Encore 7 Team News
Matt Spellman, Team Leader & Phys. Ed. Teacher
Kim Allen, Art Teacher
Pat Ritchie, Work & Family Life Teacher
Audie Atienza, Health Teacher 

The Work and Family Life classes will be   completing the pillow projects, so look for these masterpieces to come home around the end of October.  The students will be involved in various activities to give them skills in making small clothing repairs such as fixing ripped seams and sewing on a button securely.  Mrs. Ritchie would like to thank the    parents for their support with getting the cloth and stuffing supplies  to school in such a timely manner.  Preparation leads to a quality product.

Health education classes have been finishing up the three parts to one’s good health (social, physical, mental/emotional). They are currently learning about proper nutrition. What is a calorie? What types of exercise burn the most calories? These topics will lead us into our next unit on exercise.

Mr. Spellman’s Physical Education    students have been playing softball, soccer and football outside during the wonderful Fall weather. With Winter approaching they will begin our indoor units of volleyball, basketball, badminton, floor hockey, pickle-ball and shuffleboard.

Mrs. Allen’s seventh grade Art students have been busy working on their drawing skills, incorporating pattern and texture into a pleasing composition. Students have also mastered their sculpting skills with clay; watch for those projects to come home soon. We still have a lot more projects to do in a short amount of time. All art projects that have not been sent home already will come home at the end of the semester in January.  All seventh grade first semester art students participated in the annual Safety Kids Poster/Calendar Contest sponsored by the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office. Congratulations to Kayla and Domi, who had winning poster designs in this year’s contest. Winners will receive gift cards to Borders or Best Buy for their efforts. Winning poster designs will also be printed in calendars that will be distributed throughout Summit County.

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