City Track Meet Placements
Wednesday, April 12th, was the City Finals for the 2022-2023 Track Season. We had great athletes who represented Carpenter SO well. We are incredibly proud of all of them!
Amurea Russell finished in 3rd place in the 400 meter dash.
Jason Ogbogu finished 4th place in the 800 meter run.
Juelz Shukair finished in 5th place in the 110 meter hurdles and also qualified in the 300 hurdles and the 400 dash.
Noryan Garcia finished in 6th place in the 110 hurdles and finished in 3rd place in the 300 meter hurdles and was also apart of the 4x400 relay team that finished in 4th place.
Jaden Harris got 6th place in the 100 dash and also finished in 6th place in the triple jump and was also a part of the 4x200 meter relay that came in 5th place.
The other members of the 5th place 4x200 group were Alex Torres, EJ Hector-Ige, and Xavier Miles. The same group participated in the 4x400 relay race.
Xavier Miles also got 4th place in High Jump and 4th place in Long Jump.
Jaxon Hurtado got 3rd place in long jump, 5th place in high jump and also qualified in the 400 meter, and he was a part of the 4x200 relay team that got 1st PLACE!!!! Along with William Magnuson, Derion Williams, and Christian Hampton, who cleaned up!
Christian also got 1st PLACE in the 400 AND the 200 dash, breaking the school records in both races. He ran the 200 in 23.81 seconds and the 400 in 53.32 seconds!! He is the Fastest in the City!
Other athletes we’d like to congratulate are:
Zonnique Shukair – 100 hurdles
Jennis Rodriguez, KK Gray, Danecia Draden, and Gracelynn Merriman – 4x200 relay
Nuri Simms and Bishop McKinney – in the 4x100 relay
This was a great season and we appreciate everyone that came out and worked hard! Thank you!
Yadi Soto with Mr. Mann
Isaiah Calderon battling it out!
Rodeo Tip of the Week
Ways to Decrease Teen’s Resistance to Your Wise Advice, Part II
In last week’s e-news, we talked about ways to engage adolescents to make them feel heard, understood, and, ultimately, receptive to our wisdom.
(6) Surf their resistance like a wave. Say you want your teens or tweeners to get to bed earlier, or to spend more time on their homework. It’s normal for adolescents to resist you on these things, especially if they are feeling pushed to do something they are not ready to do—even if they agree with you on some level. For example, they might recognize that they are not doing as well in school as they’d like, but they aren’t ready yet to commit to spending more time on homework and less time on video games.
Sometimes (often?) we parents cause kids to dig in their heels when we argue our own position more forcefully. This is like trying to be understood in a foreign country where we don’t speak the language: When we ask a question to a local who doesn’t understand English, we may get frustrated and ask again—but this time louder: “WHERE IS THE TRAIN STATION?” Similarly, with teens, it doesn’t help to make the same argument again, but louder. We’ll just annoy them.
(7) Genuinely appreciate their position and their participation in the discussion.
Used sparingly, affirmations build connections. You might be shocked (or depressed) by what your teen is telling you, and tempted to point out the mistakes that could ruin their lives forever. Instead, appreciate how hard the conversation might be for them, and thank them for their honesty: “I can only imagine that this is an awkward conversation for you. I’m so grateful that you are willing to talk with me about your love life. Your honesty says a lot about who you are as a person.”
Don’t overdo this one, though, or say anything you don’t actually mean, or you’ll come off as inauthentic and manipulative.
(8) Help them make a behavior plan
If your teen or tweener indicates that they are ready to make a change. Do this only if you suspect that they won’t be able to make a plan on their own, and if they indicate that they would like your help.
Have them list:
-the changes they would like to make
-the most important reasons for those changes
-the specific steps they plan to take
-the people who can support them—and precisely how those people can help
-the challenges or potential barriers to their success—and specifically what they will do when they encounter these difficulties.
Have them tell you their vision for their success—how will they (and you) know that they have been successful, or if the plan is working?
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