Week Nine

This week, Katie and I had one practice on Wednesday with the girls due to Presidents Day. Our lesson this week was about how we all have STAR POWER and what makes our star inside of us shine. We did imagination activities about how clouds can cover our star, but the point was that the star is still shinning regardless of what is in front of it.  We did some fun activities with the girls and they trained for their 5k. Some girls met their goals and some did not. We have many pictures of the girls at practice, but we do not have permission to post them on our blogs or FRA twitter. We talked to Karen and made a permission slip for the girls to take home and have their parents to check off whether we have permission or not.  We are waiting to hear back from the parents before we start posting pictures of their daughters. We sent an email to the girls’ parents that included a form asking if we can post pictures of their daughter and asked them to return the form at our next practice. We are hoping all of the parents will sign the flyer, so we can post pictures on our blog. We are currently learning the next lesson for our practice on this coming Monday.

Girls on the Run is so much fun! Girls on the Run is #1!

Week Eight

This past week Sheila and I had our first practice on Monday, February 13, 2017 and our second practice on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. At our first practice we played name games, came up with our season expectations, bonding exercises, lessons about our uniqueness and taught the girls how to set goals and filled out identity cards. The second practice, we reflected on what we learned last practice, reviewed names, had a lesson on life traits that we are confident in and life traits that we are challenging ourselves to work on in our daily lives. Currently, we are preparing for our next practice which is on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 and learning the lesson that goes with it. Before the next practice, Sheila and I will study the next lesson which will build on the last lesson. We will set up before the girls get there on Wednesday. We will not have practice on Monday due to Presidents Day. We will also make copies of the handouts the girls need for that practice.

Week Seven

This week Katie and I accomplished the CPR and First Aid Training portion online. We also have completed the in person skills test where we showed our skills on practice dummies with Mrs. Goldthorpe. On Thursday we held a meeting with Brenda Huff, Karen White, Aubrey Spaeth, and Allison Self. During our meeting, we discussed the essentials to our first Girls on the Run practice on Monday. We discussed the dress code for every practice, the snacks for the girls, the water bottle situations, and the transportation for middle school to get to the lower school. We also got our coaches box, which contains the lessons for 10 weeks, gift card for the snacks, some lessons supplies, and a first aid kit . We are currently learning the first lesson because the first practice is on Monday (2/9) and we are also going to go and buy some supplies. Super excited for day one

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