Badminton Champs Are Crowned!

The badminton tournament is over, here are your champions...

1st Hour

Marina Chitpasong & Dylan "3D" DesLauriers

2nd Hour

Chance Behne & Alyssa Monette

Hour 3

Brianna Westrup & Thomas Hopkins

4th Hour

Simone London & Jacob Hall

Badminton Week!

This is truly a crazy week in our school, especially for Mr. R.    Here is the rundown...

Arts & Academic showcase night is Tuesday.  Be sure to check out the health education display across from the district office

The baseball program begins practice this week, so Mr. R. has his hands full with that one!

Spring break is next week, so focus can be a challenge this week!

Finally, Mr. R's wife has 3 tests this week in her college classes, so guess who gets to hang out with dad a whole bunch...

Here she is, Rockee & her make a pretty cool team!

By the way, the 6th grade classes are participating in a three day badminton tournament this week.  Badminton is a very popular global activity, here are a few action shots I found via google images...     

 

And of course, I need to include the Vitamin Water commercial with Brian Urlacher & Big Papi!

We are concluding on unit on personal health this week, so be sure to hand in all study guides by Friday if possible!

The computer assignment this week (on Friday) will be on goal setting, so be ready to share 2 long-term & 4 corresponding short-term goals.

Health Question of the Week...

According to Lance Armstrong's website "LiveStrong.com", what are the three most common mental health disorders? 

Mushball Tourney Champs Are Crowned!

1st Hour Champs:  RaeLynn Stangel & Dylan "3D" DesLauriers

2nd Hour Champs:  Mick Davison & Trystin Gruber

3rd Hour Champs:  Michalie Zilmer & Tana Cano 

4th Hour Champs:  Jake Schumacher & Brooklyn Sanderson

Mushball Week!

Phy. Ed. students are participating in a mushball tournament this week.  Mushball is a hybrid game that I used to play as a high school student.  The game is a combination of ping-pong, badminton, & tennis.  Here are some action shots of mushball...

Dylan "Captain Chaos" Stetter & Mr. Peterson make a pretty tough team!

Tournament partners Max & Brooklyn practice between matches.

Bennie takes on two players every game!

Kasey & Nick plotting strategy in their match

CJ & Caitlin watch a ball land in between them.

What motivates you?

There are many different theories about the topic of motivation.  I remember a professor from college that stated to our class "Nobody can motivate you, but a seed can be planted that pushes you to do great things."  I believe that motivation is all about having confidence in yourself, & a belief that you can respond to an external challenge. 

Here are some things in my life that act as motivators for me...

My Dad & especially my Mom pushed me very hard to do well in school.

My Wife motivates me to work hard every day, & to be a good husband.

My little girl Maiya motivates me to take care of myself & to live healthy.

My current & former baseball players motivate me to be the best coach I can be.

What motivates you?

Question of the week: 
Who is the head of the Minnesota Department of Health?  & What is the address of the headquarters?