Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Lakeview Junior High and another exciting year of P.E.! This week will be an introduction week for all of the sixth grade students. The first day of school we will be going over the general rules and expectations of our students in Physical Education class and discuss some of the units and field trips we will be taking. The course outline and syllabus is available online through our district website if you click on Physical Education. Sixth grade students will be assigned locks and lockers tomorrow during class and will have adequate time to practice opening and locking their lockers. Students should be ready to dress and participate on Thursday this week.

Seventh and eighth grade students will review the syllabus and should be ready with their uniforms on Wednesday. The units will change a bit from sixth to seventh grade so we will also discuss what different activities we will be participating in.

If your child is participating in any athletics throughout the school year, a physical form must be on file in the office before the tryout date. Best of luck to everyone this school year, it should be a great one!!

Final Week

As the school year comes to an end, I would like to wish all of the graduating eighth grade students the very best of luck at they move on to high school in the fall. This has been a great first year experience at Lakeview Junior High and I am very excited to be back for the 2008-2009 school year.

In P.E. classes we are playing our annual softball tournament with the seventh and eighth grade classes. The 'Aviators' are really doing a great job in 1st period along with 'The Team' and the 'Softballas' in 2nd and 4th period respectively. We are looking forward to one more week of great playing by all the students!

Let's finish out the year strong!

End of year activities.....

As the school year comes to a close many students will be participating in multiple field trips and activities. The eighth grade students will start practicing for graduation next week and will be taking a field trip to Great America on Thursday, May 29th. The Spring Musical will be taking place on Thursday and Friday of next week with a dress rehearsal on Thursday afternoon for the 5th grade students at Prarieview.

In P.E. classes we will be starting the softball tournament tomorrow and continuing that through the end of the year. Each team will get to choose their own team name and then will be placed into a bracket system. The sixth grade students will be concluding their final units and taking the cognitive test to end the school year.

Good luck to every student as they finish out the school year on a high note!

Final Units....

We started our final units for the school year at the end of last week. Seventh and eighth grade students will be playing softball and floor hockey for the remaing weeks of school. In the last week of class, we will have a softball tournament that will pair each team up against one another to decide a final champion.

All students ran their second mile today in class and did an outstanding job improving their scores from last week. The new and improved time can be recorded on the fitness sheets that need to be signed by a parent and returned.

The Lakeview Girls Softball team concluded their season this past Saturday in the season tournament. The girls had the best game of their season against Jefferson but came up just short of advancing to the second round. Nice job to all of the players and managers on the team that made this a fun season! Go Spartans!

Fitness Testing

Today in class all students will be timed for the mile run. Students can then compare their scores from the fall trimester and see if their cardiovascular endurance has improved with a lower score. Later this week, we will be completing the remainder of the fitness tests including sit and reach, pull ups, shuttle run and sit ups. Every student will have a recording sheet with their final scores on it and must turn that in with a parent signature.

The softball team will be finishing up their regular season this Thursday at home against Gower. On Saturday, the season tournament will take place at Lemont Park District. Go Spartans!

Spartan Softball

Congratulations to the softball team on their 12-4 victory over Westmont yesterday! All of the girls contributed with their bats and our defense held strong even with some quick left handed opponents. Our next game is today (4/30), against Westview starting at 4pm at home.

Our soccer and badminton units will be wrapping up at the beginning of next week. Make sure that you review the study guides before the cognitive tests!

Safe travels to everyone attending the band trip this Thursday and Friday. Have a great time!

The current units of badminton and soccer are going well. In soccer we started playing full games working on positions and communication with teammates. We will continue to play full field games for the remainder of the unit. In badminton, the doubles tournament has been underway for a few days now. I have seen all players using multiple drop and smash shots to throw their opponents off balance. I hope that by the end of the unit, all students will have enough knowledge of the game to be able to enjoy it outside of school during the summer.

Congrats to Evan M. and Austen J. for a hard fought game of badminton. Even though they were defeated 15-8 they played some excellent shots and never gave up!

The softball team beat Burr Ridge last week with excellent offensive power and a strong defense. The next home games will be on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Come on out and show your support!