October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

What you can you do to raise awareness about breast cancer in our community?

Since its inception in 1985, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been a leader in supporting national and local discussions on issues related to prevention and treatment of breast cancer in the U.S.  SkyWell has joined that discussion, by planning a fundraiser/Flag Football Tournament to promote wellness and physical activity, with proceeds to be donated to our local cancer care organizations. In addition, Skyline High School will join Ann Arbor Pioneer with a PinkOut at our October football game.

SkyWell Flag Football Event Details:

• Sign Up Starts on Friday, October 16th 
• Date of Event: Sunday, October 25th 
• $20 team fee
• Teams of 7-10 people
• 2 girls must always be on the field 
• 11AM start

Major advancements have been made in breast cancer awareness and treatment in the past ten years. But with your involvement and support, much more can be accomplished.

This month, take a moment to think about what you can do to raise awareness at our school and in our community. Although October is designated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many committed individuals and organizations sponsor events throughout the year.

Join us for our planning meeting at the SkyWell Club on Monday, October 12^th, right after school, in suite #408.

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Back to School Means Sleepy Skyline Students

Welcome Back Skyline Students!

Your SkyWell Wellness Champions have been working hard over the summer to plan some new and creative opportunities to explore wellness at Skyline this year. These include:

v  The new SKYWELL SWAT – Student Wellness Awareness Team – to train students to be speakers and advocates on specific wellness topics.

v  Monthly SkyWell Club meetings that are more interactive and fun

v  School-wide events including a Flag Football tournament, Wellness Expo, WinterFest Field Day and the SkyWell Spring Sprint

v  Achieving Heart Safe Certification by offering CPR training to all interested students and staff

v  Sponsoring activities focused on stress, SLEEP and emotional wellness

We hope you will join us at a monthly SkyWell Club meeting to learn more! 

Welcome Back and don't forget to get your rest!

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Congratulations to our 2015 SkyWell Interns

Skyline Students Selected as Wellness in the Workplace Conference Interns

In a new partnership between SkyWell and the University of Michigan Health Management Research Center, 6 Skyline students were selected by the Health & Medicine Bio-Medical Science Magnet to represent SkyWell at the 34th Annual Wellness in the Workplace Conference. The conference was held on May 13, 2015 at the Michigan League in Ann Arbor. SkyWell interns were introduced by Dr. Michael O'Donnell, Director of HMRC and Clinical Professor in the School of Kinesiology.

Congratulations to Class of 2015 Wellness Champions Sarika Tyagi and Bridget Kennedy and
Class of 2016 Wellness Champions Collin Cannaert, Allison Schulcz, Janay Ramirez and Jonathan Gurkan. Photo courtesy of HMRC.

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Get Moving in May!

SkyWell Focus on Physical Wellness

May is National Physical Fitness Month, sponsored by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.  Now that Spring is finally here, what better time to celebrate physical activity and bring awareness to how a physically active lifestyle can promote personal wellness. At Skyline High School, our SkyWell Wellness Champions have many creative ideas about the physical dimensions of wellness and how we can encourage our student body to get active.

While only 25% of our students report 60 minutes or more of activity 5 days per week, what would happen if we sponsored some new events to promote wellness –

• How about a Field Day with teams based on our SLCs?
• Why don’t we sponsor a walking/bike event between Skyline and Community High School? It’s only 3.7 miles and could be fun sharing our wellness message with another Ann Arbor school.
• Or perhaps a jump rope marathon, just like we did in elementary school, to raise funds for a wellness organization?

This year marks the five year anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Lets Move Initiative. Let’s join her by bringing together students, parents and teachers at our school to promote moving more during the school day.

Join us at SkyWell and share your ideas

A2Skywell@gmail.com

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SkyWell Meeting 5/18/15

UPDATE
Due to severe weather the SkyWell meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, May 18th.


Come to the next SkyWell meeting on Monday, May 11th  after school in Mr. Bradley's room. We will be discussing Psycho-Social wellness. The meeting will run from 2:30 to 3:15. Bring yourself and your friends! SkyWell water bottles will also be on sale.

Water Fuels your Health

Drinking water is imperative to your overall wellness and to everyday body function. By drinking 8 glasses of water daily (or more if you exercise regularly), you will feel more energized and reduce your risks of headache and muscle cramping. Water is also important for normal muscle function, and overall homeostasis in your body.

Buy a refillable SkyWell water bottle - not only can you increase your awareness about wellness, but you are also doing yourself a big favor by helping your body become healthier. SkyWell water bottles are available in the Health & Medicine magnet for $10, and soon available in the SkyStore. To purchase one either talk to Mr. Bradley or contact Jonathan Gurkan or Alli Schulcz. $2 from each sale will be applied to a new wellness project that will benefit the entire school.

Jonathan Gurkan: jonathangurkan@gmail.com
Alli Schulcz: aschulcz16@gmail.com

SkyWell Annual Meeting April 30, 2015 at 10:00am

All SkyWell Stakeholders

If you are unable to attend the SkyWell annual meeting on April 30 at 10am, 

please print out the proxy form to cast your vote.

The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy

can be found on the Documents Tab.

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