Welcome Western District IAHPERD members! Right now we are putting together our newsletter. We'd like to include variuos lessons on different games/activities. If you have one, two, or more you'd like to share - PLEASE e-mail them to me. Thank you! Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, April 29th at 5:30pm in Quincy at Pizza Hut; please join us!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR IAHPERD AWARD WINNERS!!!
2009 IAHPERD President - Peggy Pryor ... Quincy Sr. High School
2009 VP for Kids - Ken Mansell ... Ellington Elementary
2008 Young Professional Teacher of the Year - Jen Oitker ... Baldwin Intermediate School
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR QUARTER CENTURY AWARD WINNERS!!!
Lucy Elliott Debra Reznicek Susan Venturi-Johnson
We also handed out our Convention Cash and some T-shirts to some lucky winners! Our Winners at last year's convention were randomly drawn out of a box and included:
Tracy Eisenhauer, Joe Gallarado, Carroll Hickenbottom, Doug Johnson, Joe Lee, Ken Mansell, Peggy Pryor, Jim Raabe, Eileen Shoup, & Karen. Congratulations to everyone!
Western District Members and Friends,
I can't believe that the school year is almost into December. I can remember the first couple of school weeks thinking that the sun and warm weather will be here for a long time to come. Yet, was I wrong! With the winds changing, we will all soon be indoors! I don’t think I am quite ready for sweat pants and long sleeve shirts!! As the school year keeps plugging along, I know that each and everyone of you will be doing the same.
The 2008-2009 school year has already been VERY busy for all of us and I don't think it will slow down at all now that we are moving our students and equipment into the gym! With that said, I would like you all to take a quick minute to jot down or make mental notes of a few things that are coming up very quickly. Don’t forget, even though our IAHPERD Convention has wrapped up, there are other conventions on the horizons! We have the midstate conference, as well as, the conference at SIU. Each workshop that you attend may give you that extra spark or a great idea to add into your curriculum! Look over the programs carefully and find out which workshop will fit you the best!
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me! As PE teachers, we are our best resource!! Thank you for all the hard work you do to keep our kids safe and healthy! Have a great 2008-2009 school year!!!
Jennifer Oitker
President
Western District IAHPERD
Childhood Obesity Epidemic Costly In Many Ways
1. The average 10-year-old girl weighed 77 pounds in 1963; today, 88. The 10-year-old boy weighed 74; today, 85.
2. A 2006 study tracking 2,000 low-income children in 20 cities found that a third were overweight or obese
before the age of 4. Most at risk: Hispanics.
3. Even more than smoking or drinking, says a UCLA/Rand study, obesity triggers significant health problems and
increases health spending.
4. Children and teens consumed 110 to 165 more calories than they burned each day over a 10-year period,
adding up to 58 pounds of extra weight, according to a Harvard University study.
5. 2 percent of U.S. children eat a healthy diet as defined by the Agriculture Department.
6. "Husky" car seats were developed several years ago. More than 250,000 children younger than 6 exceeded
the weight standards for regular car seats in 2006.
7. Soft-drink consumption has increased 300 percent in 20 years and is the leading source of added sugars for
adolescents.
8. 25 percent of all vegetables eaten in the United States are french fries or chips.
9. 25 percent of all Americans eat fast food at least once a day.
10. Americans consume 20 percent more calories than a generation ago; most come from fats and oils (up 63%),
grains (up 43%) and sugar (up 19%).
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ADVOCACY:
You can find your state representative and senator and their contact numbers at www.ilga.gov
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DO YOU KNOW A GOOD TEACHER?
THEN WE NEED YOUR HELP!
At the state convention, IAHPERD recognizes numerous award winners. Do you know an outstanding individual in the professional fields of Physical, Health, Dance, Adapted or Leisure Education? Recognize these people by nominating them for Teacher of the Year (TOY). These awards are given in recognition of outstanding instructional performance for elementary, middle, and secondary school physical education as well as in adapted, dance, health, and leisure education. Elected individuals have shown their great ability to motivate today's youth to participate in a lifetime of physical activity.
An FYI; anyone can nominate an outstanding teacher. You can nominate anyone, as long as the individual is eligible for the respective award. To check requirements and perhaps nominate someone in the future, check out the applications located on the IAHPERD main web site.
To download applications for any of the awards below; click HERE
(A) Elementary Physical Educator (B) Middle School Physical Educator
(C) Secondary Physical Educator (D) Health Educator (E) Dance Educator
(F) Service Award & (G) Honor Award
Join our Mailing List:
Located now on the IAHPERD Web site: Just click on the IAHPERD Tab atop the page and click on Western District. Once you plug in your e-mail address, you'll receive periodic updates on what's happening within Western District and IAHPERD.
Notes:
If you send me someone's name and e-mail address, I will include them in our e-mails for Western District. Thanks again for visiting our web site.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Oitker
President Western District
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