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Article: Early gym class appeals to active students Teenagers sacrifice sleep for interests.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 29, 2000
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It's 6:50 a.m.
Do you know where your kid is?
Chances are most parents don't have to worry. They know their teenagers are peacefully dozing, although some might be smacking the snooze button about then.
But the day already has started for about 30 ambitious Willowbrook High School juniors and seniors who are running laps at 6:50 a.m. under the almost unbearably perky tutelage of Orv Wilkin.
"I want them to have fun so they'll want to come back," Wilkin said. "I want them to want to be here."
Wilkin teaches "zero hour" physical education before the regular school day starts.
Although Wilkin likes to get up early and ...