February 7 2014 Jump Rope For Heart Kiosk Show by Tara van den Akker On Friday February 7 2014 the Dr Herbert N Richardson 21st Century Elementary School in Perth Amboy NJ held two events designed by the American Heart Association to raise awareness for Heart Health Heather ID: 776497
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Dr. Herbert N. Richardson School
February 7, 2014
Jump Rope For Heart
Kiosk Show by Tara van den
Akker
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Friday, February 7, 2014, the Dr. Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century Elementary School in Perth Amboy, NJ held two events designed by the American Heart Association to raise awareness for Heart Health. Heather
Leopardo
from the American Heart Association is our liaison and was here for part of the festivities. The events were spearheaded through Acting Principal Karen Moffatt, Melissa
Paltjon
, Joanne
Spicuzzo
, and the school Physical Education Staff.
The
school took part in Go Red for Women. Students wore red tops in support, and staff donated money to wear Red and Jeans for the day. The school raised $ 410 from this event. The staff also had healthy snacks made available to them.
3rd
and 4th grade students in the school fundraised to take part in Jump Rope for Heart, an event we have been doing for over 7 years. Students formed relay style teams and took turns jumping rope over a 45 minute period. The students fundraising totals are still being tallied.
Friday
Afternoon, the whole student body came together and formed a Heart to symbolize their commitment to be heart healthy and help people with heart disease get help. The schools’ paraprofessional team worked to decorate the school for the event. A wonderful time was had by all
!
Slide3Slide4Slide5Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Special Thanks goes out to:
Heather
Leopardo
American Heart
Association
Karen
Moffatt
Melissa
Paltjon
Joanne
Spicuzzo
Physical Education
Staff
Our Specialist Staff
P
araprofessional
T
eam