For weeks, kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Great Neck Road Elementary School in the Copiague School District have been learning about healthy hearts and incorporating jump rope and other heart-healthy activities into their physical education aerobics program. The unit culminated in the annual Jump Rope for Heart activity, during which students jumped rope, among other activities geared toward increasing their heart rates, in an effort to raise money for the American Heart Association.
The event, which was organized by physical education teachers William Bennett and Barbara Olsen, taught the students about leading a healthy lifestyle, including eating right and exercising.
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