The poet Carl Sandburg once said, "Time is the coin of our lives. We must take care how we spend it." How have you spent your life this past week? Have you been suffering from a migraine headache or an upset stomach? Have you been anxious about an upcoming project at work or school? Does there not seem to be enough time in the day to get things done or to do anything fun? Is an argument with a friend, relative, or rival keeping you up at night? Are you happy? Are you healthy? Are you stressed?

Many of us are on a personal quest for a happier, healthier, and more balanced life. Health Quest is an opportunity for students and teachers to meet healthcare professionals and learn from them knowledge, strategies, and techniques for dealing with stress and living fully.

Thanks to the sponsors of the Artist in Residence grant, our program participants have this on-line opportunity to share experiences and insights on their quest for health and wellness. Please join us on our journey!

Linda K. Bartlett, M.A. is an eighth-grade language arts teacher at Sunset Middle School in the St. Vrain Valley School District. She has worked in the public school system for 31 years promoting numerous business, community, and school partnership programs. After serving as a newspaper in education consultant for local and state newspapers, she became the co-creator of the Interactive Mentor Partnership Program with Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Her current project is Health Quest, a course designed in collaboration with community health and wellness professionals to teach life skills helping teens and adults reach optimal health. She is excited, this year, to see Health Quest expand to include an on-line magazine thanks to a new partnership with sponsors of the Artist in Residence program.

After 32 years of teaching, I have “retired” from my school district to pursue my passion! I am “growing” Health Quest into a life coaching practice! Although I have taught Health Quest for 12 years, I am excited to have the opportunity to share the program with people outside of education as well as with students and public school district employees. Should anyone ask what this “retired” lady is up to these days, please tell them that I am continuing Health Quest by coaching individuals and groups on how to design their future, manage change, and celebrate their own individual strengths, personality/learning styles, and personal quest with purpose and passion!

Health Quest On-line, but don’t be surprised to see a new homepage and an on-line newsletter in the months to come. I have so much I would like to share with you from my on-going training in Co-Active Coaching, and Bill Ellis and other HQ mentors continue to offer avenues to share our personal stories of insight and inspiration.

Although we didn’t schedule district workshops this summer, Luke Seaward and I will continue to offer our fall and winter programs through the St. Vrain Valley School District Department of Professional Development. In the meantime, please let me know if I can ever be of service to you working with “critters” young and old.

To the wonderful families and folks in Longmont and Niwot Colorado, thanks for 31 wonderful years of learning and growing together! I hope to share more adventures with you!

Please keep in touch! (Click here to email me: Linda Bartlett).

With gratitude,

Linda Bartlett

Greetings for the last time. Please check out two autobiograpies by senior mentors as well as many more articles on the "Explore Articles" page. Please see the Editor's notes for more details on this last edition.

Editors notes for the first edition of 2008 are here!

Read new featured articles written by Health Quest students.

What has everyone been saying about Health Quest? Explore new letters and comments to the editor!

Read the comments on Life Gardening!

This is our last edition of the Health Quest Online Magazine! Read the editor's note for the final edition!