My favorite physical activity is either baseball or basketball. I practice them both and I play on the school’s teams for both, but I don’t know which one I love more. I’d love to say I like baseball better right now because the basketball season ended. I love playing and practicing baseball. We have practice every day after school for 2 hours and it’s always fun to play America’s pastime and hang out with my friends.
Levi Price, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite physical activity is to jump on my trampoline. If you never jumped on one then you can just go to Just Jump. Speaking of Just Jump, trampoline parks are really fun. When you get signed in and you’ve paid, I love to go to the basketball hoops and dun on the small one if I’m allowed. I also love the big air bag they have and it’s always fun when you make a friend there.
Luke Dickerson, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise or physical activity to do is playing volleyball. My family and I go to this place where it’s a playground, pool, tennis, and volleyball. My sisters would go to the pools and play on the playground while my parents, my brother, and I play volleyball. Another activity that I like to do is go to this park in North Carolina. My family and I ride our bikes close to the lake or take a walk on a beautiful sunny day.
Luz Orozco, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise is push ups because they make you stronger in the arms. And jumping jacks because they make you stronger in the legs. I also like running a little because it can help you in your legs and if you keep doing it, makes you faster.
Madyson Doss, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise is running. The reason is because it is fun to run to see how fast you are against your friends. If you run cross country at the beginning of the year, you get in finals and run 5K. So when my friends and I were in 3rd through 5th we played freeze tag at recess. Now at middle school, we go to gym and sometimes go on the track to run. Running is a sport and it’s fun.
Mark Shaffer, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise or physical activity is horseback riding. I ride horses because it is great for your health, it is fun, and because horses are my favorite animal. Horseback riding requires physical strength, great communication, and even focus. You have to work hard and you will always get to show how good you are, unlike many other sports. I love to horseback ride and will continue to ride for my whole life.
Mia King, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite activity is swimming. I love to swim at my house or at the lake. Why I like to swim is because it’s fun and you can do different activities in the pool.
Micah Jessee, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite activity is roller skating. My friends and I go skating every Tuesday and Saturday. I love going skating because I think I’m good at it and I like teaching or helping people learn how to skate.
Ocianna Church, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise is riding my bike. It’s a good way to burn calories and also have fun with your friends. That’s why it’s my favorite exercising activity. I encourage you to take like, 30 minutes to an hour riding your bike and you will burn off calories.
Quinton Chapman, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise or physical activity is playing basketball although I’m not very good at it. I still think that it is fun to play.
Ryleigh Bays, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite activity is doing chorus and going to chorus practice because you get to connect with more people. Also you have a chance to really come out of your shell and try new things you’ve never done before.
Sarah Trivett, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite exercise to do is a plank. The reason I like to do planks is because a long time ago my sister and I had to go to a place named Velocity. There we had to do all kinds of exercises. Some of the things we did were clean rooms, planks, and we had to push around a heavy weight on a floor with turf on it. When we did the planks we had to hold them for 30 seconds or a minute.
Savannah Peaks, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
I’m not the biggest fan of sports and things like that but if I had to choose it would be swimming or handball. In my lifetime I swam for a year and a half and I played handball for almost 2 years. It was really fun to play but after a while it just got boring and I quit sports completely. I started doing other things like extra art classes, chorus, theatre, and drums! I had a better time doing those instead of sports.
Sofia Rosberg, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite physical activity is basketball. The reason basketball is one of my favorite activities is my dad played in high school and he had a lot of trophies. One of his trophies is for highest free throw percentage. So I work hard to try to be able as good as him. I have been doing track to get faster and football to get stronger. But you can’t go goof off, you have to put hard work into it.
Trent Gillum, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite activities are track and cross country. Even though cross country is over at HVMS, track is still a go. In track right now, I’m the best disc thrower and shot put. Maybe we can will a lot of the events. This is my favorite exercise or physical activity.
Trevor Chapman, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite physical activity is basketball because of how you get to throw a ball and have to concentrate too. Basketball is a fun sport to me because of how it takes multitasking. Multitasking takes a lot of practice and skill to master. That’s my favorite physical exercise.
William Couch, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite physical activity is to skate. I go skating 2 to 3 times a week at the skating rink. I love skating because it’s something I’m good at and enjoy. I love to do spins and skate backwards. I’m not a very flexible person so I don’t like to exercise or do any physical things, but I don’t count skating as a physical activity; it’s more of entertainment to me. I like to skate with my mom because she is also good at skating.
Zoey Emmert, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
My favorite physical activity is softball. We run and bat, and get to be part of a team—which is super fun.
Zoey Weaver, 7th, Holston Valley Middle, Mrs. Taylor
HILTON ELEMENTARY
My favorite exercise is running 4 miles. I like to run to my neighbor’s house. Then I like to run to Pal’s. When I get tired I usually go back to my house. These are the reasons I chose running as my favorite exercise.
Bryson Hughes, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite exercise is pull-ups. Sometimes when I do pull-ups I get hot and sweaty. I take a nap because I get tired. When I wake up I eat and sometimes it is dark. I stay up and my parents go back to sleep. I would keep doing pull-ups until I got sleepy. These are the reasons I picked pull-ups as my favorite exercise.
Kayllen Lane, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite exercise is jumping jacks. I like jumping jacks because they’re fun. What makes it fun is you jump and clap. It takes stuff off your mind. You also burn calories while doing something fun. Another reason is you just need yourself and nothing more. That is why I like jumping jacks.
Maddie Watts, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite exercise is basketball. I like basketball because you can shoot a foul shot. You can also dribble the ball and shoot. I have won 7 games while playing basketball. This is the exercise I like to do.
Mary Bear, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
MILLER PERRY ELEMENTARY
My favorite physical activities are riding my bike and running. When I’m running I feel like I’m soaring thought the air. And when I’m running I feel amazing. They are both very fun. It’s a great workout and it’s also very fun.
Abigail Berry, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers
My favorite physical activities are basketball and yoga. It is so much fun. You need to come to my basketball practice. The team is called MPE Bobcats. It is so much fun, you would have a blast. And my ELA teacher is really nice. It is the best school ever.
Annie Walker, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers