On Wednesday, May 2, students from Hamilton Heights Primary School participated in the world’s largest exercise class. Students took advantage of the warm weather to engage in a 15-minute participation assembly of movement and music to celebrate the joy and benefits of physical fitness. Meg Hite, Hamilton Heights Primary Physical Education Teacher, has been an instrumental part of ensuring the school’s participation for the past seven years.
This activity also coincides with National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and National Physical Education Week. Through Project ACES, children learn the value and importance of good nutrition, adequate physical fitness and healthy decision-making – lessons they can carry well into adulthood.
Project ACES was started in 1989 by Len Sanders, a physical education teacher, from New Jersey. Since then, millions of children from all over the world exercise together to promote proper health and fitness habits. With the obesity epidemic facing the youth of the world, children’s fitness plays a major role in fighting heart disease. Project ACES hopes to address these issues with its big event in May, as well as schools that participate in daily Project ACES Clubs throughout the year.