ISAT Week....

Next week starting on Tuesday, all three grade levels will begin their ISAT testing. Make sure you all get 7-8 hours of sleep each night and eat a well balanced breakfast each morning! With the testing schedule, students may not have all of their classes each day but we will eventually catch up on everything we missed by the following week.

In P.E. class, we will be starting our new units of pickleball, ping pong and bean bags with the 7th and 8th grade students. Our sixth grade students will be starting whiffleball with Mr. Dodd, ping pong with Mr. Dvorak and pickleball with Ms. Nyhlen.

I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy having off school on Monday for Casmir Pulaski Day!

This week in PE.......

Today in class, the 8th grade students took their cap and gown measurements. Even though it is only February, graduation day will be here before you know it! If you were absent on the day we took measurements don't panic, we will take care of it either Thursday or Friday of this week.

The sixth grade girls did a wonderful job yesterday in the IMC completing the Steroid Project. Each student watched a video and read an article on steroids and how people abuse them and then took two quizzes. Remember to turn in both the quiz and the word search to receive your points!

The sixth grade students will be testing on their current units Thursday and then will be switching into the final unit of the group, either floor hockey, weight lifting or basketball. Have a nice week everyone!!!

Steroid Project...

Next week the 6th, 7th and 8th grade students will be in the IMC working on the steroid project for our fitness unit. Students will learn about the dangers that are associated with steroids and the consequences that could result with steroid use.

Currently, in our weight lifting unit the girls have been doing an excellent job with trying new stations each week. We completed the bench press competition on Monday with each girl lifting 40lbs. as many times as possible. Kristy L. was the overall winner with a total of 41 reps. Nice job to everyone!

I hope that you all have a relaxing weekend and enjoy having Monday off in honor of President's Day.

Pack the Place...

Today after school the first PTP game will take place. All students that are attending the game will come to the old gym right after school and will take part in multiple activities. One of the highlights this year is the, "Pie-A-Teacher" contest. Tickets have been sold at lunch the past two days to see who will have the opportunity to "pie" their teacher. After these activities, the girls will be taking on Burr Ridge with a giant support section behind them that will be there to cheer the team onto victory! Tomorrow, the boys will face Westview in the second PTP game! Good luck Spartans!

This week in P.E. class we started our basketball games. All of my classes have been doing an outstanding job in the teamwork and communication areas of the game. We still need to work a little more on passing and ball control, however, I can already see an improvement from last year with the eighth grade girls.

Yesterday in 6th grade we tested and moved into our new units. My class went to basketball, Mr. Dvorak's class is with me in the floor hockey unit and Mr. Dodd's class is now in weight lifting.

Have a great week!