HOOTIE

Friday, February 27, 2015

LIS Teachers at NJAPHERD Convention

NJAHPERD is dedicated to advancing quality health education, physical education, recreation, dance education, and athletics.  The Association promotes the development of healthy active lifestyles for New Jersey’s students, educators and community members. Our physical education teachers attended the NJAHPERD Conference this week.

L to R: Mr. Barrett, Mr. Chichilitti, NJAHPERD President Ms. Doherty, Mr. Boggs, Ms. Hart
At the conference, our teachers accepted a plaque on behalf of the LIS students. The plaque was awarded to LIS for raising over $20,000 last year for our combined Jump Rope & Hoops for Heart events, making us #1 in the state of New Jersey!

Our teachers also had the opportunity to hear from and meet with the motivational keynote speaker for the day, Gian Paul Gonzalez.
L to R: Ms. Hart, Mr. Chichilitti, Gian Paul Gonzalez, Mr. Boggs, Mr. Barrett
Congratulations to our students, who did such outstanding fundraising, and to our Physical Education department, who spent many hours coordinating these excellent programs.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Essay Contest Winners at LIS

The Old Barracks Museum in Trenton invited all N.J. students in 4th and 5th grade to celebrate George Washington’s birthday through an essay contest.  There were over 200 entries across the state.

Five students from Mrs. Annese's fourth grade class were prize winners!

Back row (L to R): Chloe Davis, Samantha Gunton, Megan Simpson
Front row (L to R): Rebecca Maccaroni, Ailish Humphrey

Samantha Gunton won the contest Grand Prize! She will get to eat a slice of birthday cake with George Washington.  Chloe Davis, Ailish Humphrey, and Megan Simpson were semi-finalists, and Rebecca Maccaroni was a finalist. All five of the girls won a free pass to the Old Barracks Museum.

Happy 283rd birthday to George Washington and congratulations to these fine writers!

Friday, February 20, 2015

LIS Brave Shavers

It is that time of year again when we get ready to shave our heads for a great cause, finding a cure for childhood cancer.  LIS has another strong team for the 2015 St. Baldrick's event being held on Saturday, March 14th at Amalfi's.  Our team's captain is Jake Ramos and he is doing a fantatic job leading our team in preparation for the big day.  If you are interested in being part of the team, raising funds for finding a cure for childhood cancer,  and shaving your head, please go to our team's link at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/TeamLISBraveShavers



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