MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 3:10 Why Belly Breathe

  This 3 minute video for students features Wilkeson Elementary School Counselor Carla Burgi sharing about how belly breathing really works!
  
  In our Second Step program, we teach students when they are upset to stop, name what they are feeling, and do a calm down strategy.
  
  Belly breathing is a type of calming strategy where you take a slow deep breath in through the nose and exhale out the mouth. It is called a belly breath because you should see your stomach expand.
  
  Deep breathing activates something in our body called the vagus nerve; this is the biggest nerve in our body and is super powerful!
  
  Breathing during the day and when we are upset helps our mental and physical health! Research shows it improves our sleep, reduces headaches, helps our memory and thinking, and reduces anxiety.
  
  Challenge: Try doing some belly breathing every day this week, even if you aren’t feeling upset. It is a great practice to do daily.

  Uploaded May 21, 2020
• 4:31 Control and Acceptance

  This 4 minute video for students features Glacier Middle School Teacher Bailey Plumb sharing about control and acceptance.
  
  With so many unknowns, it is hard to feel like you don’t have control in our life.
  
  When you are stressed, stop and think, “Do I have control over this?”
  
  If we don’t have control, it is better for our mental well being to try to accept and try not worry about it.
  
  Acceptance means accepting things for what they are, even when we don’t like it.
  
  Shift from “Why me?” to “It is what it is.”
  
  Challenge: Try to shift your focus this week on what you can control - how you spend your time, the effort you put into things, what media you look at, and asking for help.

  Uploaded May 12, 2020
• 3:14 Trauma, Resilience and Connection

  This 3 minute video for caregivers features White River School District Social Worker Carianne Sellers sharing about trauma, resilience, and connection.
  
  This pandemic has been a collective trauma for all of us; a trauma is a distressing and confusing event we don’t have control of. You may be concerned about your student’s stress and reactions.
  
  Research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACE’s) tells us the common thread of resilience is a loving and supportive caregiver.
  
  Spending time with our students doing something they are interested in, validating their feelings, and encouraging them when they want to give up will all help.
  
  We can all do hard things and we are not alone, take this time to strengthen relationships!
  
  Challenge: Spend some intentional quality time with your student and reach out to someone you have been missing!

  Uploaded May 12, 2020
• 2:44 Being a Bucket Filler

  This 3 minute video for students features Wilkeson Elementary School Counselor Carla Burgi sharing about being a bucket filler.
  
  We each have an invisible bucket inside of us. When we are having hard emotions like feeling sad, our bucket feels low and when we feel happy, our bucket level feels high.
  
  We have the power to help fill up other people’s buckets. We can do something kind, be helpful, say something nice; all these things make others happier.
  
  The cool thing is when we fill up someone else’s bucket, it doesn’t take anything from ours but rather ours gets fuller too!
  
  Scientists have researched this and we know it is true, our brain chemicals and physical health change when we are kind to others.
  
  
  
  Challenge: Be a bucket filler this week! Think of something you can do for someone else, it can be small! Notice how the other person reacts but also notice how it impacts how you feel.
  
  If you are interested in the books that inspired this post, check out “How Full Is Your Bucket?” by Donald Cliffton and Tom Rath and “How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids” by Mary Reckmeyer and Tom Rath

  Uploaded May 06, 2020
• 2:38 Disappointment

  This 2 minute video for caregivers features Elk Ridge Elementary School Office Manager Kim Cutright sharing about disappointment.
  
  We are all having a lot of big emotions right now, that is normal and OK!
  
  With this pandemic, we are not able to do many things we were really looking forward to like the end of a sports season, prom, graduation, or job opportunity.
  
  We had dreams of how things would be and it is so disappointing to not be able to have those dreams realized.
  
  When you feel disappointed, you can shift your focus to being kind to others or doing a hobby. It won’t make all the disappointment go away but it will definitely help.
  
  We are all going to get through this together!
  
  Challenge: When you feel disappointment this week, try to do one kind act for someone or get into a hobby. Notice how this impacts how you feel.

  Uploaded May 05, 2020
• 00:32 Levy Video Thank You
  Uploaded Feb 13, 2020
• 4:50 Track Day September 2019

  This is two laps at the ridge Motorsport Park in Shelton Washington. You can only hear the engine sound on the front straight as the sound reflects off of the pit wall. The speed at the end of the straight is around 130 miles per hour. This is during an HPDE (High-Performance Driving Experience) event. These events are five or six 20-minute track sessions. My 2011 Mustang GT has modified suspension and brakes, and special tires just for the track. I do around ten of these events at local road courses every year.

  Uploaded Feb 11, 2020 by Walt Szklarski
• 1:43 Levy Preschool Video
  Uploaded Feb 10, 2020
• 1:25 Levy Video Swarm the Stands
  Uploaded Feb 04, 2020
• 00:49 Levy Video Athletic Programs 1
  Uploaded Jan 24, 2020