Mrs. Janas and Mr. Devore

October 2008

Thanks to the generosity of Trojan Youth Lacrosse, Mountain View has enjoyed a new unit that the students have LOVED!!! The TYL Club donated 70 sticks and balls to our school. We have learned about the game and had a great time mastering the skills of catching, passing, cradling, scooping and learning how to work as a team. The K-2 used scoops (shorter handles) while the 3-5 grades used the lacrosse sticks (longer implements). We look forward to building on these skills next year!

We hope to see everyone at Movie On the Mount to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks" to raise money for Relay for Life. What a wonderful way to support a worthwhile cause and have some family time as well.

October 8th is WALK TO SCHOOL DAY. Coach Devore and Mrs. Janas will meet you at either Northhampton Subdivision or the Aquatic Center to walk the groups over to school. Thank you to the West Family for organizing this for our school every year!

The next unit we will cover will include Frisbee games and Team Handball to help us with catching and throwing skills. We hope you will get out in your yards and "PLAY" with your children. Remember what we always say....

                              DON'T JUST SIT....GET FIT!

Our last activity of the month will include our Halloween stations that the students look forward to every year. We feature our climbing rope (Jack in the pumpkin patch), target throwing (pumpkin toss), the most popular "Bat cave" featuring scooters and strobe lights, and many other fun activities!!!! Thank you for all of your kind words and support of our program. You guys send us the BEST kids in the world !!! It is truly a pleasure to teach at Mountain View!

Mrs. Janas & Coach Devore 

September, 2008

Hi Mountain View Community,

     We have completed our Fitnessgram Physical Fitness test and have moved into the LACROSSE unit for our 3-5 grade students! They LOVED learning how to cradle and scoop the ball up. We will move into throwing and catching next week while incorporating some game-type situations! We want to thank Trojan Youth Lacrosse  for donating all of our equipment to us! We have 70 brand new sticks and balls for this unit, all due to the generous donation from this wonderful program! Thanks Guys!

     Our Kindergarten - 2nd grade students are working on space/levels/ pathways/ speeds while playing games! It is so much fun to watch them learn while they are working on fitness ~ they are working so hard and giggling the entire time! We have the best job in the world!

     We are having a blast with the kids and they are such great students. We have the best kids in the world and they try so hard~ thank you for supporting our program the way you do!

Keep playing!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs. Janas and Coach Devore!

*Welcome Back!

Hi Everyone!!!

      Welcome to Physical Education for the 2008-2009 school year! We know this is going to be a great year of learning and fun for your child! We are very excited about this year and expect great things to happen in our class.

     We welcome Mr. Devore to Mtn. View this year. He is coming back to

Cobb

County

and is a wonderful addition to our school. He has 18 years of experience in the elementary and middle school grades. Be sure to stop by and meet him next time you are in the building!

     We are going to be doing some new things in PE this year. The Lassiter Youth Lacrosse league has generously donated lacrosse sticks for us to use and we are looking forward to trying this out on our new field. 

     K-2 will be starting off the year working on locomotor skills while incorporating spatial awareness through activities and games! 3rd - 5th grades will begin the year with a brand new fitness test called Fitnessgram. This measurement is similar to Presidential Physical Fitness with minor changes. We will submit the results and our goal is to improve on these scores by next spring! This testing along with lacrosse will be a busy fall for our students.

     Have you seen the playground area? It is WONDERFUL ~ sodded and more safe than it has ever been. Hopefully this will reduce the number of injuries out on the playground while giving us a beautiful field to play and run around in.

     Thank you for being so wonderful to us here at Mtn. View. The parents of our children are supportive and very giving with your time and resources. We look forward to working with you to make this year the best your child has ever had!

Coach Devore and Mrs. Janas