March 7th, 2016 The News of Southwest Middle School Some Southwest teachers are using competition to get healthier. On February 26th, about 20 teachers signed up for a wellness chal- lenge. The Teacher Wellness Challenge was started years ago by Bren to motivate herself and her fellow teachers to lose weight and live healthier. Teachers compete against each other in a set of two separate competitions. The first one is the wellness competition. Teachers gain points each day if they sleep seven hours, have five servings of fruits and vegetables, take 10,000 steps a day or exercise 30 minutes, read, and drink 64 ounces of water. The teacher with the most points wins a small prize at the end of the first competi- tion. The second competition lasts until the final day of school. The teachers keep track of the percent- age of weight they lose at the end of each month and add the totals of all the percentages together at the end. The teacher with the most percentage lost wins that competition and receives a large prize. Smaller prizes are given out as well for the most lost each month. One of the previous competition’s competitors and second place winner, Sara Skillman, said, “I take part in the competition to set a good example for my students.” Skillman said that her favorite part about taking part in the Teacher Wellness Competition is “it builds comradery and accountability. You get to meet new teachers and work towards a goal together.” Skillman, Bren, and 20 others will be competing in both challenges this year. By Ocean Eberlein, Avalon Gayton, Wyatt Noonan, and Jaydon Rogers Southwest Ready to Save Lives By Izzi Arguello, Brendan Flack, Megan Gisi, Tyler Nielson, and Dawson Segrist Recently there was a class held at Southwest Middle School for the teachers and staff. Those who attended learned adult, child, and infant CPR as well as how to respond to a choking vic- tim. Using an AED (automated external defibrillator) for adults and children was also taught. There were 17 people at the training held at Southwest. Eighth grade math teacher Crystal McMachen attended the class. She stated, “CPR is so important that I believe everyone should learn it. It was a great opportunity to have the class here at Southwest.” The CPR class was organized and taught by Michael Frost. Frost is college student at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. He is a third year medical student who is working on obtaining his MD. He is also a certified American Heart Association BLS/CPR instructor. He hopes that through offering CPR classes that all college graduates will be CPR certified. All to- gether Frost and his classmates have been able to train about 150 staff members in the RCAS district. In total Frost has taught 13 clas- ses. He has held classes at Stevens and Central High Schools; East, West, and Southwest Middle Schools; South Park, Grandview, Val- ley View, Pinedale, South Canyon, Robbinsdale, Horace Mann, Knollwood, and Canyon Lake Elementary Schools. After the staff are trained, Frost and his classmates can help the school staff teach CPR to the students. He said, “The more individuals in a community that know CPR, the better off a community will be. Time is crucial when a person’s heart stops. The faster a trained individual can start high quality compressions and use an AED correctly, the better the chance that patient has of surviving.” P.E. teacher Scott Sebbo said he would like South Dakota lawmakers to pass a law requiring all teachers to be certified for CPR and sixth through eighth grade student to be taught and certified as well. Wellness Competition Page 1
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March 7th, 2016
The News of Southwest Middle School
Some Southwest teachers are using competition to get healthier. On February 26th, about 20 teachers signed up for a wellness chal-
lenge. The Teacher Wellness Challenge was started years ago by Bren to motivate herself and her fellow teachers to lose weight and
live healthier. Teachers compete against each other in a set of two separate competitions. The first one is the wellness competition.
Teachers gain points each day if they sleep seven hours, have five servings of fruits and vegetables, take 10,000 steps a day or exercise
30 minutes, read, and drink 64 ounces of water. The teacher with the most points wins a small prize at the end of the first competi-
tion. The second competition lasts until the final day of school. The teachers keep track of the percent-
age of weight they lose at the end of each month and add the totals of all the percentages together at the
end. The teacher with the most percentage lost wins that competition and receives a large prize. Smaller
prizes are given out as well for the most lost each month.
One of the previous competition’s competitors and second place winner, Sara Skillman, said,
“I take part in the competition to set a good example for my students.” Skillman said that her favorite
part about taking part in the Teacher Wellness Competition is “it builds comradery and accountability.
You get to meet new teachers and work towards a goal together.” Skillman, Bren, and 20 others will be
competing in both challenges this year.
By Ocean Eberlein, Avalon Gayton, Wyatt Noonan, and Jaydon Rogers
Southwest Ready to Save Lives By Izzi Arguello, Brendan Flack, Megan Gisi, Tyler Nielson, and Dawson
Segrist
Recently there was a class held at Southwest Middle School for the teachers and staff. Those
who attended learned adult, child, and infant CPR as well as how to respond to a choking vic-
tim. Using an AED (automated external defibrillator) for adults and children was also taught.
There were 17 people at the training held at Southwest. Eighth grade math teacher Crystal
McMachen attended the class. She stated, “CPR is so important that I believe everyone should
learn it. It was a great opportunity to have the class here at Southwest.”
The CPR class was organized and taught by Michael Frost. Frost is college student at the University of South Dakota Sanford
School of Medicine. He is a third year medical student who is working on obtaining his MD. He is also a certified American Heart
Association BLS/CPR instructor. He hopes that through offering CPR classes that all college graduates will be CPR certified. All to-
gether Frost and his classmates have been able to train about 150 staff members in the RCAS district. In total Frost has taught 13 clas-
ses. He has held classes at Stevens and Central High Schools; East, West, and Southwest Middle Schools; South Park, Grandview, Val-
ley View, Pinedale, South Canyon, Robbinsdale, Horace Mann, Knollwood, and Canyon Lake Elementary Schools.
After the staff are trained, Frost and his classmates can help the school staff teach CPR to the students. He said, “The more
individuals in a community that know CPR, the better off a community will be. Time is crucial when a person’s heart stops. The faster
a trained individual can start high quality compressions and use an AED correctly, the better the chance that patient has of surviving.”
P.E. teacher Scott Sebbo said he would like South Dakota lawmakers to pass a law requiring all teachers to be certified for
CPR and sixth through eighth grade student to be taught and certified as well.