HBOE wins week #13, Who will win Thanksgiving week?

After Edgewood enjoyed the first victory of the season, the HBOE team claimed the title of WEEKLY WINNER.  This week of Patriot Points is the week that includes Thanksgiving.  How did you do in your effort to enjoy time with family and also focus on fitness? Are you feeling a little STUFFED after those extra trips to the fridge for leftovers?  If that describes your current situation, do yourself a favor and get back on track this week.  Don't allow Thanksgiving eating to carry over to the weeks preceding Christmas and into the New Year.

A group of employees are competing using FitBits to add accountability and a little competition to fitness.  During the 5 days of Thanksgiving work week, Joel Henneke  completed 92, 791 steps and earned the title as Workweek Hustle Champion.  He averaged a little over 9 miles of movement per day!  If you see Joel, you may have to walk with him to talk with him.  One of his strategies includes walking with his wife, spending quality time-walking and talking.  How many hours do you spend staring at a TV or a computer while your spouse does the same thing?  We could also strategically include walking at work.  How about a "MOVING MEETING"?  Is there a chance your department or grade level meeting this week could include a 15 minute walking segment?  Make adjustments to the old way of thinking, be progressive in how you approach wellness.  Change your daily habits to healthy habits.

GET MOVING AND KEEP MOVING.

Movement Movie, Edgewood Wins, Holiday/Eating Season Challenge

Click HERE for a glimpse at what your co-workers get done- "All In A Day's Work".  Employees from all of our schools and HBOE prove that wellness in the workplace will empower you to be your very best.

Edgewood is our WEEK #12 PPC winner.  Congratulations for battling to the top of the leaderboard and winning the trophy.  Post those points weekly, the Big Scoreboard is what matters most and this event is a marathon not a sprint.

Current Big Scoreboard Status.
1st Place-HHS
2nd Place-SCES
3rd Place-HBOE
4th Place-EES
5th Place-HMS
6th Place-HKES

Holiday/Eating Season- Former HHS football coach, Bob Newton, described the time between Halloween and Christmas as "The Eating Season".  After retirement, Coach Newton, decided to make some lifestyle changes to allow him to enjoy retirement and stay active.  He started with our Spinning program, progressed to completing 5K's and now is a dedicated CrossFitter and IronTribe athlete.  During the EATING SEASON this year, I challenge you to enjoy food but also add some FITNESS.  Starting on Thanksgiving Day, every day until New Years Day, you have the option to walk or run 10 minutes daily or complete one of the following:
100 Situps
100 Pushups
50 Burpees
100 Mountain Climbers

Enjoy Thanksgiving and be sure to KEEP MOVING!

Turkey Tabata

The A Team will meet at HHS weight room for this workout on Thursday 11/20 at 4pm. Join us in person or virtually (on your own at home)

20 seconds work: 10 seconds rest

4 rounds

1 minute rest

of the following 

One leg squats- switch per 20 seconds

V-ups

Burpees or sit-ups

Box jumps or Step-ups 

Count every rep and email your results (Total reps) to me. Employee with highest rep total will win an awesome training T- shirt from The Movement.  

#NoExcusesNoah

PLEASE TAKE 2 MINUTES AND WATCH THIS

 Click Here

HCS employees have the opportunity to listen to Noah and his story on Nov. 24th, noon-12:30pm.  I've heard from a lot of you who have decided to listen to this special guest speaker.  I am grateful that you will take the 30 minutes during Professional Development to listen to his message.  I know it will be a moving experience in an emotional way and will inspire us to be our very best.  If you haven't emailed me to let me know you will be there, please do so as soon as possible. 

For the first time in PPC history, HHS scored a perfect 24 points on the Big Scoreboard with a huge win for week #11.  As a reminder the categories in the PPC are:

• Highest employee participation
• Improvement in employee participation
• Average Patriot Points per individual
• Improvement in average of Patriot Points per individual

Have an awesome week and Keep Moving.

5,282 MILES!!!

Congratulations to the 34 employees who competed in our 3rd Annual Walktober Challenge. The Movement enjoyed a record breaking year  for mileage and participation.  Genie Christian set a personal goal to beat her best from year one, which she accomplished.  As a team we covered the distance of 5,282 miles which is ACROSS THE UNITED STATES and back!!!!  Below are our top 10 finishers.  If you haven't completed your Christmas list, please consider a FitBit or other tracking device.  We have a solid group of employees tracking steps and you can ask any of them, it's a lifestyle changer.

1. Genie Christian     SCES=394 miles
2. Elizabeth Metge    HHS=266 miles
3. Lauren Luckie       SCES=245 miles
4. Rebecca Smith       SCES=241 miles
5. Justin Hefner         HMS=236 miles
6. Kati Hale                HKES=223 miles
7. Jackie Sweatt         SCES=221 miles
8. Doug Gann             HHS=218 miles
9. Carnetta Kennedy SCES=198 miles
10. Nivada Spurlock    HHS=193 miles

PPC Week 10:  SCES battled to the top again but EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY had a strong week of points, finishing in second place on the Big Scoreboard.

Weekend Workout Winner is Announced

Shout out to those of you who participated in the Weekend Workout Challenge.
Copper chooses the winner..

Click to watch the One Minute video of the selection process.

Congrats to SCES who won week #9 of the PPC.  Trophy will be delivered on Monday.

HHS is in the lead on the Big Scoreboard for the yearly total of Patriot Points.  Remember, each week your team can earn up to 24 points.

Keep Moving.