Week of 9/21-9/25

This will be the last week for the fun run! The nssd112 fun(d) is Sept 26th at 8am at Ravinia Festival


5th grade will be doing the fun(d) Tuesday and Friday. The rest of the week 5th grade will be doing team building.

3rd and 4th grade will be doing the fun(d) Tuesday and Friday. The rest of the week will be playing shookball/flickerball.


2nd grade will continue to focus on soccer and kickball

1st grade will continue to focus on catching and throwing

Week of 9/14-9/18

Tomorrow is the Fun run for 3rd-5th grade


5th grade here is your homework
- please e-mail Mr. J

For all 5th graders.. any 5th grader that emails me (djesselson@nssd112.org) with 1) Your 1-2 goals for the year in PE class and 2) Your thoughts on our team building activities so far will get Olympics points. The more thought that you put into your goals and thoughts the more Olympic Points you will receive. I want to start a conversation with all of you about where you think you are in your leadership development. 

Week of 9/8-9/11

I hope everyone had a nice three day weekend!

Coming up this week...

5th grade will still be focusing on team building. If any fifth graders comes in with the definition of what team building means to them they will receive 250 olympic points.

3rd and 4th will be focusing on shookball/flickerball this week

2nd grade will be working on kicking and soccer

1st grade will be working on throwing and catching

Please make sure to sign up for the NSSD112 fun(d) Run! Sept 26th at 8 am.

**The first person to post a comment with their name and olympic team will get 250 points!**

Week of 8/31-9/4

Hope everyone has a nice first week back at school.

This week Olympic coaches will still come in Monday-Thursday in the morning, unless Mr. J says something different.

Starting this week 3rd-5th will be participating in the Sherwood fun(d) Run every Thursday in the month September. We do this one to prepare students for participating in the actual fun(d) run held Saturday, September 26th at 8am at Ravinia Festival. We also do this to teach students how to pace themselves and gradually build up endurance.



5th grade this week will be working on team building
3rd and 4th grade will be working on flickerball/shookball
2nd grade will be working soccer/kickball
1st grade will be working on locomotor review and throwing and catching


Have a great week! If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail us.

Welcome Back 8/25-8/28

Welcome Back Sherwood students and families!

Mr. J and I are really looking forward to this school year. We have a lot of fun things planned for the first week.

We are also getting excited to start our Sherwood Olympics and getting ready for the District 112 Fun(d) Run!

May 18th - May 22nd


This week K-2 will be working different skills in soccer and having fun playing a game called "World Cup".

Grades 3-5 will be finishing up track and field this week. Once their grade is done they will be start one of these three options: kickball, soccer or ultimate frisbee.


Fifth grade please remember your 5th grade is due this Friday! If you have any questions please e-mail Mr.J or Mrs. Cook at djesselson@nssd112.org or jcook@nssd112.org

May 11th-May 15th

Good Morning!

This week K-2 will be working on different games to prepare for Field Day which is not very far away!

Grades 3-5th will be finishing up the rest of their track and field units.

Below is a link to a flyer for the Youth Track and Field Event hosted by Mr. Buti and the Highland Park District. Many students participated last year and really enjoyed it. It is open to all 4th-8th with special invite for third grades from Mr. J and Mrs. Cook.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2bVaHz5ZrcuKz1Cb2KEHBpuQ-6_Z03vh0hJ4_T2wQk/edit

Lastly, 5th graders remember your P.E. project is due May 22nd!