Group 7 (?) Update

Martin Ryder, Kyle Hufford, and Matt Graf

I'm not sure if we're Group 7, but I think we can all agree that we're pretty much awesome.

Anyways, we haven't been blogging our group updates (oops), so here goes nothing.

We're working with Yorktown because they have proven to be very accommodating. Mary Watkins is an angel sent from Heaven. She put us in touch with two people working two different water-related programs.

First, there is the PE teacher Sandy Lounsbury. Yorktown was in a little trouble because they have an old building and there aren't enough water fountains. They came up with a creative compromise: sell water and gatorade to students during PE. Then they put all the profits back into Wellness programs. They were able to use the profits to buy a climbing wall for the students. When we visit her on Tuesday morning, Sandy will be able to give us tons of information about the program and should be able to provide students, as well, with signed release forms!

Then there is the art teacher Marcy Mackey. She was having trouble with the after school art club meetings. They were getting all jacked up on caffeine and sugar and things were getting out of control. So she banned pop. Now they can only bring water, gatorade, or fruit juice to meetings. Everything is working out much better now. The school also implemented this policy for the after school Homework Help program. We'll be talking with Marcy on Thursday afternoon.

So we have two programs at Yorktown to focus on. Does that make us awesome students? Well, I hate to answer since my opinion might be perceived as biased, but, yes, that does make us awesome students. At the very least. We'll take our virtual bows now. Thank you.