#BeWell34

• Four days of wellness fun heading into spring break, from Monday, March 18 through Thursday, March 21.
• A Bingo board made by YOU: Check below for your own Bingo board. You can print your board out, or play digitally on your device. All of the challenges on the Bingo board came from suggestions that you, other students and your teachers shared!

• Ideas are here: Keep reading! This newsletter has articles that specifically relate to the challenges on the Bingo board.
• Prizes for winners in each building (a special-edition #BeWell34 water bottle!), and a special prize for one winner who completes . Winners will be drawn at random from all bingo/coverall entries.

If you take away one new healthy habit or get to know what wellness means to you, you will have met the challenge. All the fun getting there is icing on the cake (because celebrating good times and treating yourself with cake is good for you)!

Check below for a link to your Bingo board. You can play online -- bookmark the page to go back to throughout the week -- or you can print it out. If you need help printing, ask a teacher!

Goal: Check off boxes to get “Bingo” (up/down, across, or diagonal). If you fill your entire card, you get a "Coverall." All of these entries will be thrown into the grand prize raffle!

By the end of school on Thursday, submit a PDF or screenshot of your card online here, or turn in a hard copy, with your full name and teacher's name to the school office. On Friday, the #BeWell34 team will pick winners from each building (one from each grade), and one grand prize winner!

Winners -- and your classroom teacher -- will receive a #BeWell34 water bottle! (Middle school winners will be able to choose one teacher who is your biggest champion to receive the water bottle.)

And, one winner will receive a VERY SPECIAL coverall prize: to be Superintendent for a morning, when you will have a very busy schedule, and have to make a very important decision for District 34 and send out an announcement about your decision.

Click the header above or button below for this week's Bingo board, with health and wellness challenges to keep you going all week!

Did you know that there are almost 60 different languages spoken in the homes of District 34 families? Chances are, at least one of your classmates can teach you how to say hello in a language other than English. Just ask!

You also can watch this video to learn how to say hi in 15 different languages. Take a look, and then say hi (or, "sawubona")!

Did you know that your school has a page on its website to help you with your health and wellness? If you check out #BeWell34 for students, you'll find ideas and activities that will help you be more mindful, get moving and learn about ways to cope when your anxious or upset.

New links and activities will be added to the page throughout the week, so keep coming back!

The #BeWell34 website includes a few videos for your 5-minute dance break. Here's one - or you can just move to whatever music makes you want to dance!

Got Bingo? Finished a coverall? Click the link below to submit a PDF or screenshot of your completed Bingo board and sit back and wait for the winners to be drawn on Friday morning!