This marks the first of three summer newsletters.  These newsletters will be shorter - hey, I like being outside instead of in front of the computer. <smile>

At last, we can enjoy the warm summer months.  Each year, I find myself anxious for the longer summer days and  activities.  We want to remind everyone that healthy habits during the summer include drinking plenty of fluids and protecting yourself from excessive exposure to the sun.  People exercising in the studio need to be careful to increase their fluid intake to compensate for warmer studio temperatures.

Please send in the names of studentswho made honor roll during the 4th quarter of the school year and indicate whether they had straight A's.  We will want to recognize these students in the July newsletter.

While we try to not miss recognizing a person who has made honor roll or placed in a tournament, we missed a few people in the last newsletter.  They are listed below along with their accomplishment.

As a reminder to all the sparring students, no sparring classes are held on the night of Junior Belt Testing.  Parents should expect the Junior Belt Test to last approximately 1 - 1 and 1/2 hours.

If you will be out of class for vacation this summer, we wish you a safe and enjoyable vacation.

Two of our student's graduated from high school this year.  This is an exciting time for these graduates as they contemplate their future plans.  They provided us a little information about themselves and their plans for the future.  Please be sure to congratulate them when you see them in class.

The school-sponsored Tournament was held on May 7th at Fairfield Intermediate School located on Donald Drive.  The tournament was attended by over 200 martial artists.  Obviously, this tournament is one of the best attended by our students. 

We need pictures from the tournament for our web site and for the bulletin board at the studio.  If you have pictures, please bring them in!  The following students received trophies during the competition.