Merrick Elementary School Students Raise Money For American Heart Association

MERRICK, NY - Sixth-graders at Norman J. Levy Lakeside Elementary School in the Merrick School District participated in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart program, raising $4,847.85 to improve the lives of people battling cardiovascular diseases.

On Feb. 12, students exercised their heart muscles for 45 minutes by jumping rope with their fellow classmates.

Prior to the event, they learned about the importance of nutrition, living a healthy lifestyle and fitness.

The district congratulates the sixth-grade class for caring about the lives of others and contributing to the largest donation in Lakeside’s history.

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1) Norman J. Levy Lakeside Elementary School sixth-graders participated in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart program, raising more than $4,800 to improve the lives of people battling cardiovascular diseases.

2) Norman J. Levy Lakeside sixth-grader Victoria DeLeo jumped to beat heart disease during the school’s Jump Rope for Heart event.

3) Ruby Lapidus, a sixth-grader at Norman J. Levy Lakeside Elementary School, jumped rope to help those with cardiovascular diseases on Feb. 12.

4) Norman J. Levy Lakeside Elementary School sixth-graders Nicole Rosen (center, left) and brother Jett Rosen (center, right) exercised their hearts for 45 minutes during the Jump Rope for Heart event.

5) Norman J. Levy Lakeside Elementary School sixth-grade teachers coordinated the school’s largest Jump Rope for Heart donation to the American Heart Association.

6) Sixth-graders at Norman J. Levy Lakeside Elementary School learned about the importance of nutrition, living a healthy lifestyle and fitness through Jump Rope for Heart.

7) Sixth-graders Justin Leherfeld (center, left) and Bob Seltzberg (center, right) jumped rope together to raise awareness about heart health.

Photos courtesy of the Merrick School District