White's Wellness Wannabees

Week of March 3rd

We are winding down this 9 weeks. Finish strong.

6th Grade Health-We will finish the unit on Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco this week. The Unit Test will be on Thursday, March 6th and the review will be done on Wednesday. Folders with daily work will be taken up and checked on the day of the test. The guys are also working on an information phamphlet about alcohol, tobacco and marijuana which is due on Tuesday, March 11th. The Health Packet that they have been working on the entire 9 weeks is due on Friday, March 7th. You can see that next week is a very important week for things that need to be completed and turned in for grades. Plenty of home time and adequate class time has been given to get all these things done. A few people have still not turned in a signed permission form to participate in the Human Growth and Development Unit which will start on Friday, March 7th. These need to be returned by Thursday, March 6th.

7th & 8th Grade Physical Education-The guys have completed Fitness Testing and the girls have finished Basketball. We will be starting a unit that includes Angleball for the boys and girls and then Handball for the boys and Indoor Soccer for the girls. There is some concern in the conduct and stretching grades for too many of our 8th graders. Most of them do well in our activities, but they have a hard time getting started when we want to and putting forth adequate effort during our warm-up time.

Week of February 25th

6th Grade Health-We will be talking about the use and abuse of drugs, alcohol and tobacco products this week. There will not be a test this week but lots of class work that will be accumulating in the guy's folders. If things go well this week covering our material, we may introduce a project for this unit which will be started in class and then be due sometime early next week. There are still a few people that have not returned the permission slip for our Human Growth and Development Unit. It was attached to the progress reports that went home last week. These have to be returned before March 5th in order for the students to participate in this unit. Alternate written assignments will be given for anyone that does not return this form.

7th & 8th Grade Physical Education-The boys will finish up with Fitness Tesing early in the week and the girls are continuing with Basketball. Another team sport activity is coming up next.

Week of February 20th

Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend.

6th Grade Health-The Unit 2 grades have been posted. The guys that are doing a good job with the work in their folders seem to be doing the best on the tests. They were allowed to use their folders for a block of time on the last test to check or change any answers. the folders contain all of the daily work that should be done during the unit. We have started our unit on drugs, alcohol and tobacco and this will be our most difficult unit. There is a lot of information. The permission slip for participation in the Human Growth and Development Unit was attached to the progress reports that were sent home on Friday and these need to be returned ASAP.

7th & 8th Grade Physical Education-The boys will be doing Fitness Testing for the next several days while the girls are conducting their Basketball Unit.

Week of February 11th

6th Grade Health-We will be finishing up our Digestion & Nutrition Unit with the test being on Wednesday of this week. Folders for this unit will also be due on Wednesday. Folders for this unit are critical, so make sure that it is complete and with you on Wednesday. Our next unit is the biggest of the 9 weeks and it covers drugs, alcohol and tobacco use/abuse. Most everybody turned in the research paper last week and I will be finished grading them by mid-week.

7th & 8th Grade Physical Education-We will be continuing our unit of Floor Hockey this week for the girls and the guys.

Week of February 4th

6th Grade Health-We are in the middle of our Nutrition Unit. This week we will be discussing the different types of nutrients and their jobs and what types of food they are found in. We will also be looking at the newer version of the Food Guide Pyramid. The test for this unit will be next Wednesday. The 1 page research paper that was assigned last Tuesday, is due on Thursday, the 7th.

7th & 8th Grade Physical Education-We are in the middle of our Basketball unit for the guys and Fitness Testing for the girls. This will run through Wednesday of this week and will be followed by Floor Hockey for the guys and the girls.