Thursday, February 28, 2008

The start of new units...........

This week 7th and 8th grade students finished up with two cognitive tests on basketball and weight lifting. Overall, most students did an excellent job on the tests if they studied all of the information that was provided to them on the study guides. Today we switched over to pickleball and ping pong and chose our doubles partners. Towards the end of the pickleball unit we will play a modified tournament where students will be put into multiple games to see who can finish up with the best record.

Sixth grade students also started pickleball, whiffle ball and ping pong this week. We will be starting off with basic skills such as volleying and serving in the pickleball unit. After next week we will start to play full games with doubles and singles matches.

The spring athletic season is quickly approaching! The Spring Athletic Schedule is out and tryouts for teams will be coming up in the middle of March or after Spring Break. Softball tryouts will be held on March 11th and March 13th right after school until 5pm. Hopefully the weather will warm up enough so we can make it outside! Have a great weekend!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Conclusion of Trimester Two Units

This week in P.E. we continued with our units of basketball and weight lifting for 7th and 8th grade students. Next week on Tuesday and Wednesday we will be taking our cognitive tests and then switching into our new units for trimester three. Students will be switching off every other day from Pickleball to Ping Pong. Study guides will be handed out at the beginning of the unit which will cover all of the rules and information for our test at the end of the unit.

Sixth grade students will also be switching into their Trimester 3 units. If you ever have any questions about the information being covered, all of the study guides and rules are posted on our school website under Physical Education. By clicking on Trimester 3 under the selected grade level, you can view all of the units being covered.

Have an excellent weekend and hopefully this cold weather will be ending very soon!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Pack the Place!

Today after school (Wednesday, 2/12), the first 'Pack The Place' event will take place at the Varsity Basketball game against Lisle. Many of the students are wearing green today because it is spirit week here at Lakeview so I'm sure our crowd will look outstanding tonight at the game. Tomorrow after school (Thursday, 2/13), the boys will be hosting Cass where another 'Pack The Place' event will be held. Students were given the opportunity to purchase either a shirt or a spirit pack which includes numerous Lakeview spirit items to bring for the games. Hope to see everyone there!

Sixth grade students took their cognitive tests yesterday in class on basketball and floor hockey. We are now starting our final units of this trimester. Sixth graders have been doing and excellent job!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Winter Madness!

This past week has been a little crazy around school with all of the interesting weather and our snow day on Friday. Hopefully we will be back on schedule on Wednesday with basketball and weight lifting. The sixth grade students will be taking floor hockey and basketball cognitive tests on Friday afternoon to conclude their current unit.

With all of this snow falling there are tons of fun activities to do outside to stay active. Sledding and snowboarding are just a couple of ideas to try but if you are interested in skiing you can always find a ski hill or path where places offer downhill or cross country skiing. If we decide that the snow is right to try cross country skiing in class, we will let the students know what day and what items they should bring with them to school.

Stay safe and warm in this crazy winter weather!!