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HOYA II
August/September 2021
We were so excited to have had a few moments relief from the wonderful hot weather on our first day of class. Believe it or not, we had a great snowball fight. Each student wrote 2-3 interesting facts about themselves on a piece of paper, made “snowballs” by crunching them together. After everyone threw the snowballs for several minutes in the classroom we then had to guess which person the snowball belonged to. We learned a lot about each other.
Students also put their first “donation” to our Positivity Treasure Bin. This is the polar opposite of a swear jar. Students will add something positive that happened during their day at least bi-monthly and we will review these at the end of each semester. In the past few years, especially, it is too easy to emphasize the negatives in the daily grind and this is a way to “choose your attitude” and find goodness in our lives.
Every month beginning the first week of October students will be working on educating others about different disease processes and health concerns by researching and presenting their chosen topics via a physical bulletin board and via a Google slides presentation. The group project will enhance teamwork, communication, and time management. Breast Cancer Awareness is the first topic.
In the next 2 weeks we will focus on some health and wellness, self-care activities to help minimize the stress of a chaotic senior year. There will be a personalized self-care challenge. The tactics they learn will be things that the students will be able to utilize throughout their lives.