Lincoln Jumps Rope For Heart Health And $6170 For The American Heart Association

Our jump rope team celebrating after a fabulous performance.

The Jump Rope Club performance was amazing to watch! This event happened on the 27th of February. 4th and 5th grade students of Lincoln Elementary were allowed to join. They create their own routines to music and showcase them in one of the biggest assemblies of the year. It was awesome and fun. Some of the tricks that were performed had very high difficulty, like “Octopus,” where your arm holding the jump rope goes under your leg and then you jump, or “Double Under,” where the jump rope goes around twice before you land.

Our routine had six girls in 4th grade, the two of us (Lydia and Julia) and Rosie, Maddy, Meredith and Eliza. We did continuous crisscrossing, jumped on one foot, and “Baby” where you squat down by the floor and jump like that.

Altogether, Lincoln students raised $6,170 for the American Heart Association with “Jump Rope For Heart.” The top fundraisers got to spray their teachers with silly string. It was an epic sight to see! Mr. Gearman (the school custodian) made a bet with Mrs. Anderson (the gym teacher) that if we raised more than $5,000, he would shave his head. Since Lincoln passed that, he got his head shaved in front of the whole school by 4th grade teacher, Mr. Browngardt!

So all and all, the jump rope performance wowed watching parents and students. Even when ropes got tangled, or when students messed up on tricks, the students kept going with smiles on their faces. There were 14 routines, 50 students, and barrels of fun. We can’t wait for next year’s performance!

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Volume 11, Issue 5, Posted 6:07 PM, 03.03.2015