Beechwood School Celebrates Jump Rope For Heart Day

The following is a press release from the Beechwood School:

On March 5, 2013 the Beechwood School in Mountainside New Jersey participated in Jump Rope for Heart Day.  Our day started out with an assembly, followed by activities which rotated every 30 minutes.  At the end of the day the students met in the gym to sing the Heart song they learned in the music session and then watch the teachers participate in a jump rope contest!  We then concluded with announcing the grand total Beechwood School raised for the American Heart Association.  Every class participated in activities that relate to the heart throughout the day.  The areas that students participated in are:

Art- the students designed a heart badge

Music- the students were taught a heart song and sang it at the end of the day with the entire school at the assembly at 2:30.

Library-the students listened to a stories about the heart and had a chance to work with another student in reading about the heart

Computers-the students designed on the computer a heart project, looked how a heart works, and more

Physical Education- the Peak and Kindergarten classes performed jump roping skills at various stations.  The first and second graders performed jump roping skills at various stations and participated in a team speed jump roping activity

Cafeteria- the students learned to make and eat healthy snacks from 3 different snack stations

Puzzle Project-the students will color a 8x8 puzzle piece relating to keeping their heart healthy and writing their name on it.  The puzzle piece will be glued to a very large piece of wood that will be hung in the gym

Our goal for this day is to raise our student’s awareness for Heart/Stroke disease, eating healthy, being active, and being able to understand the importance of keeping their heart healthy and to raise money for the American Heart Association.

On March 5, 2013 the Beechwood School students did an incredible job raising $14,337.27!!   This was my 11^th year running this program for the Mountainside School District.  Over the past 10 years we have raised a total of $67,000.00 for the American Heart Association!

With the assistance of the Mountainside Education Foundation we are able to continue this program for the children of Beechwood School.  We hope with all of our community support we can raise at least the same or more for next year.