TEACHER'S A KICK : SCHOOL HONORS AWARD-WINNING INSTRUCTOR.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer It's not often that students at Sequoia sequoia (sĭkwoi`ə), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. Intermediate School see their sturdy sturdy neurological disease in sheep caused by the pressure of a Taenia multiceps metacestode. Called also gid. physical education teacher cry. But when the school's 750 students, teachers, staff and marching band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players gathered to honor Dianne Wilson-Graham on Friday during a surprise assembly, the award-winning teacher was caught with her emotional guard down. ``As part of the prize, I'm going to be traveling around to other schools during the next year,'' Wilson-Graham said, pausing to lower her head and wipe away tears. ``I just want you all to know that I'll be taking you with me as I go to other schools and talk to them about the way we teach here.'' The way she teaches at Sequoia Intermediate School has earned her the highest national honor awarded to physical education teachers. The 16-year veteran teacher, herself a graduate of Sequoia Intermediate School and Newbury Park High School, was named Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the National Association of Sports and Physical Education Instructors last month. ``She has real insight into curriculum development,'' said teacher Laura Wellington, a colleague in the physical education department. ``She finds activities that draw on all students' strengths and weaknesses - activities that many students can excel in, not just `Joe Athlete.' '' Wilson-Graham's students juggle, fence and rock climb, in addition to playing the more traditional sports. ``We juggle scarves scarves n. A plural of scarf1. scarves Noun a plural of scarf1 , rings and then balls,'' said 13-year-old Cynthia Guardino. ``Then we complete the challenge. You have to stand in front of Mrs. Wilson-Graham and juggle for 25 seconds - you get a point for each second.'' And if you get 1,000 points in various activities, students receive an A grade, Guardino said. Students also enjoyed fencing fencing, sport of dueling with foil, épée, and saber. Modern Fencing The weapons and rules of modern fencing evolved from combat weapons and their usage. and learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. , and student speakers thanked Wilson-Graham for her patience, humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was and knowledge. Wilson-Graham laughed as one student even complimented her sense of style. ``She knows all the sports in detail, and hopes one day we'll learn them well,'' said 13-year-old Alison McArthur during her limerick Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. tribute. ``Mrs. Wilson-Graham, you are cool - you wear the same shoes as us to school!'' Faculty delivered their praise in unmetered prose. ``We've always known what this association just figured out,'' said social studies teacher Lisa Kadansky. ``She's a great teacher.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Physical education teacher Diane Wilson-Graham of Sequoia Intermediate shows off a sneaker after getting a compliment on her style. Jeremy Greene/Special to the Daily News |
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