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It is our pleasure to introduce to you our staff addition, Dennis Armstrong. He has extensiveexperience working with and teaching kids and youth, including being an English teacher in Korea, an wilderness field instructor in Utah, and adventure specialist. He holds a BS in Parks Resource Management with an emphasis in Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Education. He also brings Korean Martial Arts training and experience, and holds a First Dan black belt.
Cho gyo nim Armstrong will be worki
Bicycles for Humanity Seattle
Event
Bicycles for Humanity donation booth at the Mercer Island Summer Celebration.
Event Description
Your unused bicycle can help South African children travel miles to school, healthcare workers reach distant villages or the employed get to work or start their own business.
Bicycles for Humanity-Seattle plans to ship 1,000 bicycles to the KwaZulu-Natal
region of South Africa where two wheels can transport villagers from poverty to a better life.
Fair attendees
Save, at Least, One Life
~ This Year ~
The Escape to Safety Card Game
As a part of our upcoming belt test, we are teaching all of our students how to execute a leadership project called The Escape to Safety Card Game
The game, designed by our friend, martial arts teacher Tom Callos, is already responsible for saving the lives of two boys in California.
Our project requires your child to teach at least 3 other people how to use the game to plan and practice an emergency escape route from one’s
William Nichols Tried to Rape, Murder Woman on Bike Path, But She's Rescued by 2 Teens
Kansas. On April 15, a man walked up to a young woman, grabbed her butt,
then fled. A month later, another young woman was being followed as she
walked alone...
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| Teens Aidan Waugh and Nathaniel Mehl saw the young woman being stabbed and drove the rapist away |
Eight-year-old Whitehall boy saves little sister from abduction try
By Chris Togneri
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, May 17, 2010
Nathan Kuhns will have an amazing story to share during his school's next show-and-tell session.
During a family vacation Friday, the 8-year-old Whitehall boy fought off a middle-aged man who was trying to kidnap his little sister on asidewalk in Myrtle Beach, S.C., according to the Kuhns family and Myrtle Beach police.
Nathan charged the man — who had his 4
CTC member, friend or ally,
Here is an opportunity to take action as an individual to help prevention efforts, including the norms
surrounding underage drinking that we’re trying to change:
Taco Bell is now serving two types of margarita drinks for the summer in their
restaurants throughout North America. Classic Margarita Fruitista Freeze
is marketed as, “A smooth frozen margarita-flavored drink topped with a fresh
lime wedge.” The franchise restaurants are also selling Strawberry
Margaritas.
5 Facts that will make you lay off the bottle(d water) – for good.
Are you a bottled water addict? Admitting you have a problem is the firststep in curing an addiction. It’s time we all take a look at this complicated relationship we have with a completely useless product fueled by manufactured demand. Fortunately, water is free and available to most of us here in the Western World (most of us just take it for granted). Yet, we keep spending our hard-earned money on bottled water. Why?
Th
With the recent suicide of Phoebe Prince, a 15 year old in Mass. a new awareness of "cyber bullying" and its effects has been examined. Not only are we all concerned about the targets of this kind of bullying, but also how easily virtual bystanders can become part of the problem. I have pasted below a great resource from Family online safety institute--FOSI. (find them at fosi.org).
The Family
Online Internet Safety Contract*
An agreement
Belt Testing
Our next belt test will be on Monday, June 7th and Tuesday, June 8thduring our regular classes.
The belt test ceremony will be on Thursday, June 10 at 6:15pm there will be no classeson Belt Ceremony day. This will not affect the after school program.
Walk ways and pass through---
There have been some concerns about parents bringing their children to class through theLeasing Center. Remember that the leasing center is not part of Mercer Island Martial Arts and is its
this is powerful information. Some of you may have already seen it. But, really important work in this book. Master Well's has been to Dr.Ratey's lecture, and read the book and we are implementing more of his protocols in our programs.
from Amazon listing: However, i know they have this book at Island Books: shop locally/kick locally:)
In SPARK, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startlingresearch to prove
Self Defense: is being prepared
BE PREPARED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR 3 –7 DAYS
If you have not prepared yourself , your family and your business you become part of the problem and not the solution.
Prepare before a disaster: 3 to 7 days (House Kit, Car Kit, Work Kit)
Emergencies happen. Earthquake, hurricane's, volcanoes-- we read about them all the time, and view the painful aftermath. Fortunately, we in the Pacific Northwest have not suffered the conseq
For over 20 years now, i have had the incredible privilege to get to know, work with, teach, inspire, witness, love, re s pect,
and learn from kids. I have constantly been awed by their creativity, resourcefulness, resilience, honesty, loyalty, compassion, courage, and joy.
this blog entry is in honor of these young heroes.
To those who have moved on, who are out there in the world, making an impact, and changing it. Living healthy, happy lives, and building a better world. To the reporter, the
One of my favorite people in the world, my mom. she dose so much for our family I can't count how many things she does a day. but I can come to her for almost anything. but she has been recently been working on a yearbook for westmercer and for my lill brother's school too, i cant believe how hard that would be.
