Thursday, October 11, 2012

Conclusion of first units....

Friday will mark the conclusion of our first full rotation of units for PE & Health.  All students have done an excellent job adjusting to the new schedule and I am looking forward to the next three units.  The cognitive test will be given on Friday, for the current unit you are participating in for PE/Health.  On Monday, Ms. Nyhlen's original class will rotate into volleyball.  Mr. Dvorak's class will begin bowling and Ms. Stankiewicz' class will begin the life skills program in Health.  

Athletics:  Good luck to our cross country teams and the qualifying runners this weekend at the state meet in Peoria!  It was great to see so many strong runners at the sectional finals this past weekend.  Go Spartans!

The JV and Varsity volleyball teams will play at home today (10/11) against Butler, Monday @ Jefferson and then next Thursday, 10/18 at home against Cass.  Let's finish the season on a strong note!

The football team has one final game next Tuesday, October 16th at Eisenhower.  Good luck Spartans! 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Track and Field

Congratulations to the following students on setting records in the track and field unit up to date.  With two rotations completed, the following records have been set:

50 yard dash:  6.6 seconds - T.J. C. ....... 6.7 seconds Ewa W.
100 yd. dash:  12.1 seconds - Charlie W. ....... 12.7 seconds Ewa W.
200 yd. dash:  28.2 seconds - T.J. C. ....... 29.4 seconds Ewa W.

4x100 yd. relay:  56.3 seconds - Charlie W., Michael W., Michael P., Raymond L.
                             59.0 seconds - Madison S., Morgan M., Sarah C., Mackenzie W.

High Jump:  4'9" - T.J. C
                     4'2" - Sarah C.

With one final rotation remaining of track and field, we will have to wait and see who is up to the challenge of breaking a record for this school year!

PE/Health Tests will be tomorrow, (Friday 9/28) on our early dismissal day.  Beginning on Monday, all three classes will be moving into their final rotation for the current units.

ATHLETICS:  
Upcoming game/meet dates for our fall sports teams

Wednesday, October 3rd Boys Football vs. Gower
Wednesday, October 3rd Cross Country @ Cass
Wednesday, October 3rd Girls Volleyball vs. Gower

Game times begin at 4:15pm.

GO SPARTANS!!!

Friday, September 14, 2012

New Rotation Starting Monday

We all made it through the first rotation of the new PE/Health classes.  Starting on Monday, September 17th, we will move into our second rotation.  Mr. Dvorak's class will now move to Ms. Nyhlen's class for PE.  Ms. Nyhlen's class will move to Ms. Stankiewicz for Health, and Ms. Stankiewiczs' class will move to Mr. Dvorak for PE.  So, if you are going to Health class, you do not need your PE uniform for the next two weeks, however, you do need a folder or binder for Health class.  If you are moving to Dvorak or Nyhlen, you still need your uniform on Monday.

Fall Sports Pictures will be held on Friday, September 21st.  All Fall athletes should have received a picture form on Friday at practice.  Please make sure you fill this out and return it to your coach during the week, or bring it on Friday the 21st for pictures.

Best of luck to the cross country teams as they will be running at the Troy meet this Saturday, September 15th.  Go Spartans!

Have a great weekend!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Welcome Back Spartans!

Welcome back to the 2012-2013 school year!  We all made it through the first week of school and I want to thank all of the students for demonstrating such great behavior the first week.  I would also like to congratulate all of our 6th grade students for making the transition from Prairieview to Lakeview! 

In PE classes, all of my 6th grade students have done an amazing job learning their new locker combinations and how to open their PE lockers.  This 6th grade class has been the first to have the locker room procedures down pat in one week.  Keep up the great work!


All 6th, 7th and 8th grade students completed the Fall Fitness Testing this first week (6th grade-no mile run) of classes.  Starting on Tuesday, we will begin the rotation of PE/Health every two weeks.  To clarify this for anyone that is still confused........if you have Nyhlen on your schedule for PE/Health, you will start with Ms. Nyhlen for two weeks of PE.  If you have Dvorak, you will start with Mr. Dvorak for two weeks of PE.  If you have Conley, you will start with Ms. Stankiewicz (Mrs. Conley's maternity leave sub), for two weeks of Health.  The rotation will then go:  Nyhlen to Stankiewicz, Stankiewicz to Dvorak, Dvorak to Nyhlen and REPEAT every two weeks from there.  


Please contact any of us if you have questions about the new rotation.  This is a new schedule for all of us (students and teachers), but I'm positive everyone will understand it after a full rotation between all three classes.


ATHLETICS:  Thank you to all of the girls that came out for JV and Varsity Volleyball tryouts.  It was an extremely difficult tryout, with about 50-55 girls trying out this season.  It is the most difficult part for me as a coach, because each girl that I evaluated showed such positive attitude and potential.  Unfortunately, we can only have a certain amount of girls on each team per season.  I would like to congratulate those girls that made JV and Varsity volleyball this season.  


Cross country practices started on Wednesday with a very large group of students coming out for the first practice of the season.  Best of luck Spartan runners!


Football tryouts also took place last Thursday and Friday.  I know Mr. Dvorak will have a great group of players this season and I'm looking forward to watching the Spartans play!


Football cheerleading tryouts will be held this upcoming week, with a cheer clinic on Tuesday, Spet. 4th and tryouts on Wednesday, Sept. 5th.  Best of luck to all the girls!


Here is my contact information if you ever need to reach me:  

enyhlen@ccsd66.org OR voicemail:  630.783.5122

Monday, May 21, 2012

Softball Unit

This week in 7th and 8th grade classes, all students are participating in the annual softball tournament.  Each team competes against one another in a softball game over the course of two days.  At the end of day 2, whichever team is ahead gets the win.  We have had some pretty close games up to date, with multiple periods ending their games with a mark in the tie column.  Keep up the great work!

Sixth grade classes are in their second rotation of the last three units.  In badminton, we will continue to work on serving and various types of shots and strategies.  At the end of this week, we will begin playing doubles games.

Congratulations to the girls softball team on their 2nd place season finish, as well as their 2nd place conference tournament finish.  The Spartans played great softball all season and finished with an overall record of 7-1-1.  Way to go Spartans!!!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Conclusion of units....

This week in PE classes we are finishing up our badminton and soccer units with the 7th and 8th grade students.  We will be testing on Thursday and then running the mile on Friday to wrap up the week.  Please make sure that you review your study guides as each question is worth two points. 

In 6th grade classes, we are continuing along with our final rotation of units.  With only about 4 weeks left of school, the 6th grade students are continuing to do an excellent job in each unit.  I think they are ready to move on to 7th grade! 

Congratulations to the softball team as they prepare for their final regular season game this Wednesday vs. Westmont @ Lakeview.  As of today their record is 4-1-1.  The girls will play in the conference tournament on Saturday, May 12th at Lemont Park District.  Go Spartans!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Fitness Testing

This week we began fitness testing with our 6th grade students.  Every student will complete the sit and reach, one minute sit ups, shuttle run, pull ups and timed mile run.  At the conclusion of these tests each student should bring home their fitness score sheet for their parents to sign and return to their PE teacher.  Right now, with the weather this week, we are looking to run the mile on Thursday.  


The ultimate goal of every student should be to improve all of the scores from the Fall round of fitness testing.  


In our 7th and 8th grade classes, students are continuing along with their badminton tournament.  There have been a lot of great games up to date and I look forward to seeing the conclusion of the games.  In sixth grade classes, students will begin their final rotation of three units.  Ms. Nyhlen's class will begin badminton, Mr. Dodd's class will begin softball and Mr. Dvorak's class will begin soccer.