Monday Oct. 22, 2012:  Jr. High 2:45-3:30

Started with our warm-up and they ran 4 laps outside.  I have to say that almost everyone ran the whole thing.  As I was watching, there were a few that had to walk a little but then they caught their breath and continued.  Good Job Jr. High!!

I decided that since they have been working hard every week, it was time to have some fun and play...... 

What a work-out that was!!!  I don't know which was harder, doing an actual workout or dodge-ball :)

Thanks Mr. Mortensen for helping out












Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012:  South School 2:45-3:30

We started out with our warm-up inside the gym, thanks Mrs. Hawk for warming them up, and then we went outside and ran our 3 laps.  

Then the group was divided into 8 groups and each group started out at a station.  The stations were placed around the playground area. 

 If you were at START, you then would JOG to Station 1 where you did 20 JUMPING JACKS.

To get to Station 2 you would HOP and then do 10 SQUATS.

To get to Station 3 you would WALK and then do 25 FRONT KICKS.

To get to Station 4 you would GALLOP and do 10 PUSHUPS.

To get to Station 5 you would JUMP and do 10 LUNGES.

To get to Station 6 you would WALK and do 8 JUMP SQUATS.

To get to Station 7 you would JOG and then do 10 TRICEP DIPS.

You then would have to HOP to Station 8 and do 15 CALF RAISES and then
   GALLOP back to START and REPEAT.


The South kids worked very hard this week and I don't think I heard anyone complain so next Wednesday, I told them that we could play Kickball  and have a FUN WEDNESDAY.  I am so proud of all these kids and from the looks, I think they are having a good time as well.

Thanks to Mrs. Hawk and Mr. Mortensen for helping out. 









 Friday Oct. 24, 2012:  YMCA   Basketball




 We started out with a snack of grapes and cuties.  The kids really enjoyed the fresh fruits.  
Then the kids were split into 3 groups.
*Group 1 was lead by Mr. Nick who did a session on push-ups. 
* Group 2 was lead by Mr. Daniel and he had the kids do a ladder workout.
                                  * Group 3 was lead by Miss Jen who had the kids work on abs.  

After that the kids went with the same group and worked on some basketball drills.  After the drills the kids got to play a game of basketball.  We had 4 teams and the winners of the teams got to play the winner of the other team and the losers got to play the losers.  I think they all had fun and Mr. Nick had a great talk with the kids about teamwork and when you are on a team how it just can't be you, you have to use your team mates to pass the ball, have someone down by the hoop and most of all, work together.  They all had fun and enjoyed themselves.  
Thanks Mr. Nick, Mr. Daniel and Miss Jen  

I just realized that I didn't post about our picnic last Sunday Oct. 21, 2012....

What a PERFECT & BEAUTIFUL day it was.  Thanks to those who came and missed the ones who couldn't make it.  Thanks to Sue Bowman for the hot dog buns and brats and thanks to my husband Martin and my daughter Michelle for grilling them.  Thanks to the parents and kids for all the goodies that were brought. 

It was nice to see the families enjoying themselves with their children and getting exercise on top of it :)  Some were hitting the volleyball, little ones were playing on the playground equipment, some were playing P-I-G with the basketball, but I think EVERYONE had a GREAT TIME with KICKBALL!!!  Wow, some serious kickball was going on :) Even the little ones got involved in the game.





 I think we played for over an hour and we still had some at the end who didn't want to leave.  Maybe this winter when we get the winter blues, I will see if we can go somewhere and play.






I told the kids and families that I would keep my eye on the weather and maybe some Sunday, if the weather looks promising, that I would maybe do a mass email and we could all meet over at Gettysburg and take a walk on the new walking trail that they have.  If I am not mistaken, I think it is 7 miles and ends in Bradford?

Published on Apr 30, 2012 by dailyadvocate

Whether you are riding your bike, on horseback, skating or walking, you can now travel the length of the new multi-use and ADA accessible trail. The whole family can now make use of the first 7.2 miles of the Darke County Parks "Tecumseh Trail" which opened Saturday in Gettysburg, Ohio.

THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, WE WILL BE AT THE YMCA.  PICK UP TIME IS BETWEEN 4:30-4:45.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 17, 2012   SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL  2:45-3:30

We started out with our warm up inside and since it was a beautiful day, we did 3 laps outside around the blacktop.

We then did a similar version of Four Corners that they play at the skating rink but instead of having someone pick that corner and you were out, the person doing the picking of the corner got to choose how many and what exercise that that corner had to do.  It couldn't be more than 20 so it could be 15 situps, 10 pushups, etc.  So while the person in the middle had their eyes closed, the group would have to either skip, bear walk, run, hop,etc and when the whistle was blown, they had to go to the closest corner.   They all seemed to really have fun with this.
Really can't find any pictures to go with this.  If you have questions, you can always ask your child to explain it or better yet, make it a family game.

Thank you Mrs. Hawk and Mr. Mortensen for helping


FRIDAY OCT. 19, 2012    YMCA  2:30-4:30 ish

The kids had a snack of grapes and cuties (little oranges)
They then had a segment on Martial Arts and got to learn some of the moves which they do.  They all seemed to enjoy it.   Christy Baker from the Y will be giving me the names of the people that were there helping out with this so we can give them proper credit for their part.  They had a really good discussion with the kids about bullying and keeping their body healthy.  Thanks to Mike O'Neal, Bruce Mikesell and Daniel Wittles for the Tae Kwon Do lessons.  

Then the kids had a Yoga segment which was started off by TJ Suter and then Emily Jasenski from ElementsLife-  http://elementslife.com/yoga/    had a session with the kids.  Can I tell you how much the kids LOVED THIS!!!!  I think they want her to come back for a second round.  I think I even saw some of the volunteers trying to do some of her moves :)  Anyway it was a wonderful week for the Goal Getters and looking forward to this week. 
THIS WEEK WE WILL BE AT THE TRAILS AND THE KIDS WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT SOCCER.  PICK-UP WILL BE AT TE JR. HIGH 4:30-4:45.  IF PLANS CHANGE, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU. 

MONDAY OCT. 15, 2012   JR. HIGH 2:45-3:30

Well we started out with our warm-up and then since it was a little cool outside, we ran 4 laps inside the gym.  Then I had 7 stations that each child worked at for 1 min, and then rotated to the next one.  After all 7 stations were done, we skipped a lap and then did the stations a second time. 

Station 1:  Rope Circle-  Fold jumping rope in 1/2.  Step over rope, bring it up behind body and over head. 
Station 2:  Side to Side Jumps
Station 3:  Medicine Ball Toss
Station 4:  Tricep Dips for the 1st round, and second time around Push-ups using step bench. 
Station 5:  Step Ups using the bleachers
Station 6:  Jump Rope
Station 7:  Basketball Dribble- Dribbling in and out of purple boxes using left hand going down, turning around at end and using the right hand to dribble back.