sets and reps. Have one to share?
We practice the basics of holding a bat, stance, swing, and follow through. The incentive is to win the staff vs. student softball game in the spring.
A program evolved from 8th grade interest and activation - morning calisthenics. Born from 8th grade suggestions, the 10 minutes of free gym time before school starts has a middle-school invitation to exercise. You will see students doing push-ups, sit-ups, squats, basketball, lifting weights, and running laps.
An underhand pitch is easier said than done. All of the fundamentals of movement are integrated: opposite foot forward, palm up, pendulum arm motion, follow through.
Our contra integration last for 5 weeks with 2 of the weeks being direct instruction for 40 minutes. This style of dance is made relevant to middle students as we also take a brief look at videos of techno contra in the Asheville area. While we compare decades of contra, we can see many similarities to celebrate.
Kickball is an 8th grade favorite, but with a twist. We don't enjoy standing around and waiting to move, so we play a faster-paced version that involves both teams in the action.
We study exercise and sports in other countries. As part of our EL Design Principles, both diversity and inclusion increase the richness of ideas, creative power, problem-solving ability, and respect for others. Students investigate and value their different histories and talents as well as those of other communities and cultures.