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plastic “running feet”

awards that could be

worn on chain necklaces.

Students could choose

their activities and move

freely from one to an-

other as long as, the

equipment was open. The

exercise equipment was

obtained through grants

from Capital Zone NYS

AHPERD as well as pri-

vate sources. Enthusiastic

students left the gym

happy and sweaty to take

on the day. The only time

Joe missed a morning was

because of illness.

As a kindergartner Joe

Carnevale was quiet and

shy, but always on time

for the daily morning Fit-

ness Club at Sacandaga

Elementary School in

Scotia, NY. His job was to

set out the 4 cones in the

corners of the gym for

lap running. By second

grade he was setting up 4

Playstation 2’s in less

then 10 minutes helping

his physical education

teacher, Mrs. Barbara

K. Wurz, to be ready for

the 80 eager student par-

ticipants. Fitness Club

consisted of lap running,

using the 6 DDR pads for

Dance, Dance Revolution,

5 video-interactive exer-

cise game bikes or two

treadmills. Lap running

allowed students to keep

track of their mileage for

Warm Regards During a Cold Season...

A P E E K

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

President’s

Letter

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Capital Zone

Conference

3

Secondary

Leadership

4

JRFH @

Mayfield ES

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Membership 12

From the

Editors

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Directory 14

Have you moved or changed your email address?

N Y S A H P E R D N EW S L E T T E R

CAPITAL ZONE W I N T E R 2 0 1 1 E D I T O R S : E R I C T A B I N , J A C O B C O L W E L L

Please remember to send your new address to the

NYS AHPERD Central office, so that you will continue to

get this newsletter, and all other correspondence!

You can also e-mail it to:

nysahperd@nysahperd.org

Joe Carnevale with Northville PE teacher

Joe Goodmote

4th Grader Takes Talents To His New School

Upcoming Dates To

Remember:

CZ Conference: March 5th, Niskayuna High School, 7:15am CZ Meeting: March 7th, Okte Ele-mentary School, 6:15pm

National AAHPERD Convention

March 29th - April 2nd

National SPEAKout! Day March 16th

Cont’d on Page 10

Submitted By: Barb Wurz

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Happy New Year Capital Zone Members! I hope 2011 has been a good

year thus far for all of you. It has been a busy start to the New Year as we make

our preparations for the Capital Zone Conference on Saturday, March 5th at Nis-

kayuna High School. Yes, you read that correctly, Saturday. It is our hope that

by having the conference on a Saturday that many people will be able to attend

and not have to worry about district constraints or budget concerns. This particu-

lar Saturday falls in between sports seasons, so many of you will not be impacted

by practices, games, or other coaching commitments. If you have checked out the

conference registration through C-Vent on the NYS AHPERD website, you will

also notice that the registration fees have been greatly reduced to make this impor-

tant professional development experience more affordable for all of you. Other

changes that have been made this year include a conference/membership package

for first time members. For a fee of $110.00, a first time member can pay for a

one year membership and the zone conference all in one. This year we are also

opening the conference up to non NYS AHPERD members. It is our hope that

many people will take advantage of the first time membership package or re-join

as a member of NYS AHPERD. The conference is scheduled to commence at

1:00pm, leaving a good portion of the day to do all those important weekend

tasks. At the close of the conference, participants will be able to pick up a certifi-

cate for professional development hours to bring back to their respective districts.

Although we have made many changes to this years’ conference, one thing that

hasn’t changed is the high quality and variety of workshops. There is truly some-

thing for everyone. I would like to give my sincere thanks to the Conference

Planning Committee (Carol Atkins, JoAnn Sabourin, and Barb Wurz) for the

hours of time and dedication to bring us another high quality conference.

This past Sunday, February 6th was the annual Capital Zone Secondary Leadership Awards Ceremony at the Century House.

This year we honored 50 seniors from 27 different districts in the capital region. Students were selected based on their leadership,

scholarship, sportsmanship, love and dedication to fitness and health, and community service. I was in awe of the incredible group of

seniors selected this year. I would like to congratulate them and their families for this honor. I would also like to congratulate and

thank Capital Zone Past President, Marc Vachon for again organizing and putting together a great day for all. Thank you also to the

many volunteers who helped make this day a great success.

Another highly successful and well attended NYS AHPERD state conference was held this past November at the Turning

Stone Casino in Verona, NY. It was great to see so many familiar Capital Zone faces. I would like to congratulate our very own Anne

Downes, a PE teacher in the Warrensburg School District. Anne was awarded the Capital Zone Amazing People award. This award is

very well deserved for her many contributions to the Capital Zone and the profession as a whole. I would also like to congratulate and

thank Anne for her willingness to step in as Secretary of the Capital Zone and I would like to congratulate Carol Atkins from the Scotia

-Glenville School District for being formally appointed as President Elect of the Capital Zone. I am thrilled that the Capital Zone will

be in such good hands with Carol’s innovation, leadership, and attention to detail.

The months ahead will be busy and exciting ones as we not only prepare for the conference but also our annual Sandra G.

Morley Elementary/Middle School Physical Education Leadership Awards in May at HVCC. This great event honors hundreds of

Capital Region youth. More information about this event can be found in this newsletter and will be sent to schools soon.

None of these great events could happen with out the help of many people. Please consider ways that you can lend a hand to

help with a large or small task for the many important events that the Capital Zone hosts or offers to its members at large. Also, con-

sider attending a zone meeting. Meeting dates are listed in this newsletter along with the meeting location and time. It is imperative

now more than ever for our zone to remain strong and united through difficult budget times and program and athletic cuts. The zone

and NYS AHPERD are here to support you and make sure that you are able to deliver the quality Health, PE, Recreation, and Dance

programs that our young people deserve.

I hope that you enjoy the winter addition of this newsletter. Thank you to Jake Cowell and Eric Tabin for taking over the zone

newsletter. The newsletter is a vital way for members to stay current with events in the zone and at the state level. I hope that the com-

ing months are good ones for you and hope to see many of you at the upcoming zone conference or the Elementary/Middle School

Leadership Awards.

Yours on Good Health,

Lonnie Wilson

NYS AHPERD Capital Zone President

President’s Letter

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We invite you to join other health and physical education professionals at the Capital Zone NYS AHPERD Conference on Saturday March 5, 2011, at Niskayuna High School

in Niskayuna, NY.

Please note the NEW day and location.

The planning committee has been working very hard to bring you a day filled with new and exciting ideas that you can bring back to enhance your programs. With 16 differ-ent workshops for your professional development, there is something for everyone... health, aquatics, adapted physical education, coaching and dance as well as programs for all levels of physical education. This conference is just another way we strive to

meet your needs and you do NOT want to miss it!! Taking into consideration the state of the economy and district budget cuts, we too

have sought ways to cut the costs; the most important being that membership is NOT required to attend this Conference. This is a one time offer for the Capital Zone! Take advantage of this opportunity for professional development and time to make

and renew friendships with other colleagues. Register immediately here! Capital Zone NYS AHPERD Conference Registration

Take the time to do something for you and the students you teach!

Sincerely,

Conference Planning Committee Members Lonnie Wilson, Carol Atkins, JoAnn Sabourin, Barb Wurz

Please note, in the event of inclement weather and/or event closings for Niskayuna

Central Schools, please check www.niskayunaschools.org to see if the 2011 Capital

Zone Conference is CANCELED.

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Secondary Leadership Awards On Super Bowl Sunday, February 6th the Capital Zone NYS AHPERD honored 49 students from 25 area

schools at the 12th Annual Secondary Leadership Awards. The awards took place at 2 P.M at the Century House

in Latham, NY. 1 male and 1 female student from each school were nominated by the Physical Education Staff at

their schools. In order to receive the award students must exhibit a love for Physical Education as well as dem-

onstrate leadership, strong academics, and involvement in a variety of extracurricular activities such as clubs

and sports. This year the NYS AHPERD Secondary Section President, Mrs. Murphee Hayes from Whitney Point,

NY offered a wonderful spot as the guest speaker. Her message was clear that a healthy active lifestyle is the

staple to a strong family, community, and career. The Capital Zone would like to thank Murphee for speaking at

the awards and once again offer congratulations to all of the 2011 Secondary Leadership Award recipients! A

big thank you goes out to Mr. Robert Collen, Mr. Robert Oates, Mrs. Wendy O’Connor, Ms. Carol Atkins, Ms.

Janet Tully, Mrs. Allison Relyea, and Ms. Sandra Morley for helping to make this afternoon possible.

Lonnie Wilson

NYS AHPERD

Capital Zone President

Murphee Hayes

NYS AHPERD

Secondary Physical

Education President

Academy of the Holy Names: Carolyn O’Keeffe Albany Academy for Boys: Chris Savo

Averill Park: Sarah Boyle, Ryan Macari

Berne-Knox-Westerlo CSD: Kathryn Forti, Vinny Pasquini

Bethlehem: Abigail Scro, Kyle Landrigan

Chatham: Sarah Patzwahl, Evan Young

Cohoes: Bailei Tetrault, Craig Alread

East Greenbush: Brittany Hart, Alexander Garrigan-Piela Galway: Rachael Mueller, Matthew Wilday

Germantown: Victoria Fuchs, Cody Broast

Gloversville: Sara Brown, Christopher LeFever

Guilderland: Kyra Malamood, Dominic Liz, Amber Ducharme

Hoosick Falls: Samantha Skott, Michael Brewster

Johnstown: Abigail Heroth, Brandon Hillier

Maple Hill: Caitlyn Shook, Gabe Stockman

Mayfield: Alex Husain, Doug Brown

Niskayuna: Emily O’Donnell, AJ Akpanikat Saratoga Springs: Tyler Carr, Dan Going

Schenectady: Lena LeGere, Jeremy Sagaille

Schoharie: Brooklyn Griffin, Eric Croote

Schuylerville: Jilian Reilly, Brandon Wagner

Shaker: Adrianne Devine, Derek Gardella

Stillwater: Brielle Korenowski, Joe Kranick

Tamarac: Sarah Malsch, Wade Hansen

Watervliet: Solomia Miszczuk, Justin Oravsky

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For more information, criteria, and entry

form please click here:

2011 Elementary/Middle School Awards

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Mayfield Elementary School took part in Jump Rope for Heart for the second year in a row.

When participating in the Jump Rope for Heart all donations go to the American Heart Associa-

tion. AHA uses the money raised to help pay for new medicines for kids with special hearts and to

help doctors discover new medicines and treatments. Last year, Mayfield students were able to raise

$6,500 for this great cause. This year, Mayfield set a goal of raising $7,500 dollars. Our students

and families came through above and beyond that goal raising an outstanding $8,500 dollars.

The event took place over two days, January 27th and 28th.

Mayfield Elementary Physical Education teachers Hillary Cool and

Brian Moore as well as Assistant Principal Abbey North planned

and coordinated the event. During their physical education class

time, students were grouped and given three minutes at each sta-

tion and then rotated to the next. The stations comprised of jump

roping, potato sack races, long rope, jumping for height, jumping

for distance, face painting, tinkling, pogo sticks, and creating a

dance. At the duration of each class the entire group performed

the dance that they learned at one of the stations.

The event could not have run more smoothly without the tremendous outpouring of volunteers.

Parents, as well as students from the high school, came in each day and helped run

stations. Another highlight of the event was Principal Nick Criscone and Assistant

Principal Abbey North volunteered themselves to be made into human ice cream sun-

daes. During each lunch period students were able to buy ice cream, sprinkles and

chocolate syrup to dump onto our brave principals. The students were able to pur-

chase each toping for a quarter. Of the $8,500 dollars raised, $635 of it came from

the ice cream sundaes!

Mayfield is a generous school and has a great community supporting it. Each year we can only

hope to match the money we were able to raise this year. Stewarts donated ice cream for our human

sundaes and Subway donated food for all of our volunteers.

Jump Rope for Heart at Mayfield Elementary has Sweet Ending

Submitted By: Hillary Cool and Brian Moore Physical Education Teachers, Mayfield Elementary School

Mayfield Physical Education teacher, Hillary Cool teaching students a special dance for the Jump Rope for Heart!

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Advocating for You Here are some of the ways NYS AHPERD and Capital Zone AHPERD are

advocating for you and how you can get involved

+ Currently New York State Department of Education is collecting data on “Student Col-lege and Workforce Readiness”. They are asking for as many people as possible to fill out sur-veys and attend forums to gather information and opinions on student graduation requirements go-ing into the future; note, if registration for your regional forum is required, the seats are filling up quickly and you will want to register early! The importance of filling out this survey and registering for the scheduled meetings is that part of the conversation being raised has to do with providing more flexibility in how students might satisfy graduation requirements. As always, the word flexibil-ity and the potential elimination of seat time, could put our programs in question.

-Here is the link to the survey: http://www.nyscoss.org/pdf/upload/BOARDOFREGENTSREGIONALFORUMSONCOLLEGEANDCAREERREADINESSSCHEDULE.pdf

-If you would like a copy of the minutes from the Albany meeting that took place last month please email me, Jacob Colwell at s.jacob.colwell@gmail.com or Rachel Yamin, the Administrative Assistant to the District Superintendent of Capital Region BO-CES at ryamin@gw.neric.org + NYS AHPERD is getting involved with the “Lets Move” campaign of First Lady Michelle Obama. We are creating a multimedia presentation that demonstrates and explains how a quality physical education class promotes healthy lifestyles in it’s students and how Health and Physical Education Teachers are the front line of defense in the war against childhood obesity in America. This presentation is being filmed and created right here in the capital district at Woodland Hill Mon-tessori School in North Greenbush. -To get involved with the project email me at s.jacob.colwell@gamil.com -To learn more about the “Let’s Move” campaign visit http://www.letsmove.gov/ + Many experts believe that, with the success of the current “Race to the Top” battle for federal funding, NYS will continue to put a greater focus on testing in evaluating teachers. To pre-pare for this potential change and to create a better understanding of the success of our programs, NYS AHPERD is working on creating an Elementary and Middle School P.E. Profile. This col-lective assessment will align with the commencement level P.E. Profile that is already recognized throughout the state as a valid program assessment. The Elementary and Middle School level as-sessments still need to be perfected and we are looking for working teachers to try them out and provide feedback. If you are interested in trying out these assessments contact Ed Kupiec at ekupiec@fmschools.org

Submitted By: Jacob Colwell

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CAPITAL ZONE

TEACHER OF THE YEAR/PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR Awards These awards are called the Teacher of the Year (TOY) and the Professional of the Year (POY)

awards. The following categories exist for these honors: • Adapted • Dance • Elementary

• Health • Middle School • Professional • Secondary

Professional of the Year (POY) can be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated general excellence in the discipline and may or may not be connected to a specific level of area.

One award will be made annually in each category should qualified candidates be identified. Winners application will be forwarded by the committee chairperson to the chair of the state TOY/POY committee. State winners are forwarded to Eastern District Association (EDA). EDA winners

are forwarded to the national (AAHPERD) association for consideration. EDA nominees must be

AAHPERD members. APPLICATION CRITERIA

• Nominee must be a current member of NYS AHPERD or NYSFPHE AND the section in which they are being nominated.

• Nominee must have been a member of NYS AHPERD or NYSFPHE for a minimum of seven (7) consecutive years prior to the year of nomination.

• Nominee must have been a member of the NYS AHPERD Section being nominated for a minimum of two (2) years prior to the year of nomination.

• Nominee must have a minimum of ten (10) years professional experience in the field of their nomination.

• Nominee must demonstrate professional contribution in two (2) of the following three (3) areas: • SCHOOL • DISTRICT

• COMMUNITY • Nominee should demonstrate some level of involvement in NYS AHPERD.

The nominee should direct successful programs that may illustrate areas which include but are not limited to:

• Program creativity and/or innovation • Inclusion of all students • Opportunity for out of class experiences • School-wide activities

• Positive public relations/parent interaction • Community based programs and/or involvement

• Professional Peer Leadership • Professional Development Anyone interested in obtaining applications should contact the Committee Chairperson below or

download it from the NYS AHPERD web site. Applications may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed by the Committee chairperson to the individuals making the nominations. Nominators are responsible for

completing the application forms and returning them to the committee chairperson by

December 1st. Completion of the application may be done in cooperation with the nominated individual. Individuals selected as award winners will be announced in our Winter Newsletter and will

be presented their award at lunch at our Conference at Skidmore College in March. Committee Chairperson: Jo Ann Sabourin, school phone: 377-3123, Fax: 377-1098 e-mail:

jsabourin@niskyschools.org

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Help Wanted! In the spring of third grade Joe told

us that his family would be moving to a new

school up north, to be near the Great Sacan-

daga Lake, an area where his Dad had grown up

and he had grown to love. His first concern

was: “What if they don’t have Fitness Club?”

My prompt response to him was : “You can talk

with your new PE teachers and see if you can

start one!”

In the fall of the following year

Northville physical education teacher Jon

Goodemote states “Joseph was very motivated

to tell me about the fitness club from his

other school. He was very organized and did a

great job explaining what it was and how to

get started. It has exploded at our school and

everyone is talking about it.” The news even

made the Northville Central School web page

(see link below)

Something’s A-Foot at NCS

The Northville Fitness Club started out small

the first day and now has over 40 daily participants

including involvement from teachers!

4th Grade Talents (con’t)

Attention CZ Membership! In order to keep our information fresh, we need your help! The Capital Zone

Newsletter not only provides you with current, and upcoming events around the

Capital Zone; it also provides updates, links to important information related to

Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and much, much, more!

If you are having an event, a program or have information that you would like get

out to the Capital Zone community, please send it to ET5115@gmail.com and we will

do our best to add it in.

We are also in need of any photos taken for past events. If you are in posses-

sion of Capital Zone event photos, please send them to us. We need your help!

Next Deadline is in June 2011.

Thanks for your input,

Eric Tabin

Jacob Colwell

Zone Reps Needed!

Capital Zone is in need of a representative

to the Capital Zone Board, for the Aquatics, Fu-

ture Professionals and Health Sections.

The job responsibilities include attending

Zone meetings, helping to assist in finding con-

ference presenters for the Zone Conference,

and being the conduit for disseminating informa-

tion to Zone members from the State section

representative. If you can help out please con-

tact President Wilson (Please see the contact

info in the directory found in this newsletter)

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Letter From the

Editors

We are happy to have completed our first Capital Zone AHPERD newsletter! We hope that you all find it enjoyable, informative and up to the high standards expected from our organization. We would like to thank Marc and Bud for helping us get started and for their year of service as the newsletter editors. We also want to welcome all Capital Zone AHPERD members to take part in this newsletter by sending us any news, articles or pictures that you have related to our fields so that we can include them in future issues. Keep up the good work Capital Zone!

-Jake & Eric

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Capital Zone Directory

President: Lonnie Wilson Niskayuna (H) 664-7200 (W) 382-2511 x4016 lwilson@niskyschools.org

Past Presidents: Marc Vachon Mohonasen (w) 356-8240 mvachon@mohonasen.org

President Elect: Carol Atkins Scotia-Glenville (H) 887-2282 (W) 382-1202 caa2530@aol.com

Treasurer: Allison Relyea Guilderland (H) 765- 0336 (W) 861-8591 ext. 4000 relyeaa@guilderlandschools.org

Recording Secretary: Wendy O’Connor Niskayuna (H) 372-2516 (W) 370-1243 woconnor@niskyschools.org

Corresponding Secretary: OPEN SECTION REPRESENTATIVES:

Adapted: Sharee Deichman Bethlehem (H) 928-7908 (W) 439-7460 deicsms@bcsd.neric.org

Aquatics: Marc Vachon Mohonasen (w) 356-8240 mvachon@mohonasen.org

Coaches: Jacob Colwell WHMS (cell) 368-6835 s.jacob.colwell@gmail.com

Council of

Administrators: Becky Carman Shenendehowa (W) 881-0310, ext. 61691 carmrebe@shenet.org

Dance: Bob Oates Retired (H) 895-2635 oatesr@sage.edu

Elementary/

Middle School: Anne Downes Warrensburg (H) 441-0692 (W) 623-9747 ext. 187 Dow927@aol.com

Exercise Science: Dr. Pat Mosher The Sage Colleges (H) 674-3470 (W) 629-4977 moshep@sage.edu

Future Professionals: OPEN

Higher Education: Dr. Patricia Mosher (see previous)

Leisure Recreation: Bob Collen Menands (H) 482-6286 RCollen@nycap.rr.com

Retirees: Donna Ahnert Retired! (H) 346-6781 Ralph66@nycap.rr.com

Secondary: Allison Relyea (see previous)

Health: OPEN

American Heart Association

Representative: Jeff Masline Senior Director, Youth Mkts (cell) 229-6008 jeff.masline@heart.org

Hoops for Heart: Carol Atkins (see above)

Jump Rope for Heart: Laura Showers Averill Park (H) 283-4263 (W) 674-7125 Showersl@averillpark.K12.NY.US

COMMITTEES:

Zone Conference:

Co-Chairs: JoAnn Sabourin Niskayuna (H) 371-7552 (W) 377-3123 jsabourin@niskyschools.org

Carol Atkins (see previous)

Barb Wurz Scotia-Glenville (H) 399-9313 (W) 386-4246 bkwurz@nycap.rr.com

Lonnie Wilson (see previous)

Donna Ahnert (see previous)

Conference Registration: Laura Showers (see previous)

Amazing People Awards:

Kathy Frederick Shenendehowa (H) 371-0039 (W) 881-0510 ext. 41551 wkfred@aol.com

Dr. Patricia Mosher (see previous)

Newsletter Editors: S. Jacob Colwell (see above)

Eric Tabin Schenectady JCC (cell) 516-425-8910 et5115@gmail.com

Electronic Communication Specialist:

Bob Collen (see above)

Sandra G. Morley Elementary/MS PE Leadership Awards Mara DeSilva Lansingburgh (W) 280-4587 MKCoach3@aol.com

Secondary PE Awards:Marc Vachon (see previous)

Mini-Grants: Rachel McDermott Wildwood School (W) 836-2236 (C) 607-423-5478

rmcdermott@wildwood.edu

Public Relations:Kim Ferrie Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake kferrie@admin.bhbl.neruc.org

TOY/POY

Capital Zone Awards:JoAnn Sabourin (see previous)