Mark your calendars for this year’s Wild Kingdom Field Day, Friday, May 24th, rain or shine! Our theme is to celebrate all the wild and wonderful animals from around the world. Each grade level will focus on a different continent and choose an animal from that part of the world as their class/team mascot. Here are the grade level continents:

Kindergarten – North America

1st grade – South America

2nd grade – Europe

3rd grade – Asia

4th grade – Africa

5th grade – Australia

As we approach the big day, please remember that we are celebrating our Seven Pines Elementary School enrolled students. Siblings and extended family members need to make other plans for the day. If you would like to come and support our penguins, please make sure to bring a valid, state issued ID, and be prepared to help out. If you have already visited our school this year, and gone through the background check process, you can use the attached QR code to r.s.v.p., and skip the line at check in, using our “Will Call” desk.

Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to the big day!

I’m so happy we are back to school. I missed all your beautiful faces! I hope you had a action packed summer and have plenty of stories of your adventures to share.

Please make sure to note your HPE class time this week so that you can dress appropriately for movement. Tennis shoes and movement attire are needed, so get in the habit wearing movement clothing on your HPE day.

Monday – Dillon, Austin, Braxton, Higgins and Robinson

Tuesday – Goodman, Mansilla, Lawson, Uzel and Kay

Wednesday – Gunn, Stuart and special projects

Thursday – New Bridge all classes

Friday – Dillingham, Bontrager, Batkins, Cudden, Armstrong and Biggers

Hope that you had a wonderful winter vacation.  Those 3 extra days of vacation for snow were a terrific surprise.

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution?  I did!  I’m determined to get rid of these COVID quarantine pounds!  The best way to shed some unwanted weight is to eat right and incorporate more movement in your day.  The weather has been very cold, so it’s difficult to get outside to play.  If you still want to be active indoors check out my YouTube channel.  There are over 60 videos there to get you up and active!  Lots of dances but cool fitness activities too!   A few of these videos a day will really burn some calories!

Link to my YouTube Channel

Another amazing time with my HPE family at VAHPERD!  It’s a vitamin B shot to the soul to be with these inspiring friends!  Here’s a addictive new dance by the DanSIRS.  A couple of DancHERS made an appearance in this one.  Can you pick me out?

When the weather starts to turn cool and crisp it’s a good sign that the VAHPERD Conference is right around the corner!  I’m so excited to see everyone in person again this year at the Founders Inn in Virginia Beach!

I’ll be presenting three sessions in Ballroom 4:

Dances Your Students Will Beg You To Do! – Friday, Oct 5, @4:00p.m.

Student Driven Dance – Saturday, Oct 6, @ 11:00a.m.

Old School Dances With New School Flavor! – Saturday, Oct 6, @1:00p.m.

And don’t forget to attend our annual VAHPERD Awards Ceremony Saturday evening!

Hope to see you soon.

Here’s a seek-peek on what to expect this year!

We all listened to the Governor today as he informed Virginia that we are not finishing the school year. In that moment you could almost audibly hear the hearts breaking of teachers across the state, and then when students started to realize the impact too (no graduations, no field day, no end of the year goodbyes…) they joined the wave of despair. We will all get through this tough time together (yet, apart), but is has really hit us hard emotionally. My fellow teachers and administrators were heartbroken with tears in our eyes. I think the common response we all said, “I’m just in shock.”

In the weeks to come I will work hard to bring you resources to use in your home both of my own creation and that of the genus of my teaching idols. In the “Links to Resources” I will post excellent ideas from award winning teachers and presenters from across the nation, as well as websites that will inspire you too.

PLEASE stay active. Play EVERY day. Enjoy the great weather when you can, and keep in touch.

Take care. Lots of love to you! And keep your chin up. 🙂

Wouldn’t it be terrific to come play and learn with your child? Well, come on down and check out what we’re doing in PE Oct 7, 8, and 11th. Prepare to be shocked at how PE has changed for the better in the 21st century!
Exact dates and times are on the green flyer coming home soon via backpack express. Stop by the office and check in with a valid ID first, and dress for exercise because there are no wallflowers in PE. 🙂