Vail Taekwon-Do Academy

06/03/2026

Personal Growth Challenge for June 2026

This month’s personal growth challenge is an aquatic challenge.
Students who know how to swim:
Improve in some aspects of swimming. Here are some examples:
• # of laps in 10 minutes
• Time to swim 50, 100, 200, ... , 1000 yards
• Learn a new swim stroke
• Make up your own goal

Students that do not know how to swim. Take this month to get in the water.
• Learn how to float on your back
• Learn how to tread water
• Learn how to swim
• Make up your own goal

Purple Heart Park pool is open for June and July and it is free to swim. It has open swim Tuesday - Saturday 1pm to 7pm.

Be safe and make sure you have a lifeguard or adult present when swimming.

Let the instructors know what you will work on and let us know how much you improved!

Thank you,
Wesley Lee

05/26/2026

05/18/2026

No Class Monday and Tuesday (5/18 & 5/19)

05/10/2026

Fun Night 2026.

Benny James performed for our students on May 8th 2026.

It was a thank you to our students for helping with the Toy Drive and raising money for the Davis family.

Benny James is a local entertainer and can be hired for your party as well.
https://bennyjames1.wixsite.com/bjbreakreality

05/03/2026

Kicking Boredom Toy drive was a great success.

214 toys were collected!

Thank you everybody for their amazing donations.

04/21/2026

Got my van windows wrapped.

04/12/2026

Andrew Koch, a black belt at Vail TKD is doing a toy drive for Tucson Children's Hospital.

Vail Taewkon-Do is asking you to bring in a toy for the drive. You can drop them at the school and we will get them to Andrew.

Here is the link to the toy drive on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/22KET4X1FJD50?ref_=wl_share

Donation Guidelines – Please read!

We cannot display political or religious materials.
We are unable to accept gently used toys.
We ask that all donations are scent- and fragrance-free and are not exposed to smoke or pet dander.
Please be sure that all donations are latex-free.

Children’s Wish List



All ages

· Children's board books - English and Spanish

· Currently popular books for children of all ages

· Puzzles, Markers - washable; 8- or 16-count

· Fuzzy posters, Sun-catchers (paint-able)

· Play-Doh - all sizes and kits, Bubbles (non-scented) - 4 or 8 oz.

· Hairbrushes, detangler, hair bands, travel sized shampoo and conditioner

· Gift cards to Amazon, Target, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, etc.

Infants:

· Rattles, Teethers, Infant stimulation toys,

· Electronic light-up/Musical toys

· Stacking/Nesting toys/Infant links

Preschoolers:

· Stickers, Small, easy craft kits, V-Tech musical toys

· Stacking rings, Pop-up toys, 4-piece wood puzzles

· Sound and lights toys, Balls, Little People (Fisher Price)

· Cars (chunky, match box)

School Age:

· Small Lego kits, Craft kits - Slime, friendship bracelets etc.

· Board games - Sorry, Trouble, Apple to Apples, Monopoly, etc.

· Card games - regular playing cards, UNO, Skip-Bo, Phase 10

· Action figures (please avoid violent or scary looking figures)

· Animal toy figurines, Magna Doodles, Etch-a-Sketch

Teenagers:

· Arts and crafts kits, Sketch pads and sketch tools

· Chapstick / Lip gloss/ Nail polish (no nail polish remover)

· Headphones, Hand-held electronic games

· Over-the-door basketball hoop and ball

· Models (cars and airplanes), Magazines/books

04/05/2026

Happy Easter Vail Taekwon-Do Family!

May you have a great day with family and friends.

03/03/2026

The personal growth challenge for March 2026 is to listen to the following classical music pieces and give your interpretation of one of the pieces.

You can write down a story you hear, draw a picture, whatever you would like.

The pieces are:

Habanera from Carmen Suite No. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcFJTc28soQ&list=RDEcFJTc28soQ&start_radio=1

In the Hall of the Mountain King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqvHWUZZdP0

Riddle of Steel / Riders of Doom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynG0zc53OJE&list=RDynG0zc53OJE&start_radio=1


The goal of this personal growth challenge is to try to hear the story told by the music itself, instead of relying on the words sung. Each person may have a totally different vision of what is happening.


Once you have a write up you can put the piece name and what you hear and email it to Master Lee or bring in the paper.

Thank you,

Wesley Lee

2023 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition winner, Nicolò Foron conducts Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King with the London Symphony Orchestra...