I have sent the calendar for December and January for the jump rope club home with your jumper. We are now switching to the performance part of the year. If your jumper is not interested in performing, they do not need to come to jump rope club any longer. From now until February, we will be focusing on putting our performance together and practicing for our performances. If your jumper is hesitant about performing, I would encourage them to come and find out what we do for performances. I really think that the performances are the fruits of their labors and they will truly enjoy the performances. We have many jumpers performing the skills all together, so no one is out there on their own. We will try to get as many jumpers as we can on the floor for each trick. Obviously, the more difficult tricks will be performed by the older jumpers and the easier ones will be done by the younger jumpers. We fill in the tricks with as many jumpers as we can.
The performances that I have scheduled and confirmed so far are:
Jan. 22nd - Performance for the 2nd and 3rd graders’ parents in the Woodcrest gym – 8:00 am
(Jumpers will need to be ready at 7:45 am)
Jan. 25th - Performance at the halftime of the Dow High Girls basketball game – details will come out in January
Feb. 2nd - Performance at the halftime of the Dow High Boys basketball game – details will come out in January
Feb. 11th - Performance for the 4th and 5th graders’ parents in the Woodcrest gym – 8:00 am
(Jumpers will need to be ready at 7:45 am)
Feb. 12th or 13th - Performance at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic Women’s tennis tournament – as soon as I have a confirmed date and time, I will send that on to you. They want us to perform. They just have not decided when they would like us to perform.
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to call me or e-mail me.
Jump Rope Skills Testing
We have completed another successful testing season for the Woodcrest Jump Rope Club. The following students have completed the skills necessary for the each testing level:
YELLOW (Passed 13 Basic Skills)
Michael ~ Kristina ~ Allison ~ Camryn ~ Annie ~ Emma ~ Jordan
Anna ~ Alexis ~ Dustin ~ Ryan ~ Casey ~ Jacob ~ Maddie ~ Maija
Lindsay ~ Silvana ~ Nicole ~ Keyton ~ Asjia ~ Stephanie ~ JoAnna
Kinsey ~ Sophia ~ Megan ~ Caroline ~ Chris ~ Ellie ~ Justin
Sydney ~ Luke ~ Jessie ~ Hunter ~ Gabi ~ Brendan ~ Maizie
Michael ~ Hannah ~ Carrie ~ Natalie ~ James ~ Alejandro
Ally ~ Corey ~ Olivia ~ Sophi ~ Adam ~ Austin
ORANGE (Passed 5 Intermediate Skills)
Michael ~ Dustin ~ Jacob ~ JoAnna ~ Kinsey ~ Sophia ~ Megan
Caroline ~ Chris ~ Ellie ~ Justin ~ Brendan ~ Anna ~ Nicole
Alejandro ~ Maija ~ Silvana ~ Keyton ~ Sydney ~ Jessie
Ryan ~ Carrie ~ Lindsay ~ Stephanie ~ Alexis ~ Maddie ~ James
Allison ~ Annie ~ Emma ~ Jordan ~ Natalie ~ Olivia ~ Hannah
Asjia ~ Kristina ~ Camryn
PURPLE (Passed 3 of 7 Advanced Skills)
Dustin ~ Jacob ~ Sophia ~ Caroline ~ Chris ~ Justin ~ Maija
Keyton ~ Kinsey ~ Brendan ~ Michael ~ Silvana ~ Stephanie
Ryan ~ Jessie ~ Lindsay ~ Hannah ~ Asjia ~ Megan ~ Ellie
Sydney ~ Alejandro
GOLD (Passed all 13 Basic Skills, 5 Intermediate Skills and 7 Advanced Skills )
Dustin ~ Sophia ~ Caroline ~ Chris ~ Sydney ~ Jacob
YELLOW (Passed 13 Basic Skills)
Michael ~ Kristina ~ Allison ~ Camryn ~ Annie ~ Emma ~ Jordan
Anna ~ Alexis ~ Dustin ~ Ryan ~ Casey ~ Jacob ~ Maddie ~ Maija
Lindsay ~ Silvana ~ Nicole ~ Keyton ~ Asjia ~ Stephanie ~ JoAnna
Kinsey ~ Sophia ~ Megan ~ Caroline ~ Chris ~ Ellie ~ Justin
Sydney ~ Luke ~ Jessie ~ Hunter ~ Gabi ~ Brendan ~ Maizie
Michael ~ Hannah ~ Carrie ~ Natalie ~ James ~ Alejandro
Ally ~ Corey ~ Olivia ~ Sophi ~ Adam ~ Austin
ORANGE (Passed 5 Intermediate Skills)
Michael ~ Dustin ~ Jacob ~ JoAnna ~ Kinsey ~ Sophia ~ Megan
Caroline ~ Chris ~ Ellie ~ Justin ~ Brendan ~ Anna ~ Nicole
Alejandro ~ Maija ~ Silvana ~ Keyton ~ Sydney ~ Jessie
Ryan ~ Carrie ~ Lindsay ~ Stephanie ~ Alexis ~ Maddie ~ James
Allison ~ Annie ~ Emma ~ Jordan ~ Natalie ~ Olivia ~ Hannah
Asjia ~ Kristina ~ Camryn
PURPLE (Passed 3 of 7 Advanced Skills)
Dustin ~ Jacob ~ Sophia ~ Caroline ~ Chris ~ Justin ~ Maija
Keyton ~ Kinsey ~ Brendan ~ Michael ~ Silvana ~ Stephanie
Ryan ~ Jessie ~ Lindsay ~ Hannah ~ Asjia ~ Megan ~ Ellie
Sydney ~ Alejandro
GOLD (Passed all 13 Basic Skills, 5 Intermediate Skills and 7 Advanced Skills )
Dustin ~ Sophia ~ Caroline ~ Chris ~ Sydney ~ Jacob
Jump Rope Club Update 11-10-09
The last day of skills testing will be Thursday, Nov. 13. We will begin to put our performance together on Monday, Nov. 16 with skills practice all next week. On Friday, Nov. 20, I would like to meet with all of the 5th graders who will be performing, to put together a list of tricks that they would like to see the team perform. I like to have their input on the performance set-up. We will start our meeting at 8:15.
I would like to thank Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Pacholke and Mrs. Fletcher for all of their help during testing. It was really great to have extra testers to help us get the jumpers through their skills tests.
I would like to thank Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Pacholke and Mrs. Fletcher for all of their help during testing. It was really great to have extra testers to help us get the jumpers through their skills tests.
EXCELing in Fitness in the Fifth Grade
Fifth graders are going to be EXCELing in fitness from October until April. The fifth graders are collecting data in their gym class and using that data in their Excel spreadsheet lessons with Mr. Metiva and Mrs. Mahar. Once a month, fifth graders will be testing sit-ups for one minute and push ups for 30 seconds. They will then be taking their data to use in a spreadsheet which they are working with in the computer lab with their classroom teachers. All sit-up test scores will count toward their President's Challenge fitness test. At the conclusion of the seven month data collection, the highest score will count toward their fitness test.
Jump Rope Club Reminder
Just a reminder that there will be no jump rope club on Friday (Oct. 23) and Monday (Oct. 26)
Jump Rope Club Dates Confirmed
We have two performance dates set for our jump rope club. We will be performing January 25th at the halftime of a Dow High girls basketball game at Dow High School. We will also be performing February 2nd at the halftime of a Dow High boys basketball game, also at Dow High School.
MARATHONS EARNED
Congratulations to all students who participated in this year's Woodcrest Run Club. The following students ran 1 marathon:
ELSIE ~ SOPHIA ~ NICOLE ~ KAM ~ NOAH ~ ELLIE ~ JUSTIN
SAMI ~ AARON ~ RYAN ~ SILVANA ~ GABI ~ OLIVIA ~ VICTOR
JACOB ~ MADELYNNE ~ JAMES ~ MICHAEL ~ ANDREW ~ ANDREW ~ JUDE
ALLISON ~ EMMA ~ SOPHI ~ DELANEY ~ NAOKI ~ NATALIE
JACOB ~ MADELYNNE ~ JAMES ~ MICHAEL ~ ANDREW ~ ANDREW ~ JUDE
ALLISON ~ EMMA ~ SOPHI ~ DELANEY ~ NAOKI ~ NATALIE
Congratulations to the following students who ran 2 marathons:
ALEXIS
STEPHANIE
CUYLER
CAROLINE
CAROLINE
Congratulations to Chris who ran 3 marathons!
AND
Congratulations to Dustin who ran 5 marathons!
