Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

JV Basketball Heads Into Final Week....

The JV team will be wrapping up their season next week with 3 tough games. The boys have been working hard to imrove all season and will have a tough test here in the their final games!

All Classes are Dancing!

The 8th graders are doing a great job with Mrs Garvey Ballroom Dancing. They look great and are looking forward to the Big Dance next Friday!

The 6th and 7th graders are Square Dancing and Line Dancing and are also doing a fantastic job!

We will start Rollerblading in all grade levels the day we get back from Christmas Break!

JV Sports Pictures...

Are Wednesday before the Lisle Game. Please turn in your envelope if you are ordering pictures.

Ballroom Dancing has begun!!!

The 8th graders have strated Ballroom Dancing and are doing a great job so far!

Bowling Field Trips/Special Events

The 7th graders will be going to AMF Bowl in Bolingbrook on Thursday November 19th. THe 8th graders will be going on Friday November 20th.

The 8th graders will start BALLROOM DANCING on November 30th!

Fall Banquet...

Will be this Thursday starting at 6:30. This banquet honors all Football players, Volleyball players, Cheerleading and Cross Country runners.

New Units....

The 7th and 8th graders are starting Bowling and Volleyball this week while the 6th graders will be doing Bowling, Volleyball and Weightlifting.

JV Basketball Try-outs....

The 6th grade wil try-out Tuesday the 27th and the 7th graders will try-out Wednesday the 28th. Both try-outs are 3-5p.m.. Good Luck to all!

Cross Country...

Congratulations to the Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams on finishing 2nd place in conference this season. A special congratulations to Amanda T. on finishing 3rd in state at the state meet last Saturday!

Good luck to the Varsity Volleyball Team on their tournament tomorrow!

Lousy Weather!!!

This Fall has been terrible as far as weather goes and it has put our units on hold! The kids have done Fitness and lots of games this week! Hopefully we can get back to our Football unit next week!

I had a Viral Infection that turned into a Sinus Infection - It has been over a week and I am still not %100! Lots of germs going around!!!!

Have a great weekend and stay healthy!

Football

All 7th and 8th grade classes will be starting Football this coming week!

Fitness Testing

This week we concluded our Fall Fitness Testing. The students should be bring home their results to show the parents this weekend.

A congratulations to David F. for doing an incredible 25 pull-ups and to Peter F. for his 5:46 mile!

Golf Trips!

Both the 7th and 8th grade Golf Trips were a great time and the kids did an Awesome Job! Mr. Windsor even got a letter from the owner of Zigfield Troy saying how polite and well behaved the 8th graders were on the trip!

5:46 MILE TIME!!!

Peter F. ran a mile time of 5:46 today! What a great performance, especially considering he is only in 6th grade!!

Julian C. and Joe E. also did a great job by running the mile in 6:24!

All in all it was a great day to run and all the kids put forth an OUTSTANDING effort!

Golf Trips...

The 7th and 8th graders will be going to Zigfiled Troy next week on the 24th(7th) and 25th(8th). Please sign the permission slips available on our website and have the students return them by the 21st.

Welcome Back!!!

I hope everyone had a great summer ...I know I did!!

This week in PE we have started Track and Field with the 7th and 8th grade and I am also doing Track and Field with the 6th graders.

Congratulations to the 2009 Spartan Football Team....Coach Novotny and I had our first real practice yesterday and the boys all worked very hard!

Congratulations Class of 2009!!!

I really enjoyed working with all of the 8th graders over the past few years, what a great group of kids they are! It was a pleasure seeing them grow and mature and I wish them luck in all of their future endeavors!

I hope all of the students have a great summer and I look forward to seeing the 6th and 7th graders here in a few months!

Softball Tournaments/Fitness Testing

The annual end of the year Softball Tournaments have begun in all 7th and 8th grade PE classes!

The students have completed all of their fitness tests for the year. They should be bringing home a chart that explains where they are in each of the 4 categories of fitness for the parents to review.

Congratulations to the girl's soccer team!!!

A big congratulations goes out to Mrs. Wilson and the Girl's Soccer Team on their 8-0 season and conference championship! This is the girl's second championship in a row!

What a year it was in Lakeview Sports- The Girl's Volleyball Team won the conference tournament, The Boy's JV Basketball were conference champs, the Boys Varsity Team won the conference tournament and now the Girl's Soccer Team wins the conference championship!

Way to Go Spartans!!!

Best Mile Times...

Congratulations to the 6th grade mile champion Amanda T. on her 6:17 mile. Congratulations to 8th grader Louis P. on his 6:29 mile time. And Congratulations to 7th grader Julian C. on his 6:15 mile!

The students will be completing the rest of their fitness tests during this week.

Fitness Testing...

The 6th and 8th graders will be doing the Presidential Fitness Testing this Spring, while the 7th graders will be participating in the FinessGram Physical Fitness Testing Program. Included in the tests are the Mile Run, Pull-ups or Push ups, Sit and Reach, Trunk Lift, Sit-ups and the Shuttle run. Essentially the students are tested on their flexibility, strength, muscular endurance and aerobic endurance.

Badminton Tournaments!

Badminton Tournaments will be starting this week for the 7th and 8th graders!

NEW PE UNITS...

We will be starting Badminton and Soccer next week with the 7th and 8th graders. The 7th and 8th graders will also be putting together a step or jump rope routine.

The 6th graders will be doing Badminton, Soccer and Softball next week.

Spring Sports!!

The Athletic Banquet was another success and a fantastic night for everyone invloved. The food was great, the coaches did a nice job and the athletes were well behaved and represented Lakeview with class!

Congratulations to all who tried out for Spring Sports and good luck to the teams this year! Remember, if you did not make a team there is always next year - keep working hard and try again! Michael Jordan did not make his varsity basketball team the first time he tried out for it, and he is the greatest player that ever played!

Spring Sports...

Tryouts for Spring Sports will begin the week of march 23rd. Please make sure athletes trying out have a physical on file! Spring Sports include; Soccer, Boys Volleyball, Girls Softball and Track and Field. There are no try outs for Track and Field.

Congratulations Boys Varsity Basketball Team!

Congratulations to Coach Dodd and the Boys varsity Team on their victory over Cass at the Tournament! It was a great game and a great finish to an incredible season!

Spring Athletic Banquet set for March 19th!

The Spring Banquet will honor all of the basketball players and cheerleaders from both the JV and Varsity seasons. We will again be having Papa Passeros and the cost will be 10.00 per person attending. All of the athletes will bring sign-up forms home.

Varsity Basketball Teams....

Congratulations to the varsity teams on their 2nd place finishes in conference! Good Luck in the playoffs!

New Units....

The 7th and 8th graders will be starting Pickleball and Table Tennis and the 6th graders will be rotationg through Whiffleball, Pickleball and Table Tennis starting next week!

6th Grade Bench Press Champ!

Congratulations to Caleb on doing 44 reps with 40 pounds! He is the 6th grade champion of 2009!

Intramurals!

Morning Intramurals has been going strong and the students are having a blast playing floor hockey and basketball before school. Studies show that students do better in school when they are active in the morning!

After school the Basketball Intramurals are also going great! The kids are working on their shooting, passing, and dribbling and also learning about zone and man to man defense and are having fun scrimmaging the other students from the different grade levels!

Steroid Assignment!

All of the students have been introduced ot the dangers of steroids this week. With all of the news about A-ROD this week it has been a very appropriate time for the students to spend a day in the IMC researching the dangers of steroids, watching a short film on the subject, and taking a 10 point quiz to test their knowledge.

7th and 8th grade Boys Bench Press Champs!!!

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th grade Bench Press Champios of 2009!
Joe W. won the 7th grade boys title by benching 60 pounds 43 times!
Tommy B. Won the 8th grade boys title by benching 80 pounds 25 times!

Nice job guys!!

Pack The Place!

A big congratulations to everyone involved with "Pack The Place" this week! The boys and girls both won and all of the fans did an outstanding job representing Lakeview!

A special thanks to Mr. Dodd for bringing back the 2003 JV Basketball Champs! It was great seeing all of those boys all grown up and very successful! I can't believe they will be going to college this year! I have been very fortunate to be able to coach some great teams and many great athletes here at Lakeview!

Good Luck to both Varsity teams during the rest of the season and the playoffs! Way to go SPARTANS!

Basketball Intramurals....

Basketball Intramurals will be starting Monday February 9th. It will go from 3:00 to 4:30. There will be a schedule given out to the students on the first day. This is for boys and it is for all grade levels.

PACK THE PLACE!

This Wednesday and Thursday will be Pack The Place! The Girls will be home on Wednesday and the Boys will be home Thursday. The games will start @ 4:00 and will be in the OLD GYM!

Good Luck to both teams, it should be a great time!

Congratulations to the Varsity Basketball Teams....

On their victories over Old Quarry and Westmont! Way to go Spartans!

Big Dance Today!!!!

Today is the make up for our 8th grade Ballroom Dance Party! Should be a great time that the 8th graders will always remember!

GOOD LUCK VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAMS...

Good luck to the Varsity Boys and Girls as they start the Westmont Tournament this week! Also good luck on the conference opener next Tuesday!!!

PE CLASSES THIS WEEK....

All of my classes are ending Rollerblading and starting Weightlifting and/or Basketball this week!

Morning Intramurals...

Will be starting on Tuesday January 20th. Permission slips will be coming soon! Morning Intramurals meets every Tuesday , Thursday and Friday through Spring Break and we start at 7:00 a.m. each day. We will be playing Basketball and Floor Hockey this year.

Rollerblading...

All of the students are enjoying rollerblading this week! They are working on stops, going backwards changing directions, balancing, changing levels, partner skating, crossovers and more!!! We will start Basketball and weightlifting next week!