Holmes Turkey Trot 2012: The Best Ever!

Holmes Students Set New School Record At Turkey Trot

Holmes students have once again shown why they reign supreme when it comes to participating in district and non-district health events. Nearly 100% of the Holmes school student body (K-5) participated in this years turkey trot event. K-1 students ran/walked a half mile distance with many of the kids going beyond their two lap expectation around the school playground area. Grades 3-5 participants showed a great increase in participation, more than any other of the 14 preceding years that I have been health and physical instructor at Holmes. Nearly every boy and girl completed the four lap requirement (one mile distance) around the school playground area, not one student did less than a half mile, every student both athletic and non-athletic finished at least 2 laps. The boys and girls at Holmes are really coming to understand many of the practical components geared towards living healthy lifestyles.

Walk to School Day - Another Great Event

Holmes School students walk to school. Students came walking from the North, South, East and West. Parents join students on walk to school day. Parents and students formed walking school buses and they walk their way to good health.

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS FOR HOLMES SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS.

INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY

The students will join kids and adults from all over the globe to celebrate joined efforts to walk to school, bring attention to the health, safety and environmental benefits of walking.

Thirty years ago over 66% of all children walked to school. Today only 13% of America’s children walk or bike to school. The prevalence of overweight children has tripled since 1980.  California studies show 21-22% of morning traffic is attributed to parents driving their children to school. Higher automobile speeds and increased traffic near schools put children at greater risk.

By encouraging the walk to school, we support an easy, healthy and fun way for children to travel to school. And you can help by:

• Joining a Walking School Bus – A Walking School Bus is an adult supervised pedestrian group that walks together for the trip to school. Even if your child rides the school bus, try to make arrangements to join a Walking School Bus.

      *    Lead a Lunchtime Walk – Students unable to walk to school can participate in a walk around the block at lunchtime. Parents and Teachers can volunteer  to walk with students and support healthy lifestyles. 

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!

No physical education curriculum should start without making 

physical conditioning its top priority. Before any recreational 

or sports game play, students should be taught how to 

physically prepare their bodies for the physical challenges they 

will encounter during the entire school year in gym class, at 

recess as well as for intramural game and play activities outside 

of gym class.

The students here at Holmes are on pace and off to another spectacular school year in Health and Fitness.

Gaining Momentum/Second Wind

As the last half of the school year blows by, the boys and girls at Holmes increases their momentum gaining  second winds for an explosive finish to our school year.

We are gearing up for National Sports and Fitness Week with our (2012) District 97 Fun Run at the focal point of  good health and fitness. The boys and girls at Holmes take good health and fitness pretty serious. Their numbers at the Fun Run each year proves just as much to be so.

We just rapped up our Gymnastic unit and are now on our Basketball unit.

March brings about our annual Staff vs. Parent basketball fundrasier game (March 10, 2012 @ Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School; 7pm) as well as our fun filled Staff vs. Student basketball game (March 23, 2012 @ Holmes; 1:15pm).

Happy New Year! Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone. Time to build endurance. That is what we will be working on for this second half of the school year in p.e. class.

I case you missed our school's turkey trot/snowman shuffle event. Below are the winners of the event. I am also proud of the spectacular turnout of the boys and girls here at Holmes. Smart Minds and Smart Bodies.

Holmes School

Turkey Trot/Snowman Shuffle

Winners

December

2011

5^th Grade

First Place:

Natalie Ungaretti

Shawn Stone

Second Place:

Gordon Anderson

Natalia Nikolic

Third Place:

Taka Dwairo

Claire Tousignant

4^th Grade

First Place:

William Vejcik

Claudia Celio

Second Place:

Danny Lingen

Alexis Schulman

Third Place:

Noah Schwartz

Madeline Wilkie

3^rd Grade

First Place:

Lucille Henry

Owen Arnold

Second Place:

Keenan White

Shannon Johnson

Third Place:

Sophie Bessell

Tyler Chodera

The Physical Education Department here at Holmes would like to thank all of the staff, administrators, PTO and dedicated parent volunteers who made our extended version of the Turkey Trot/ (Snowman Shuffle) another great success.

The Holmes P.E. department would also like to thank the manager of Jewel-Osco at 7525 W. Lake Street of River Forest, IL; the manager of Jewel-Osco at 7036 Roosevelt Road of Oak Park, IL, and Mr. Dave Ecton manager of Dominicks at 259 Lake Street of Oak Park, IL for each of their gift card donations of $20.

Mr. David Williams

  Holmes School

Physical Education