A newspaper written by elementary students, mentored by university students
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THE
SNELLING CONNECTION Newsletter for the Hamline to Hamline Collaboration Fall Issue 2013
Volume 17, Issue 1
The Important Decisions A look into the advisory board By Phoebe Pryor Journalist
[Photo by: Darrian Smith] Hamline Elementary students take part in gymnastics activities under the guidance of Hamline University gymnasts.
Tumbles, Flips, and Tricks
Kindergartners, college students share gymnastics class By Jaycie Last Name, Arianna Last Name Journalists In a noisy, chalk powder filled gymnasium, happy (and overly excited) kindergartners explore the fun of gymnastics for their first time. Children run, skip, and walk across a bouncy floor; the bouncy floor makes it a safe place so they won’t get hurt. Gymnastics for kindergartners turned out to be an awesome experience. Fifty smiling students jumped, rolled, and balanced their way from station to station. Students were escorted by gymnastics team members from Hamline University and taught on different pieces of equipment such as the balance beam, vault, tumble track, bars, and the trampoline. In case of accidents, the sponge-like blue floor cushioned the students the event one happened
to take a spill. Safety was a main concern for those supervising this event. Stations were supervised by twelve volunteers from the university gymnastics team. The university students played the role of instructor and taught the proper technique for each piece of equipment. After the students were allowed to try each station, the university girls wanted to show moves of their own. They had the elementary students watch them from the floor. The students cheered them on while the acrobatic stunts were in motion. Some of the women did back flips on the trampoline, others did splits in the air and hand stands that made the crowd go wild. After the university students finished showing off their moves, the students were safely escorted back to the elementary school in a single-file line where they continued their day.
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Do you know what the Hamline-To-Hamline Advisory Board is? The advisory board is a body consisting of faculty and staff from both schools, in addition to several university students who work in leadership roles on varying programs the collaboration oversees. The advisory board meets with the two schools – Hamline University and Hamline Elementary – once a month to discuss issues affecting the two schools. As a constant reminder of the cooperative value the collaboration holds, the schools take turns hosting the meetings on their respective campus. During the meetings board members talk in a conference style setting and have refreshments that are often made by teachers or catered by the university. The advisory board does more than the average community member probably realizes. The board puts together things like mini-grants for programming, and it helps monitor policies which affect both schools. Examples of programs overseen by the board are the Snelling Connection (which you wouldn’t otherwise be reading), swimming, and fundraisers such as the Hike for the Health of the Hamline-To-Hamline Collaboration. For further information on the happenings of the advisory board, as well as a chance to dig further into the program offerings, visit our web page at www.hamline.edu/ hancock. You can contact the advisory board by emailing hhcollaboration@ gmail.com.