On February 26th and March 19th our L.I.S. students held their Hoops for Heart and Jump Rope for Heart events.  Our 6th graders raised $7600 and our 4th and 5th graders raised $15,824 for the American Heart Association.  A great time was had by all of our students, parents, and staff that came back at night to help out.  Our grand total which is a school record is $23,424!!!  Kudos to our L.I.S. students.

From L to R:  Our top fundraisers for both events:  4th grader Owen Boggs raised $900 for Jump Rope for Heart and 6th grader Eric Maest raised $3280 for Hoops for Heart (A new school record!!).  In Eric's 3 years at L.I.S. he has now raised a total of $6,885 (another school record) earning him the nickname "BIG MONEY".

Parents and L.I.S. 6th grade participants

2/27/15  On Friday afternoon all of L.I.S.'s 5th graders skyped with the Seattle Seahawks Defensive Line Coach, Travis Jones.  Mr. Jones spoke to the students about his football career, working with the Seattle Seahawks, and the importance of perseverance. His most important advice to our students: "Never Give Up!"  

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 2/23/15 & 2/24/15 in Long Branch, N.J.

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 L.I.S. students. The plaque was awarded to L.I.S. 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.  Click HERE to see his story about helpinginspiring the N.Y. GIANTS to go "ALL IN" .   

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.