Time to apply for the 2018 staff for our efforts with Summer Dreamers: Swim & Water Polo Camp and more

The 2018 efforts are going to include a site at U-Prep in the afternoons with PPS Summer Dreamers Swim & Water Polo. Other help is needed on the Northside in the mornings with The Pittsburgh Project. In the evenings, swimming is going to happen at Citiparks' outdoor pool at Ammon Rec Center on Bedford Avenue and Memory Lane on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Monday evenings we expect to go to north to Moraine State Park for open water swimming.

Wednesdays, Fridays and weekends are the times we keep reserved for travel to other pools around the region.

Welcome to attend this evening, mindfulness training

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From: Richard King

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An Invitation to Attend a Mindfulness Training Workshop for Parents, Students and Staff

Thursday, January 12th, 6:15pm - 7:30 pm

St. Edmund's Academy Auditorium

5705 Darlington Rd, 

Pittsburgh, PA 15217

St. Edmund's Academy PTA will present a workshop introducing mindfulness training exercises for parents and children.  Mindfulness exercises reduce stress and support academic success.  Mindfulness practices are life skills that promote health, wellness, resilience, emotional stability and habit change.  Because these exercises build self awareness, calm, and impulse control, they can also help cultivate resilient individuals, families, and communities as they improve self management and communication skills.  

Managing stress is a life skill.  We'll review what stress is and some techniques for managing stress.  We'll practice belly breathing, the awareness response, mindful breathing, and body scan exercises as ways to activate a physiological state called "the relaxation response."  One goal of the workshop is to support parents and students in developing a personal routine daily practice.  Health and emotional wellness both benefit with daily mindfulness routines.  Practicing these mental hygiene skills may be as important as daily hygiene, physical exercise, or the use of seat belts.  Hopefully these wellness skills will become family traditions that will last a lifetime. 

Please rsvp to Dr. Richard King at kinggaines@comcast.net with "Workshop" in the subject line.

You are invited: Saturday Swim School at Oliver High School, 2323 Brighton Road, Pgh 15212

Letter of support from Kay Atman for Mark Rauterkus

Tune! Or more like an anthem.

https://youtu.be/5Ug_vpIk1jc

Goals. Let's talk about them at my home office on Wednesday

Hi Staff and Friends,


All are invited for a friends and staff overview and video shoot to cover the pending Digital Badges that focus upon Goals at 10 am on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

Our special guest is Kay Atman, Ph.D., retired professor from Pitt's School of Education.

We'll ask her questions and get her insights into why goals are so freaking important to youngsters. She's devoted much of her career to this area of study and how it all ties together in a person's mind, personality, and general being.

We have made six goal specific badges. Steps for each of those will be put under examination and discussion.

Your presence and feedback is welcome.

Athletes and coaches are great goal setting individuals, usually. Sadly, these skills are not universal and there are few tools to lead people along the process, until now.

If you have a camera and video camera and tripod, please charge it, make some room for the data and bring it along. Come casual. You might want to read up on Kay and the GOI. Use Google and hit the wiki pages.

http://CLOH.wikia.com/Digital_Badges/Goals

No need to RSVP, but it would be nice. I'm at 108 South 12th Street, South Side, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.

Mindful presentation in five segments. Presenter is Richard King.

Part 1 = 21 minutes.



Part 2 = 1 minute and 53 seconds.



Part 3 = 3 minutes and 26 seconds.



Part 4 = 5 minutes and 12 seconds.



Part 5 = 40 seconds.

Managing Self Mind Map

Mind Map from Biggerplate. Click for larger view.

Our Plum 400-free Relay at States

Champions!