Girls On The Run: WOW!

First of all, THANK YOU for all the interest in getting your girls involved in a self esteem program that builds a fun, healthy foundation for fitness and overall wellness!

We’ve heard that most locations have to start with only 4-5 girls, which we were perfectly fine with and expected given we didn’t have much time to get the word out.

But guess what… We maxed out at 20 girls!

IN FACT…. we had to get another coach!

We are so excited!! The reason for the maximum number of girls is that the program promotes bonding, providing the girls with a safe space to share & encourage and of course physical safety & supervision while running.

If you have signed up, a welcome participant letter has gone out via your registered email addresses soon!  Please check your spam and junk folders if you haven’t received something. Practices start on Tuesday, February 15th.

If you have any questions, please email Reggie reggiedw7@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Coach Reggie

Assistant Coaches: Tawny & Tammy

Girls on The Run: Registration Closed

First of all, see the newer post with details about our new GOTR team and closed registration.  But keep reading so that you can sign up when the next season opens!

What is “Girls on the Run?”

We are extremely excited to announce that “Girls on the Run” is being brought to our community!  “Girls on the Run” is a national, life-changing, non-profit prevention program, and we are inviting all girls from grades 3rd- 5th to participate.

The vision of “Girls on the Run” is a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams. In order to accomplish this, our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

Girls on the Run is a transformational physical activity based positive youth development program.  We will teach life skills through dynamic, interactive lessons and running games. The program culminates with the girls being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5k running event. The goal of the program is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness.

Girls on the Run of the DFW Metroplex is an Independent Council of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of over 200 councils across the United States and Canada.

Details for Argyle Participants:

Meet Days:  The specific meeting times are still TBD, and are flexible to the needs of your families.  Our goal is to find a way to make it possible for all girls who desire or need this outlet to have it!  We believe whole-heartedly in the importance of combining physical, mental and emotional wellness, especially during these developmental pre-teen years, which is exactly what this program does!  We plan to meet directly after school for 1.5 hours, 2 days per week.  Practices will start the week of February 16th, and our first 5K will be Saturday, April 30th in Grand Prairie.

What Happens When We Meet?

We will talk about friendship, kindness, healthy eating, exercise and so much more.  And of course we will be running toward our goal of competing in local 5K races.  All fitness levels are welcome, from girls who have never participated in sports, to those who are active everyday.  We will work with the individual’s current abilities and fitness level.

How Do I Sign My Runner Up?  

Please click here to enroll.  The cost is $150.00 and the fee includes all classes, program t-shirt, 5K registration fee for GOTR participant and end of season celebration.

This is truly an opportunity for all of our girls to bond, shine and grow in true love, light and health!  Reggie Dattilo Wojtal (coach) and Tawny Hurst (assistant) are ecstatic to guide, instruct and most importantly CHEER your girls on as they reach their goals!  Please feel free to contact us at the email addresses below with questions:

Coach Reggie: reggiedw7@gmail.com

Assistant Coach Tawny: tawnypaxton@gmail.com

Hilltop Healthy Lunch Series Week 2: Primary Food

This week we talked with kids about other important activities and aspects of their daily lives OTHER than food.  We helped them to understand that eating is not an “activity we do” out of boredom, anger, sadness, etc.  We eat to nourish our bodies, but we can also “fill up” by being a good friend and family member, exercising, relaxing with a book or quiet time and showing gratitude.  Attached you will find a handout you can review with your child about primary food.

• Primary Food Week 2 Handout

Also, a BIG thank you to Country Lakes Dental for sponsoring our series and providing the fabulous prizes the kids get so excited about!

Hilltop Healthy Lunch Series: Session 1 Review

First things first…

We are only visiting with grades 1st- 4th for now.  Please keep in mind we REALLY want to get wellness information in front of our students, but don’t want to make it difficult or time consuming for the parents OR teachers and staff.  So, squeezing this 10 minutes into their lunch periods once a week is a great option!

But if you do have a few spare minutes,

please review the handouts we share with your child so that you know what they’re learning, and how you can help them achieve their wellness goals!!

So…

WE HAD SESSION 1 OF our Hilltop Healthy Lunch Series last week!! The kids really listened, we had some brave volunteers (who received awesome prizes as a reward!) and we hope they left lunch with a better understanding of what WHOLE FOODS really are! Our CHALLENGE for them was to come up with a plan for incorporating more whole foods into their diet each day and bring that plan/ goal back to us this week, and specifically we challenged them to sub one packaged food out for for a veggie, fruit or nut/seed such as raw unsalted almonds, cashews or sunflower seeds.

AND,

we are not telling them that packaged foods are always bad, but that they should be limited in general daily, and also limited to the suggested serving size. We talked a lot about how your body understand and knows what to do with whole foods, so your hunger/full signals work better.  With packaged foods, we tend to feel hungry after one serving and go back for more.  

Coming up…

We will be back on Wednesday to talk about creativity, exercise, relationships with family and friends… and how ALL of this promotes wellness!

Here is a handout

to go with last week’s material if you would like to share with your kiddos or review yourself.

Whole Foods Week 1 Hilltop Healthy

UNPLUGGED!!! THIS THURSDAY

Hilltop PTA Presents:

Electronic Free Family Fun

Thursday May 21^st  5:30 – 7:30

Hilltop Elementary

Board Games, Bingo, Garden Time, Hilltop Healthy, Aerobics, Pilates, Art with Ms. Ruestman and  kick ball with the Watch Dogs

&

Dinner Available from Denton Famous Food Truck

The Lean Machine (food offered from 5:30pm- 7:00pm)

http://www.leanmachinedenton.com

Upcoming Events: Halloween & “Dads and Kids” Night

Halloween:

Although we do not have official halloween parties in class, Hilltop Healthy will have an event called “The Goulish Schoolhouse” during lunch on Halloween day.  This should be a fun and healthy way to celebrate the day!

“Dads and Kids” Pizza Night Event:

Tuesday, November 5th, 6:00pm- 7:00pm.  FREE Pizza with a Watch D.O.G.S. presentation.  Watch your folders for flyer with sign up.  Turn in the registration and mark your calendars!

Have a great week!