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Hamilton/Wenham 

6-12 WELLNESS EDUCATION  Fall 2013 Newsletter 

Created and written by:

Kim Adsit, Matt Gauron,

Connie Hoar, Jim LaSelva, Danie

Petrucci, Prudy Pilkanis, Josh

Wedge & Julia Witzig

Wellness Education offerings:Gr. 6-8 Physical Education

Gr. 6-8 Life Skills

Gr. 9 Health/Physical Education

Gr. 10 Adventure Education

Gr. 11 Health Education

Gr 12 Competitive Games

Gr. 12 Wellness Education

Chefs I & II

Retail & Design I & II

Child Development

@HW_Wellness

@MilesRiverPE

@MRMS_LifeSkills

@MattGauron

@jwitzighwhs

THANK YOU EDFUND

FOR ALL YOUR

 SUPPORT OVER THE 

YEARS 

(see page 5)

Welcome Ms. Julia WitzigOur new Family Consumer Science teacher Ms. Julia Witzig will be teac 

Chefs, Retail & Design and Child Development classes.

Ms. Witzig comes to Hamilton Wenham Regional High School from Wilmin 

School in Wilmington Massachusetts. Prior to teaching in Wilmington, M 

worked at Masconomet Regional Middle School for two and a half years. He 

will be teaching the classes in Child Development, Retail & Design and Chefs

Ms. Witzig graduated from Western Connecticut State University in  

Connecticut with a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Promotion Studie 

currently pursuing a Master's degree in Education from Salem State University

She has coached softball and field hockey at Masconomet Regional High Sc 

the past four years. While at Western Connecticut, Ms. Witzig was a membe 

Varsity softball team as an outfielder and middle infielder for three years. A 

from Triton Regional High School in Byfield Massachusetts, she was a memb 

varsity softball teams for four years. In addition to high school and college 

Ms. Witzig played seven years of Junior Olympic Softball and also coached 

Olympic softball team.

Welcome Back Ms. Danielle PetrucMs. Danielle Petrucci has returned to the middle school Life Skills positi 

comes along with 8 years teaching experience and a Master of Education 

Health/Family & Consumer Science from Cambridge College and Organ Management from Endicott College. Danielle's main goal is to help increas 

academic and lifelong achievements with skill development, high order 

Service Learning, and self actualization. We are excited to have Danielle bac 

of our team!

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Burns 100 Calories

● 40 Jumping Jacks

● 30 V-Ups● 20 Squat Jumps

● 10 Burpees

NOVEMBER 

FITNESSGRAM

ASSESSMENT

MS PE WEBSITE:https://sites.google.com/site/milesriverpe/

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From Mrs. Adsit and Mr. Wedge, Middle Scho 

Physical EducationWonderful fall weather allowed our Miles River PE classes to spend most of  

outside playing soccer, flag football, capture the flag, and team handball to 

year.All three grade levels are learning muscles groups and specific exercises that t 

muscles. Muscle groups have included the hamstrings, abdominals, biceps an 

We are currently practicing fitness circuits to prepare our classes for their f 

tests. Our fitness tests are borrowed from the   FitnessGram  and consist of c 

(abdominal), push-ups (upper body) and the Pacer (cardio). Following a few 

weeks, and a practice of all three tests, our students analyzed their personal fitn 

and set “challenging but attainable” goals for themselves prior to testing.  

students will be tested over the two weeks in November leading up to Thanksgi

Visit our PE website to see new photos of our class 

https://sites.google.com/site/milesriverpe/   or follow us on Twitter @MilesR 

keep up with what is going on in our program.

From Miss Hoar

The 9th Grade Wellness classes are engaged in ongoing lessons in how to 

and sustain their personal target heart rate training zones. In health  

students’ calculate low, medium and high intensity levels of their work 

 percentages of their personal target heart rate. Students then make conne 

these findings in the gym with differentiated endurance activities. Examp 

activities are jumping rope, jogging, speed walking and working ou 

cardio-fitness equipment. In addition, the students have developed sm 

activities to get their heart rate elevated safely. Examples of these acti 

volleyball, basketball, four square and other endurance exercises. Also, v 

of the muscular skeletal system and cardiovascular system has been a focu 

class. The course began with developing organizational skill building a 

freshmen and discussing ways to cope with stress in group role plays activ 

classroom.

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Fitness & Nutrition

@FlTNESS

How many people do you know

who make fitness & health a

serious part of their lives? Double

hat, surround yourself withmotivated people!

From Mrs. PilkanisOver-arching goal: How can I stay physically, socially and emotionally

Juniors/Seniors: The juniors and seniors have had numerous guest spea

throughout the fall semester. Sue Howland, School Adjustment Counciland intern Darcy Borowitz spoke with students about stress and transitions

during their senior year. Junior students worked with Rebecca Steinberg

School Adjustment Counselor, discussing healthy and unhealthy relation

Another guest speaker shared her family’s experience with dating violenc

discussed with students how to help someone who is in an unhealthy

relationship.

Students have created and revised personal fitness plans to include a

well-balanced and individualized work-out while meeting their own fitnes

and interests.

Grade 10

Field Trip to Appleton Farms: Students have been working on building

community within the class and respect for all learners. In September and

October, my Outdoor Education classes were able to apply these goals in

walking field trip to Appleton Farms. Students participated in Outdoor 

Education games and helped the farm by working in the fields. Catherine

Donovan, Food Service Director, joined us in October. We brought back

some of our harvest and the kitchen staff  cooked the vegetables and made

salad so students could experience freshly picked vegetables – it was delic

Appleton Farms provided us with a wonderful educational experience bey

the school walls into the community at large. Students have been climbinthe outdoor elements since September and these learning experiences ha

 provided them with numerous opportunities to develop their leadership sk

while continuing to work on building a respectful community.

Grade 9

Guest Speaker: Ms. Sue Howland, School Adjustment Counselor, has

spoken to the class on two different occasions concerning stress and depre

She shared coping strategies to deal with stress and depression, ideas on h

have a smooth transition to the High School and resources students can tap

if they are having difficulties within their lives.

As one of the teachers in the iPad pilot program, I have had the studentsutilizing the iPads in a variety of ways. Students have researched health t

analyzed information and created presentations utilizing such apps as

BookCreator to share their knowledge with their peers. Students have

created their own personal fitness plans incorporating a wide variety o

apps to meet their individual fitness levels and interests. Natalie Morriso

Librarian, will be working with the class over the next few weeks on the

She will be teaching students additional research skills to help them evalua

interpret information and then synthesize this information into a presentati

utilizing the app, ExplainEverything.

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Students Participating in

Belay School

From Mr. Gauron

Outdoor Adventure Education is the theme for our sophomores here at

Hamilton-Wenham and students have just taken a giant step in building trus

developing leadership skills. Students have now taken the primary role in th

and well-being on the challenge course. See the belay teams belaying 2 stud

climbers on the Cat Walk.

11th graders - have been focussing on life long fitness. Using up to date tec

student have had the opportunity to develop an understanding of how to set

reach one’s heart rate training zone, design and implement various strength

work outs, improve flexability, and foster better eating habits through nutrit

education.

12th graders - have had the unique opportunity to choose one of 2 course of

Students have been given the privledge to choose Competitive Games or W

Education. Both offerings have a similar goal in mind. That is to foster com

latest fitness techniques along with choosing lifelong activities.

Fitness & Nutrition @FlTNESS

Make this week the week to make all your own food? No eating out at all. P

 prepare to succeed

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From Mr. LaSelva

Grade 10

My sophomore classes had come a long way from the ground level initiativ

are now climbing and belaying each other learning and developing our 

communication and leadership skills

Grade 12 Classes

This Fall I have had the privilege to work with two distinctively differen 

seniors. One is Competitive Games and the other is Wellness Education. A 

imagine, the dynamics and chemistry of each class is immeasurably di 

equally enjoyable as an educator. The Competitive Games students tru 

 participating in team sports and even archery. The Wellness Education 

enjoy participating in Yoga and walking the track. A special thanks to Mr 

Mr. Tracy and Mr. Menegoni for allowing us to meet the course requirem 

 provide our students with the opportunity to choose their Grade 12 

experience.

Guest Speakers Welcome

The Wellness Education Department is

eeking those individuals that possessexperience and careers in: nutrition, culina

arts, fitness, health/medical, legal and

prevention to be a guest speaker in one of 

our 6-12 Wellness courses.

Please contact Wellness Curriculum Leade

im LaSelva at 978.468.0464

THANK YOU EDFUND

The Wellness Education Department is extremely grateful for the opportuni

the EDFUND has provided for our all of students and for our program. Fromhelp of the EDFUND we have enhanced our fitness room and adventure ed

challenge course.

  Fitness Bikes $ 4,380.00

  Pre-Core Climbers $ 7,090.00

  Adventure Course $13,827.60

  TOTAL: $25,297.60