Pittsburg PS students raise money for American Jump Rope for Heart event

From Staff Reports

The Pittsburg Primary School participated in the American Jump Rope for Heart event. 
The students jumped rope during their regular physical education time at school.  
They raised $2,612.  
“I am so proud of the students, we talked about the importance of eating healthy and exercising daily to take care of our heart.” said Turnette Truitt, the school’s physical education teacher.  “The students worked very hard and were awarded prizes for their participation.”
She added the students  had heart healthy posters hanging in the gym to promote better food choices and the students enjoyed reading the posters. 
“We also had a poster for students to write names of their family or friends that is suffering from heart disease,” Truitt said.