Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Wellness wave crashes into CMS

The first annual Career Day "Catch the Wave" was held Wednesday, May 21, at Cabe Middle School.

The event was planned by Lisa Turner with Coordinated School Health and Lynn Failla with 21st Century Community Learning Center.

The classes were organized by homerooms and, each homeroom was able to complete six sessions for the day.

Failla said the class sizes were small and the time frame was short so that all presentations were completed with excitement from the students involved and the staff members present.

With summer vacation in our midst, the activities and educational fun was a great way to have hands-on demonstrations serve as a key way to learning, Failla said.

Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and others who have the pleasure of being with the students of Cabe Middle School, we encourage you to ask questions about their day and each of the presentations. Also, we encourage you to read with your children the pamphlets and brochures that they brought home  set aside a specific time of day each day to read and discuss health, wellness and safety issues as a family.

The following sessions were presented in the fifth and sixth rooms: Mrs. Butler's room was "Germs - the need for hand washing," presented by Ms. Terry Sims with Baptist Health Medical Center, Poison Control Division, to help the students understand the need for thorough hand washing to prevent disease and infection spread; Mrs. Capp's room was "Smart Choices," presented by Patrina Robinson of the Attorney Generals Office. Robinson touched on the need for making smart choices in dealing with the needs of teenagers and Internet safety; Mrs. Russell's room was "Homemade Low Fat Ice Cream," with the recipe from the Clark County Extension Office for nutrition education, giving students a nutritional way to enjoy a delicious dessert; Mrs. Davies' room was "Corp of Engineers Water and Campground Safety," presented by Brian Westfall from DeGray Lake. Westfall showed students the safe way to enjoy summer water fun; also in that room was "Basic First Aid," presented by Valerie Free, science instructor, who helped students learn basic first aid and tying slings and putting on bandages; Mrs. Dillard's room was "Stamp Out Smoking" presented by Janine Perez from FSA-YES (Family Service Agency - Youth Extinguishing Smoking) to help spread the awareness of the dangers of smoking and being around secondhand smoke; and Ms. Thomas' room was "Summer Fun: Parks, Library, Tourism, and VBS," which was presented by Bro. Kenny Bever from New Caney Baptist Church. He explained to the students ways to have educational fun this summer at various Bible schools, camps, parks and libraries. The video was compliments of Jeremy Bell.

For the seventh and eighth grade rooms, the following sessions were presented: Mr. Burkman's room was "ATV Safety and Helmet Safety," presented by Keri Burkman with handouts from Arkansas Children's Hospital; Mr. Capp's room was "Power Line Safety," presented by Joe Majanni from South Central Arkansas Electric Coop showing the need for yet dangers of electricity; Mrs. Clark's room was "Alcohol Awareness," presented by Michele Rather from FSA-PRC (Family Service Agency - Prevention Resource Center). Rather gave advise and statistics for the awareness of alcohol with students; Mrs. Free's room was "Weather Safety," presented by Jim Burns from the Office of Emergency Services for Clark County. Burns spoke on the safety measures needed and warnings offered for weather safety; Mrs. Jackson's room was GPS (Global Positioning System) and was presented by Amy Simpson with Clark County 4-H, giving students hands-on experience in setting a GPS point and then locating others who had been previously set; and Mrs. Manning's room was "Boating Safety and K-9 Class" with Ken Key, Bobby Lewis and Todd Johnson with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission in which the students were shown how to sit in a boat, wear life jackets and then shown the importance of the K-9 "Carly" from Garland County. Carly is an eight-year-old chocolate labrador retriever. The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission K-9 Unit was formed in 1999 to assist in statewide wildlife law enforcement. Carly is trained in tracking humans, wildlife detection and evidence recovery. Since Carly started her career, she has been used 79 times to assist the AGFC, and has been requested by other agencies 52 times, which has resulted in 114 citations issued and/or criminal charges filed.

During the sessions, there were door prizes that were given out by random drawing. The following students were winners:

4 T-Shirts - Ruth Cruz, Dusty Covington, Logan Britt, Keyundra Thompson

3 Flags for football - Blake Perkins, Blake Howell, Alex Rodriguez

1 Chinese Jumprope - Alexis Jemison

3 Small Balls - Dewayne Marlow, Ebone Patterson, Jessica Camarillo

1 Medium Ball - Juan Williams

1 Large Ball - Alondra Palacios

2 SOS Cups, Magnets, Pens - Ciarah Scott, Ashleight Mount

3 Calculators - Tristen Bearden, Mantesia Cunningham, LaDaron Johnson

1 SOS Mousepad - Antoinette Loudermilk

1 AM/FM Radio Headset - Jonathan Toledano

2 Photo Albums - Dominque Young, Kiersten Patterson

1 Flashlight - DaAnjalo Fields

2 SOS Necklaces - Ashley Henry, Monica Olivar

1 Free Skate Pass - Zach Marshall

1 Digital Weather Radio - Tyler Burns

1 Emergency Preparedness Backpack Kit - Terry Franklin

12 Water Bottles - Clara Guess, Aimee Rogers, Britney Hastings, Stephanie Roberts, Jabria Barrett, Tyler Hunter, Lluvia Martinez, Melanie Clark, Damond Threadgill, Aundrea Burrell, Blakely McClure, Leah Boulden.